8-Night Danube Cruise from Oltenita

1. Day

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     Oltenita

     A Danube port town in southern Romania, set on the river's north bank across from Bulgaria. A quiet agricultural centre on the Wallachian plain, it serves as a river crossing and a stop on cruises bound for Bucharest, which lies a short drive inland.

     • Danube waterfront
     • Bucharest day trip
     • Wallachian plain
2. Day

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     Ruse

     A Bulgarian port on the Danube, facing Romania across the river in the country's northeast. Known for grand nineteenth-century architecture that earned it the name Little Vienna, it centres on a neo-baroque square and serves as a stop toward Bucharest.

     • Freedom Square
     • Neo-baroque architecture
     • Danube riverfront
3. Day

   3
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     Vidin

     A Danube river port in northwestern Bulgaria, opposite Romania across the water. Its medieval Baba Vida fortress stands on the riverbank, and the town serves as a gateway inland to the dramatic rock formations and monasteries of the Belogradchik region.

     • Baba Vida fortress
     • Danube riverfront
     • Belogradchik rocks
4. Day

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     Donji Milanovac

     A small riverside town on the Serbian bank of the Danube, just upstream of the Iron Gates gorge. Set against forested hills at the edge of Đerdap National Park, it is a quiet stop near the prehistoric settlement of Lepenski Vir and the Roman remains of the frontier.

     • Đerdap National Park
     • Lepenski Vir
     • Danube riverfront
5. Day

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     Belgrade

     The capital of Serbia, set where the Sava River joins the Danube in the Balkans. The hilltop Kalemegdan fortress overlooks the meeting of the rivers, with the bohemian Skadarlija quarter and a lively riverside nightlife below.

     • Kalemegdan Fortress
     • Skadarlija quarter
     • River confluence
6. Day

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     Novi Sad

     Serbia's second city, set on the Danube in the northern Vojvodina plain. The riverside Petrovaradin Fortress overlooks the water, the old centre keeps elegant squares and cafés, and the EXIT music festival fills the fortress each summer.

     • Petrovaradin Fortress
     • Danube quay
     • City squares
7. Day

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     Ilok

     A small hilltop town in eastern Croatia, set where the Danube meets the wine-growing slopes of the Fruška Gora. Its medieval fortress and Franciscan friary overlook a wide bend of the river, marking the country's far eastern frontier with Serbia.

     • Ilok fortress
     • Danube vineyards
     • Odescalchi cellars
8. Day

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     Mohács

     A town on the Danube in southern Hungary, near the Croatian and Serbian borders. It is remembered for the 1526 battle that shaped Hungarian history and for its Busójárás carnival, when masked figures parade to drive off winter.

     • Busójárás carnival
     • Danube riverfront
     • Battle of Mohács
9. Day

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     Budapest

     Hungary's grand capital, split by the Danube into hilly Buda and flat Pest. River ships moor in the centre, within reach of the neo-Gothic Parliament, the thermal baths at Széchenyi and the panoramic ramparts of Fisherman's Bastion.

     • Parliament Building
     • Széchenyi Baths
     • Fisherman's Bastion

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