Itinerary
- Day 1
Budapest
You'll land at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport and connect with your Uniworld representative who handles your transfer to the ship. If you've arranged a group or private transfer, they'll have everything organized for you.
Landmarks Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport 
- Day 2
Budapest
This morning you can choose between two guided tour options to get to know Budapest. Both take you through the Christmas market here, which is one of Europe's largest. You'll see how the city spreads across both sides of the Danube as you experience the holiday atmosphere.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Budapest Christmas Market visit
Optional Activities
- Budapest city tour with Christmas Market
- Do as the Locals Do Budapest walking tour with Christmas Market
- Jewish Budapest (€59 EUR)
- Szentendre artists' village and crafts shopping (€74 EUR)
Landmarks Budapest Christmas Market Buda Pest - Day 3
Bratislava
After sailing to Bratislava, you'll join a guided walking tour with a local expert who shows you around Slovakia's capital. The Christmas market is part of the tour, and you'll notice the mix of Gothic, baroque, and art deco buildings scattered throughout this riverside city.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Bratislava walking discovery tour with Christmas Market
Landmarks Bratislava Christmas Market 
- Day 4
Vienna
Vienna is next, and this day includes VIP access to an art collection at the Vienna Art History Museum. Later, you can select your preferred city tour and check out the Christmas market. By evening, there's a concert of Mozart and Strauss performed in a Viennese palace.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Exclusive Morning with the Masters at the Vienna Art History Museum
- Mozart and Strauss concert at a Viennese palace
Optional Activities
- Taste of Christmas Vienna walking tour
- Vienna city tour with Christmas Market
- Schönbrunn Palace with Christmas market (€69 EUR)
- Private Mozart and Strauss concert (€79 EUR)
Landmarks Vienna Art History Museum 
- Day 5
Krems and Wachau Valley
You have two options today in the Wachau Valley area. Visit the 14th-century Göttweig Abbey and hear an organ concert in its church, or head to the town of Krems instead. Either way, the ship cruises through the valley where thousand-year-old towns and vineyards line both banks of the Danube.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Optional Activities
- Benedictine Monastery Göttweig Abbey with organ concert
- Krems town visit
Landmarks Göttweig Abbey Krems Wachau Valley - Day 6
Salzburg or Linz
Your ship stops in Linz, and you can spend the full day in Salzburg visiting Mozart's birthplace and its Christmas market and Old Town nestled in the Alps. Or stick around Linz and tour a traditional cider farm with its Christmas market instead.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Optional Activities
- Full-day Salzburg walking discovery tour with Christmas Market
- Linz town and country: cider farm visit with Christmas Market
Landmarks Salzburg Old Town Salzburg Christmas Market 
- Day 7
Passau
In Passau, where three rivers converge, you'll take a guided walking tour and visit the Christmas market by the cathedral. After that, you can either join a traditional holiday celebration in a festive barn or take a romantic winter walk through the Bavarian countryside.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Optional Activities
- Passau walking discovery tour with Christmas Market
- Bavarian Christmas celebration in a country barn
- Bavarian romantic winter walk (€63 EUR)
Landmarks Passau Christmas Market - Day 8
Passau to Munich
You'll leave the ship in Passau and get transferred to Munich Airport for your flight home. If you've booked a group or private departure transfer, your driver will be waiting to get you there.
- Meals
- Breakfast
