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11 Night Musical Magic Along the Blue Danube Cruise and Land Tour from Budapest
Ship: Savor
Cruise Line: Tauck Tours
Sailed: Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024 from Budapest, Hungary
Ended: Saturday, Oct 26, 2024
The itinerary information below reflects the original day-by-day port of call schedule for the Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024
departure of the Savor. If Tauck Tours modified this itinerary for weather or operational reasons after departing
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Tour begins: 5 PM, Budapest. A transfer is included from Budapest's Ferenc Liszt Airport or Keleti Train Station to your riverboat. Join a welcome toast and dinner onboard this evening.
Day 2 - Wednesday - Oct 16, 2024
Budapest, Hungary
Statues of Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, and Liszt greet you at 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 masterpiece, including the private box of Habsburg Empress Elisabeth ("Sisi"). Discover some of Budapest's key sites today, such as Heroes' Square - bounded by some of the finest architectural works in Hungary - and Central Market Hall. You'll also learn more about Franz Liszt, beloved Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso, and, if you wish, can visit the Franz Liszt Academy. After a free afternoon in Budapest, join a performance at one of the city's premier concert venues.
Day 3 - Thursday - Oct 17, 2024
Budapest, Hungary
After a free morning, head to Buda for a walking tour and, if you wish, time to check out the Museum of Music History, whose exhibits portray centuries of Hungarian musical life in a former palace on Castle Hill. The legacy of Bela Bartok lives on in his 1924 home, now a memorial dedicated to the composer and musicologist - listen to his melodies in a piano recital during your visit; explore Gellert Hill. Return to the riverboat for dinner at leisure.
Day 4 - Friday - Oct 18, 2024
Bratislava, Slovakia
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 Old Town, now a pedestrian-only, vehicle-free zone. Stroll down a lane where allegedly 6-year-old Mozart performed and 9-year-old Liszt played across the street 58 years later - around the corner, 30 years after that, one of Liszt's young students inspired him to write a sonata for the boy! You'll also see where a young Bela Bartok attended grammar school in the 1890s. Following time to relax aboard the riverboat or explore more of this ancient city on your own, join an onboard dinner and some local entertainment.
Day 5 - Saturday - Oct 19, 2024
Vienna, Austria
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 Schonbrunn Palace of the Habsburgs, followed by some free time to explore this grand Habsburg summer residence and its magnificent gardens on your own. Or join Tauck's maestros for a musical walk to the Haus der Musik, an interactive musical museum, and Mozarthaus Vienna - where Mozart lived with his family between 1784 and 1787, and composed The Marriage of Figaro - in Vienna's Old Town. This afternoon, you'll have time to explore more of Austria's remarkable capital on your own and have an early dinner before enjoying tonight's featured performance of Viennese opera at a premier venue in Vienna (subject to availability; if an opera performance is not available, a comparable classical music performance will be provided).
Day 6 - Sunday - Oct 20, 2024
Vienna, Austria
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 as you please in amazing Vienna. Tonight, nothing quite compares to the royal treatment you'll receive at today's second Tauck Exclusive: a private grand evening at Palais Ferstel, a private palace in the heart of Vienna - an incomparable setting for welcome cocktails and aperitifs, an amazing dinner, an orchestra, ballet, Strauss... it's Tauck's musical Vienna at its best!
Day 7 - Monday - Oct 21, 2024
Melk, Austria
Grein, Austria
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 through the ages as you tour its lovely Baroque buildings dating to the early 18th century, which often host concerts and musicals today. Back on the riverboat, enjoy lectures by our maestros and dinner en route to Grein, where you'll disembark this evening for a walk through this picturesque riverside town. After you're back onboard, your riverboat continues cruising the Danube to the city of Linz overnight.
Day 8 - Tuesday - Oct 22, 2024
Linz, Germany
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Salzburg, Austria
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Linz, Germany
Picture a small boy of five 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 1756, did just that. Walk in Mozart's footsteps this morning on an excursion from Linz to his Baroque hometown, visiting a museum in the house where he was born, among other locations. You'll have some free time for lunch and to explore as you please in town. Return to the ship for dinner, a guest choir rehearsal, and an onboard classical chamber music concert by Donau3klang as your riverboat charts a course for pretty riverside town of Passau.
Day 9 - Wednesday - Oct 23, 2024
Passau, Germany
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 St. Stephan's Cathedral, you'll find Europe's largest pipe organ - actually the largest cathedral organ in the world - and, if you wish, listen to a public recital of this amazing instrument. Back aboard the riverboat in Passau, enjoy a traditional German lunch and take part in seminars, workshops, a guest choir rehearsal, musical trivia fun, and tonight's captain's farewell reception followed by a gala farewell dinner; the ship departs Passau this evening for its final port of call, Vilshofen.
Day 10 - Thursday - Oct 24, 2024
Vilshofen, Germany
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Prague, Czech Republic
This delightfully musical of Danube tours winds down as you disembark in the town of Vilshofen, where you 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 traditional Czech lunch at the delightful Art-Nouveau Municipal House, then embark on a walking tour of Prague's storied Old Town. The rest of the afternoon and evening are yours to explore Prague as you wish, and enjoy dinner as you please this evening.
Day 11 - Friday - Oct 25, 2024
Prague, Czech Republic
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Nelahozeves, Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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Prague, Czech Republic
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 own. Your day begins with an excursion to Vysehrad, a historic fort and Czech national cultural site dating back to the 10th century, perched on a hill overlooking the Vltava River. Set within the castle is the Basilica of St Peter and St Paul and the Vysehrad Cemetery, final resting place of many notable Czechs - including beloved Czech composers Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana. The afternoon is yours to explore more of Prague on your own. Later, we'll gather to visit the Dvorak House (the composer's former home) and the Church of St. Ondrej, then travel to Nelahozeves Castle for a grand farewell dinner and our guest choir performance... what a way to end our musical odyssey!
Day 12 - Saturday - Oct 26, 2024
Prague, Czech Republic
Tours ends: Prague, Czech Republic. Fly home anytime. A transfer is included from the InterContinental Prague to Vaclav Havel Airport Prague or Praha Hlavni Nadrazi (Main Train Station); allow a minimum of three hours for flight check-in at the airport.
