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Day 2: |
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Arrive in Vienna and be
greeted by a representative who will escort you to
the ship. (D)
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Day 3: |
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Featured Excursions: Vienna City Tour |
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Optional Tours: Visit Schönbrunn Palace |
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Onboard Highlights: Captain's Welcome Dinner |
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Vienna is steeped in
history yet on the cusp of current trends. With your
panoramic city overview, travel the stately
Ringstrasse, where the surrounding buildings give
off a distinctive imperial air, to St. Stephen's
Cathedral, where Mozart was married in 1782, and
then onto Figaro House where Mozart wrote The
Marriage of Figaro. (B, L, Captain's Welcome Dinner)
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Featured Excursions: Bratislava City Tour |
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Onboard Highlights: Exciting Local Entertainment |
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Your tour of
the"Coronation City of Kings"is a real treat as you
discover the lively restored historical center with
its beautiful shops, inviting cafes and squares that
provide a vivid impression of the new Eastern Europe
and its lifestyle. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Budapest City Tour |
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Budapest is made up of
two parts-Buda, the hills, and Pest, the flat
lands-and is divided by the Danube. Your city tour
of the architectural dream features the
UNESCO-listed Castle Hill district, the 19th-century
Fisherman's Bastion, Matthias Church and the famous
19th-century Chain Bridge. (B, L, D)
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Day 6: |
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Optional Tours: Get a glimpse of the famous
horsemanship of the Hungarian cowboy. |
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After a leisurely
morning enjoying Budapest on your own, or taking an
optional tour to the Hungarian plains, we set sail
for our next stop, Vukovar. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Osijek with Home-Hosted
Lunch |
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Our day in Croatia
starts in Vukovar with the scars of the recent war
still visible.We tour the University town of Osijek,
a crossroad on the banks of the Drava River. Visit
Tvrda, the oldest part of the town, combining
Turkish defense structures and Habsburg's Baroque
churches. After your tour, you'll enjoy a lunch in a
home of local Croatians. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Belgrade City Tour |
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We'll guide you through
the remarkable city of Belgrade home to dozens of
cultures throughout its 2500-year history, viewing
Republic Square and the eclectic architecture of the
National Museum. You'll also travel through
Belgrade's Upscale Living Quarters, where
high-ranking Communist leaders once lived. We'll cap
things off with a visit to St. Sava Cathedral, the
largest active Orthodox temple in the world. (B, L,
D)
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Day 9: |
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Featured Excursions: Archeological Site at
Viminacium |
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Onboard Highlights: Exciting Local Entertainment |
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Near Kostolac is the
archeological site at Viminacium, a former Roman
outpost with wide streets, luxurious villas,
extensive baths and an amphitheater, just recently
opened to the public. During your exploration of the
site-an exclusive for Uniworld guests-you'll be
guided by one of the local archaeologist, who will
share insights about the exciting treasures that
have been unearthed during the ongoing excavations.
(B, L, D)
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Today the hero is not a
castle, or an ancient river port; today, the hero is
the river itself and the landscape it has created,
with the help of the Carpathian and Balkan
Mountains. The famous Iron Gate, a series of narrow
gorges that form the grandiose gateway through the
southern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains and act
as a natural border between Serbia and Romania,
provide one of the most dramatic natural displays of
beauty in all of Europe. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Vidin and Belogradchik Rock
Formations |
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Vidin is one of the
oldest towns along the Bulgarian section of the
Danube. To this day, the Baba Vida fortress
dominates the Danube River. From Vidin, it is only a
short distance to discover one of the natural
wonders of Bulgaria. A fairytale stone world
surrounds Belogradchik, and is made of weathered red
sandstone in fantastic formations, such as Adam and
Eve. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Veliko Turnovo & Arbanassi |
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Onboard Highlights: Captain's Farewell Dinner |
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With today's excursion
to the Bulgarian towns of Veliko Turnovo and
Arbanassi, you'll discover even more of the region's
Roman heritage and one of the most picturesque towns
in Bulgaria. In Veliko Turnovo, see the majestic
ruins of Tzarevetz Castle. Then head for the resort
town of Arbanassi, where you'll enjoy a lunch of
traditional Bulgarian cuisine and join a guided
tour, featuring the 17th-century Nativity Church-a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. (B, L, Captain's
Farewell Dinner)
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Featured Excursions: Black Sea Cruise and
Archeological Museum |
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We take a motorcoach to
Varna, where we'll visit the Archeological Museum,
home to artifacts from the excavations in the Varna
Acropolis, a particularly rich collection including
the Gold Treasures of Varna, dating back 6000 years.
Enjoy lunch in Varna before taking a cruise on the
Black Sea to Balchik. While in Balchik, you'll visit
the Botanical Garden and the Summer Palace built by
the Romanian Queen Maria. (B, L, D)
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Transferring to your
hotel in Bucharest from Oltenita, visit the Palace
of the Parliament, the second largest building in
the world, constructed under the regime of Nicolae
Ceausescu. You'll see an eclectic mix of modern
skyscrapers, 19th-century buildings, and whimsical
Art Deco touches, giving you a sense of Romania's
eternal optimism. (B, L, D)
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Optional Tours: Visit Bran Castle, home to Vlad
the Impaler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula. |
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Spend your last day in
Bucharest enjoying the sights on your own, or taking
an optional excursion to Dracula's castle. (B)
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Day 16: |
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Transfer from hotel to
the airport in Bucharest for your flight home.
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