Rare Travelw Posted September 15, 2020 #1 Share Posted September 15, 2020 We want to do a Danube River Cruise in 2021 but not sure on where. Did a Rhine River Cruise and loved it. Is lower or upper more scenic? Looking forward to hearing input from everyone. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan4182 Posted September 15, 2020 #2 Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Travelw said: We want to do a Danube River Cruise in 2021 but not sure on where. Did a Rhine River Cruise and loved it. Is lower or upper more scenic? Looking forward to hearing input from everyone. Dennis We did the upper Danube (Vilshofen to Budapest) back in 2015 with Ama. Beautiful scenery with stops in Melk, Vienna and Bratislava. Budapest at night is magical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franski Posted September 16, 2020 #3 Share Posted September 16, 2020 We have done both upper & lower Danube... both are special - in different ways. The lower Danube has more stops that require busing - where most in the upper portion of the river are "walk off into town". Both include Budapest - which is an awesome city. I suggest you extend a couple of days in Budapest - either before or after the cruise - as there is so much to see there. While most companies offer a Budapest extension, you can easily do Budapest on your own. The upper Danube has Vienna, Melk (with the Abbey), Regensburg, Nuremburg. The lower Danube is close to Transylvania - and often gets down to the Black Sea & KM zero. A great trip - whatever you decide. Fran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Travelw Posted September 16, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Thanks so much for the info. I think we may do the upper because we can do an add on for Prague and Berlin. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted September 16, 2020 #5 Share Posted September 16, 2020 I've done both, and they're both great cruises but very different. Eastern Europe nothing like Western Europe. Eastern Europe still digging out from 50 yrs. of Soviet domination. Influence of the Ottoman Empire can still be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banditoo Posted September 21, 2020 #6 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Following with interest as we would like to cruise the Danube when pandemic settles and we are able to travel again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franski Posted September 21, 2020 #7 Share Posted September 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, banditoo said: Following with interest as we would like to cruise the Danube when pandemic settles and we are able to travel again. So looking forward to travelling again... We were supposed to be in Bucharest next week - spending a couple of nights there before joining our cruise with Avalon up the Danube to Budapest. Oh well... maybe next year (or 2022...) Fran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banditoo Posted September 21, 2020 #8 Share Posted September 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, franski said: So looking forward to travelling again... We were supposed to be in Bucharest next week - spending a couple of nights there before joining our cruise with Avalon up the Danube to Budapest. Oh well... maybe next year (or 2022...) Fran So disappointing to miss your Danube cruise. We too had to cancel travel plans (3 generation trip to Greece). Looking forward to travel again hopefully before too long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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