Danube River Cruises

Things to see and do in Budapest before or after your Danube River cruise

Information on Romania and Slovakia from presentations by two program managers on the Viking Danube river cruise ship

Danube River cruise vacation travel log with Viking River Cruises from Bucharest to Nuremberg. The Viking River cruise ship sailed through Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, and Germany on the 16-day cruise tour. Detailed information on the river ship and Danube River ports of call, along with links to over 300 photos from the cruise.

Photos from Nuremberg, Germany taken on European river cruises that include Nuremberg as a port of call

Photos of Regensburg, Germany, which is the oldest town on the Danube River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and home to over 1000 historical buildings

Photos from Passau, which is a lovely city that sits on three rivers in Germany. Danube River cruises stopover for a day in Passau, and passengers can walk into the town.

Pictures of Durnstein, Austria in the Wachau Valley of the Danube River. Durnstein has the ruins of the 12th century Durnstein Castle, where Richard the Lionheart was held captive in 1192-1193. The baroque village also has an interesting cooperative winery, Domane Wachau.

Photos from Linz, Austria, which is the third largest city in Austria and was the 2009 European Capital of Culture

Photos of the Melk Benedictine Abbey and the surrounding town of Melk, Austria, which is a port of call on Danube River Cruises in Europe

Pictures from Vienna, Austria taken on Danube river cruises. The historic center of Vienna is on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Photos of Bratislava, which is the capital city of Slovakia. Danube River cruises stopover in Bratislava, and the old town is within easy walking distance of the dock.

Photos of Budapest, Hungary taken on a Danube River cruise

Photos from a Hungarian equestrian horse show in the Puszta near Kalocsa, Hungary that features Magyar cowboys, amazing horses, and traditional Hungarian buggys and wagons

Photos of the Kalocsa Cathedral and the Regional Folk Art House (also known as the Folk Art Museum) in Kalocsa, Hungary, which is often called the Paprika Capital of the World for the many acres of paprika peppers grown in the region.

Photos from Belgrade, Serbia, which is a Danube River cruise eastern European port of call

Photos from Kostolac, Serbia and nearby Viminacium, which was a Roman town and military camp from the first through the fifth century. Today Viminacium is a major archaeological site, with three main objects open to tourists - the Roman gates, thermal baths, and imperial mausoleum.

Photos from Donji Milanovac, Serbia, which is a small town on the Danube River near the Iron Gates of the Danube

Photos from the Iron Gates of the Danube River on the border between Serbia and Romania

Photos from the Wahchau Valley of the Danube River in Austria

Photos of the Danube River from Serbia, including the Golubac Fortress and the Castle at Ram

Photos of Vidin, Bulgaria, which is the westernmost city on the Danube in Bulgaria. Vidin has a beautiful park along the river and an ancient medieval fortress, Baba Vida.

Photos from Veliko Tarnovo, which is a medieval city on the Yantra River in northern Bulgaria. Veliko Tarnvo is set into the hills and has loved cobbled streets and timbered buildings. Veliko Tarnovo was once the capital of Bulgaria, and Tsarevets, an ancient fortress, was its citadel.

Photos from Varna, Bulgaria, which is on the Black Sea only a short distance from where the Danube River flows into the Black Sea

Photos from downtown Rousse, Bulgaria, which is the largest river port on the Danube River in Bulgaria

Photos of the Belogradchik (Belogradshick) Rocks and the Belogradchik Fortress in Belogradchik, Bulgaria

Photos of Arbanasi, Bulgaria (also spelled Arbanassi)

Photos from the Bucharest Village Museum, also known as Muzeul National al Satulul Dimitrie Gusti

Photos of the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which is the world's second largest building after the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

Photos of Bucharest, which is the capital and largest city of Romania in eastern Europe

Danube River cruise travel journal of a voyage on the Viking Prestige European river ship. The cruise began in Budapest and sailed up the Danube to Nuremberg via Vienna, Melk, Passau, and Regensburg.