Musical Magic Along The Blue Danube 2023

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Join Tauck's "maestro" to walk in the footsteps of Mozart, Beethoven, Bartók and others on a melody-filled adventure including a 7-night Danube cruise aboard Tauck's ms Savor or ms Joy – visiting homes they lived in, concert halls where they performed and much more.
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Overview

Trip type
River Cruise
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy

Highlights

    • Walk in the footsteps of musical giants... like Mozart
    • Beethoven
    • Bartók
    • Schubert
    • Liszt
    • Strauss
    • Haydn and others... as you discover their 'haunts' in great cities throughout Austria
    • Hungary
    • Germany
    • Slovakia and Czech Republic... Join Tauck's 'maestro' and listen to the immersive music of both active music scholars and experienced performers alike on this most musical of Danube River cruises. Explore Prague

What's this trip about?

    Join Tauck's "maestro" to walk in the footsteps of Mozart, Beethoven, Bartók and others on a melody-filled adventure including a 7-night Danube cruise aboard Tauck's ms Savor or ms Joy – visiting homes they lived in, concert halls where they performed and much more.

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Itinerary focusOperator does not provide
Group sizeStandard Group - 25 + people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportN/A
Start City Budapest, Hungary
End CityPrague

Travel Themes

  • Small Ship Cruise

Destinations

  • Europe
  • Austria
  • Hungary
  • Slovakia

Attractions

  • Bratislava
  • Budapest
  • Linz
  • Prague
  • Vienna

Activities

  • Culture

Trip includes

    • TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Interactive onboard workshops, seminars and performances by Tauck's "maestro" TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – A visit to the Opera House in Bratislava with special guests TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Grand Private Imperial Evening at a Vienna palace with gala dinner and performance TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Sitting in on an orchestra rehearsalin Vienna All private Tauck shore excursions – $3,067 Value All gratuities to ship staff, drivers, local guides, Tauck Directors, Tauck Cruise Director

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1 Arrive Budapest

Tour begins: 5:00 PM, Budapest.
A transfer is included from Budapest's Ferenc Liszt Airport or Keleti Train Station to your riverboat. Join us for a welcome toast and dinner onboard this evening.

MEALS : D

LODGING : ms Savor

PORTOFCALL : Budapest, Hungary

Day 2 Discover Budapest

Discover some of Budapest's key sites today, such as Heroes' Square – bounded by some of the finest architectural works in Hungary. Visit the Vigado Concert Hall, which dates back more than 150 years and has hosted the likes of Fran...

Day 3 Explore the Opera House and Buda

Statues of Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi and Liszt greet you in the 1884 State Opera House in Pest, with its gilded vaulted ceiling, murals, royal boxes and three-ton chandelier; expect some surprises on a guided tour of this neo-Renaissance ma...

Day 4 Bratislava, City of Prodigies

After a morning's cruise with lectures, workshops and a guest choir rehearsal, arrive in Bratislava, Slovakia – the Baroque stomping grounds of great musical prodigies, as you'll discover firsthand today. A walking tour includes the city's...

Day 5 Exploring Vienna's musical treasures

If you had to choose only one European city to musically explore, Vienna – home to Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Strauss – would be it! This morning, you may choose a visit to Schönbrunn Palace of the Habsburgs, fol...

Day 6 Behind-the-scenes palace rehearsal & a grand evening in Vienna

Vienna springs to musical life on a day featuring a pair of Tauck Exclusives. For the first one, sit in on a rehearsal this morning at beautiful Auersperg Palace as an orchestra prepares for a performance. Then spend the afternoon a...

Day 7 Melk Abbey & some musical cruising

Melk Abbey, a beautiful Benedictine monastery complex overlooking the Danube, has been a significant center of learning and culture since its founding over 900 years ago. Get a sense of the importance of music to the abbey's cultural life ...

Day 8 Mozart's Baroque hometown, musical Salzburg

Picture a small boy of 5 wowing a royal audience with his piano virtuosity, then crawling up on the lap of the Empress of half of Europe, and giving her a kiss! Little Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born in Salzburg, Austria in 17...

Day 9 A grand pipe organ & more in Passau

Your riverboat docks this morning in Passau, Germany – the "city of three rivers" at the junction of the Inn, Ilz and Danube. Discover this Baroque Bavarian town known for its many churches and exquisite stained glass on a walking tour. At...

Day 10 Disembark in Vilshofen & on to Prague

This delightfully musical of Danube tours winds down as you disembark in the town of Vilshofen, bid your riverboat and its crew goodbye, and travel to historic (and extremely musical) Prague for a two-night stay. Arrive in time for a tradi...

Day 11 Musical giants and more in and around Prague

Many musical giants have left their mark on Prague – capital of today's Czech Republic, and a city with a rich musical legacy of its own – and its environs as you'll discover during both guided sightseeing and time spent exploring on your ...

Day 12 Journey home

Tours ends: Prague, Czech Republic.
Fly home anytime. A transfer is included from the Hilton Prague Old Town to Václav Havel Airport Prague or Praha Hlavni Nadrazi (Main Train Station); allow a minimum of 3 hours for flight check-in at the airport.

MEALS : B

PORTOFCALL : Prague, Czech Republic

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Price From $6,390
Price per day$533
Last Updated: 10/23/2023

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

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MS JOY, MS SAVOR
MS JOY Maintaining Tauck’s high standards for quality and comfort, ms Joy cruises exclusively for Tauck on the Danube River as part of our Destination Fleet. With a maximum of 130 guests, the 443-foot riverboat and her sister ships continue our tradition of providing more space per guest on Europe’s inland waterways, transporting fewer passengers than most longships (135 meters). Her deck plan is innovative; with a total of 67 cabins, our most popular cabins tend to be our largest... so we have used the added ship length to offer twenty-two 300-square-foot Tauck Suites – the most of any river cruise ship on any European river. To increase the amount of natural sunlight on the lower deck, we’ve created 8 loft cabins that extend from the first to the second decks, providing guests with an additional view; all windows in these loft cabins open MS SAVOR Maintaining Tauck’s high standards for quality and comfort, ms Savor cruises exclusively for Tauck on the Danube River as part of our Destination Fleet. With a maximum of 130 guests, the 443-foot riverboat and her sister ships continue our tradition of providing more space per guest on Europe’s inland waterways, transporting fewer passengers than most longships (135 meters). Her deck plan is innovative; with a total of 67 cabins, our most popular cabins tend to be our largest... so we have used the added ship length to offer twenty-two 300-square-foot Tauck Suites – the most of any river cruise ship on any European river. To increase the amount of natural sunlight on the lower deck, we’ve created 8 loft cabins that extend from the first to the second decks, providing guests with an additional view; all windows in these loft cabins open -
MS JOY MS SAVOR
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