•   Overnight flight to Budapest, Hungary

• Upon arrival you will be required to clear Immigration  and Customs; after you clear Customs you will be met by a Vantage Representative who will assist you with your transfer to the pier
• Embark your Vantage Deluxe river cruise ship
• Welcome briefing on board
• Accommodations for 10 nights on board a Vantage  Deluxe river cruise ship

• City tour of Budapest including visits to Fishermen’s Bastion and St. Matthias Church (Travellers who have already taken the city tour as part of their optional Budapest extension will instead take a tour of Budapest Opera House)
• Included half-day excursion to Szentendre
• Ship departs Budapest

• Walking tour of Bratislava’s historic city center viewing the Dom of St.Martin, Main Square, Roland Fountain, Old Town Hall, Michael Gate, and the National Theater
• Captain’s Welcome Party and Welcome Dinner on board ship
• Evening local entertainment on board

• Lecture on the Habsburgs on board
• Panoramic city tour of Vienna featuring the Ringstrasse (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and entrance to St. Stephen’s Cathedral
• Evening at leisure — or — optional dinner with concert at a local “Heurigen”

• Your choice of included morning tour: Schönbrunn Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site —or — “Musical Vienna” tour
• Afternoon at leisure — or — optional “Spies, Lies, and Allies: Vienna after World War II” tour

• Scenic sailing of the Wachau Valley (a UNESCO World Heritage landscape) with shipboard commentary
• Guided visit to Melk Abbey

• Full-day excursion to Salzburg including guided walking tour and free time with money provided by your Program Manager to purchase lunch on your own
• Local entertainment on board ship

• Morning walking tour of Passau and viewing of St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Bishop’s Residence
• Organ Concert at the Dom (Cathedral) Note: The cathedral is unavailable on Sundays or any time after mid-October. When the concert is not offered here, an organ concert in Melk on Day 7 will be substituted
• Afternoon at leisure — or — optional visit to Lock Jochenstein

• Morning at leisure
• Visit to Weltenberg Monastery with a tour of the Asam Church
• Cruise of the Danube Gorges
• Captain’s Farewell Party and Dinner on board

• Onboard lecture on the “Development of a German Town” using Nuremberg as the example
• Tour of Nuremberg including visit to the Documentation Center at Hitler’s Rallygrounds
• Included lunch on your own in Nuremberg with money provided by your Vantage Program Manager
• Afternoon at leisure or choose one of two visits: Toy Museum — or — Albrecht Dürer House

• Disembark your Vantage river cruise ship
• Transfer to the Frankfurt airport for return flight
• You will be required to clear Immigration and Customs at your first point of entry into the United States

Breakfast, most lunches & dinner included daily while on board your Vantage river cruise ship or at restaurants ashore where indicated.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This day-by-day itinerary is preliminary and subject to change. If any major changes occur in advance of your departure, you will be notified in writing by Vantage. If changes occur while on tour, you will be notified by your Vantage Program Manager or local representatives. In addition, should there be an extreme change in water levels, Vantage will do everything possible to provide either the included excursion or an alternate excursion at Vantage’s discretion.