Embark on your ship at settle into your cabin. Depart for Vienna at 6pm. Presentation of the crew during the welcome cocktail and dinner on board this evening.

The ship will arrive early in the morning. After breakfast, take the optional guided visit of Vienna and Schönbrunn Castle. Return on board for lunch. Free afternoon or optional guided tour of Hofburg, the Habsburg palace. Return onboard for dinner then take an optional tour of Vienna by night. Depart for Budapest during the night.

We will reach Budapest after lunch. In the afternoon there is an optional guided tour of Budapest. Back on board for dinner followed by an evening of 'operatta music'. Overnight stopover in Budapest.

After breakfast have a free day in Budapest (excluding lunch) or depart by coach to the optional excursion to the Great Plain which, in the 19th century was the Wild West of Hungary. Enjoy local delicacies for lunch then rejoin the ship late afternoon. Depart at 6pm and sail through the night to Bratislava.

Arrive in Bratislava around 12pm and have lunch on board. In the afternoon there is an optional guided tour of Bratislava. Highlights of this charming capital of Slovakia include Baroque palaces and pleasant squares. Back on board at the end of the afternoon and continute the cruise to Durnstein. Gala dinner on board.

Explore Dürnstein, a charming town that contains an astonishing abbey, which has one of the most beautiful Baroque bell towers in Austria. Back on board for lunch then depart to Melk. Cross the Wachau Valley and arrive in Melk around 2pm. This afternoon visit the Benedictine Abbey of Melk on an optional guided tour. Back on board for dinner and continue to Linz.

Arrive in Linz early in the morning. Breakfast on board then disembark at 9am.