Included Services for MS Amadeus Classic

SERVICE INCLUDED Cruise in the cabin category booked Full board (breakfast buffet, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, midnight snack) Coffee and tea with all main meals Wine included at the Captain’s Gala Dinner Welcome Cocktail Welcome Dinner Captain's Gala Dinner and Crew show Multilingual cruise director Entertainment programme Music programme every day in the bar by the board orchestra Harbour taxes Luggage transfer from shore to cabin and vice versa INCLUDED SPECIAL EVENTS DURING THE CRUISE Tickets for the opera performance in Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava Classical music performances on board as outlined in the itinerary Hungarian folklore evening on board – day 4 Expert lecturer: lecture about the performances in Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest NOT INCLUDED Excursions (which are not marked as “inclusive”) Flights Tips Insurance Personal expenses AIRPORT PACKAGE Including assistance on the airport, porterage, transfer by private limousine or mini bus from the airport to the port or v.v. - Munich-Passau: $245 - per person each way

Included Services for MS Amadeus

SERVICE INCLUDED Cruise in the cabin category booked Full board (breakfast buffet, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, midnight snack) Coffee and tea with all main meals Wine included at the Captain’s Gala Dinner Welcome Cocktail Welcome Dinner Captain's Gala Dinner Non-smoking vessel ( smoking permitted on the sundeck ) Multilingual cruise director Daily music program Harbour taxes Luggage transfer from shore to cabin and vice versa INCLUDED SPECIAL EVENTS DURING THE CRUISE Tickets for the opera performance in Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava Classical music performances on board as outlined in the itinerary Hungarian folklore evening on board – day 4 Expert lecturer: lecture about the performances in Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest AIRPORT PACKAGE Including assistance on the airport, porterage, transfer by private limousine or mini bus from the airport to the port or v.v. - Munich-Passau: $245 - per person each way

The music program on board is performed by musicians from the Vienna’s Concilium Musicum. Paul Angerer and his son, Christoph, founded Vienna’s Concilium Musicum to play 18th century works in 1982, since when it has been constantly enlarging its repertoire. Vienna’s Concilium musicum is nowadays well known for its comprehensive musical spectrum, ranging form Baroque music right through to 19th century dance music. It makes sure that good, but long dead music is heard again, performs the works of the great masters back into the limelight. The ensemble plays on original, authentic instruments from the period before and around 1800 that look, and indeed sound, exactly as they did then. Since 2003 the Concilium musicum has been responsible for organising all the music for the opera cruise program aboard our Amadeus vessels.

CRUISE ITINERARY
8 Day Cruise
		Do you love classical music? Then this Danube cruise is bound to appeal to your musical self, as not only does it take you to the high temples of central Europe’s musical past, namely to the world famous opera houses of Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest, but music on board also plays, as it were, first fiddle!
The Concilium Musicum ensemble will present you with selected musical jewels, while before each concert and opera performance a lecturer will introduce you to the scores and libretti of the pieces concerned with great expertise and enthusiasm. On this musical cruise, therefore, you at last have sufficient time, space and leisure not only to get yourself into the right mood for each musical experience, but also to let it sink in properly afterwards.
Itinerary Highlights
		Day 1 - Embarkation on AMADEUS CLASSIC in Passau at 3 p.m. The ship leaves the port at 4 p.m. and heads downstream towards Vienna taking you through a lovely stretch of the Danube known as the Schlögener Schlinge. After these first scenic impressions of the Danube and seeing round your "floating hotel", our courier on board will welcome you with a cocktail in the Panorama Bar. Before the welcome dinner comes the first musical performance in the panorama bar on board.
		Day 2 - Around 8 a.m. the ship docks for a short stop at Tulln. At this point you may want to join us on our Vienna sightseeing tour (incl.), to see all the important sights of this metropolis on the Danube. A city of music and joie de vivre - where Sachertorte and Heuriger are just as famous as St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Imperial Palace. Meanwhile the ship continues the cruise and reaches the port of Vienna at 11 a.m., where all passengers rejoin the ship.
.The ship pulls away for Budapest at 1 p.m. Relax on board in the afternoon, and admire the Danube riverscape floating gently by, while an expert lecture will explain the opera performance of Budapest. In the evening a concert is given in the Panorama Bar before Dinner.
		Day 3 - The AMADEUS CLASSIC arrives in Budapest around 7.30 a.m. In the morning the Budapest sightseeing tour (incl.) encompasses all the major sights of the city. In the early evening you are driven through Budapest’s illuminated streets to the performance at the State Opera. The ship stays in Budapest overnight.
		Day 4 - After breakfast an expert lecture will explain the opera performances of Bratislava. Enjoy the morning at your disposal. You may wish to stroll through the lively shopping malls of Budapest or visit the "Museum of Fine Arts" with its collection of old masters. Following lunch on board, the party joining the Szentendre- Esztergom excursion (opt.) leaves here to continue by bus via Visegrad to Esztergom. cost of € 33 pp
The ship sails upstream through the Danube Bend, one of the most beautiful scenic stretches of the Danube, also known as the "Hungarian Wachau". AMADEUS CLASSIC arrives at Esztergom at 6 p.m., where we get a tremendous view of the vast cathedral above the Danube. All passengers come aboard again. Before dinner you can enjoy a Hungarian folklore evening on board. Following the ship pulls away for Bratislava.
		Day 5 - AMADEUS CLASSIC docks in Bratislava around 9 a.m. During our Bratislava sightseeing tour (incl.) you can get to know the capital of Slovakia. After lunch an expert lecture will explain the opera performances of Vienna. The remaining afternoon is at your disposal. In the evening, your cruise director will accompany you to the performance at the opera. The ship pulls away for Vienna around midnight.
	Day 6 - The AMADEUS CLASSIC reaches Vienna in the morning. You can see round the Schönbrunn castle (opt.), followed by a lovely performance in its famous puppet theatre. In the evening a coach takes you to a performance at Vienna’s State Opera House or Volksoper, and back to the ship again afterwards. The AMADEUS CLASSIC leaves Vienna around midnight.
		Day 7 - Enjoy a substantial breakfast in the morning as the impressive landscape passes by. At 9.30 a.m. the ship berths at Emmersdorf and you have an opportunity to join a guided tour on foot, through the world famous 900-year old Baroque Benedictine Abbey of Melk (opt.). The AMADEUS CLASSIC casts off for Passau at 1.30 p.m. Enjoy the afternoon on the sun deck as the impressive landscape passes by.
On this last evening of your Danube cruise you can enjoy the final musical performance in the Panorama Bar, before the captain invites you to the Captain’s Gala Dinner.
Day 8- The AMADEUS CLASSIC arrives at Passau, the town where the rivers meet, at about 8 a.m. Disembarkation by 9.00 a.m. End of the cruise.
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