Highlights of Eastern Europe (2025) Cruise on S.S. Beatrice from Budapest (Hungary)

Budapest (Hungary)

Budapest is the capital and the largest city of Hungary, the largest in East-Central Europe and one of the largest cities in the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre,[2] sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification of west-bank Buda and Óbuda with east-bank Pest. Cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe its extensive World Heritage Site includes the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue, Heroes' Square and the Millennium Underground Railway, the second oldest in the world. Other highlights include a total of 80 geothermal springs, the world's largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building.

Budapest (Hungary)

Budapest is the capital and the largest city of Hungary, the largest in East-Central Europe and one of the largest cities in the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre,[2] sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification of west-bank Buda and Óbuda with east-bank Pest. Cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe its extensive World Heritage Site includes the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue, Heroes' Square and the Millennium Underground Railway, the second oldest in the world. Other highlights include a total of 80 geothermal springs, the world's largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building.

Mohács, Batina, Vukovar

Belgrade (Serbia)

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Belgrade hosts many annual international cultural events, including the Film Festival, Theatre Festival, Summer Festival, Music Festival, Book Fair, and the Beer Fest. The Nobel Prize winning author Ivo Andric wrote his most famous work, The Bridge on the Drina, in Belgrade. Nightlife: Belgrade has a reputation for offering a vibrant nightlife; many clubs that are open until dawn can be found throughout the city. The most recognizable nightlife features of Belgrade are the barges (splav), spread along the banks of the Sava and Danube Rivers

Golubac, Cruising the Iron Gates

Vidin (Bulgaria)

Ruse (Bulgaria)

Giurgiu

Located on the south west of Romania, and next to the Danube River. You can walk through the city watching the river flow. in this city we can find the only bridge found over the Danube between Romania and Bulgaria.

Bucharest

Bucharest, also called "The little Paris", is a city that lives a new period of rise and glory. It's been converted in one of the reference points of the european southeast. You will find a mixture of grandiose oficial buildings with orthodox churches or some traces with medieval origins. Bucharest offers a great natural and historical atractive to the tourist, pleasant streets and parks to walk through with calm, interesting comercial areas and an animated night life to enjoy.

Bucharest

Bucharest, also called "The little Paris", is a city that lives a new period of rise and glory. It's been converted in one of the reference points of the european southeast. You will find a mixture of grandiose oficial buildings with orthodox churches or some traces with medieval origins. Bucharest offers a great natural and historical atractive to the tourist, pleasant streets and parks to walk through with calm, interesting comercial areas and an animated night life to enjoy.