Cruise |
nickoVision, Spectacular Metropolises ex Passau Return |
Cruise Line |
Nicko Cruises |
Ship |
nickoVision |
Destination |
EU Rivers |
Brief Description |
7 Night Cruise sailing from Passau roundtrip aboard nickoVision. |
Type of Cruise |
River |
Departure Date |
30 Sep 2024 |
Cruise Description |
7 Night Cruise sailing from Passau roundtrip aboard nickoVision.
Cruise Overview:
Bustling metropolises, beautiful countryside and a completely new river experience! On this cruise you’ll experience the popular Cities on the Danube with all the modern comforts and refined elegance. Between the UNESCO World Heritage Wachau and the Hungarian capital Budapest, a journey full of cultural highlights awaits you. Arrange your very own personal dream river cruise on our nickoVISION: three restaurants on board guarantee variety throughout your entire cruise.
Highlights of this cruise:
Passau
Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflussestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.
Tourism in Passau focuses mainly on the three rivers, the St. Stephen's Cathedral and the "Old City". With 17,774 pipes and 233 registers, the organ is the second largest in the world. Organ concerts are held daily between May and September.
Passau is also known for its gothic and baroque architecture. The town is dominated by the Veste Oberhaus and the former fortress of the Bishop, on the mountain crest between the Danube and the Ilz rivers. Right beside the town hall is the Scharfrichterhaus, an important jazz and cabaret stage on which political cabaret is performed.
Vienna
Vienna is a unique blend of the historic and the modern with a wealth of architecture and artistic and musical heritage. Many of the world’s most important composers, including Beethoven and Mozart, have lived and performed behind Vienna’s Baroque façades. In addition to this Baroque splendor, there are excellent examples of Art Nouveau architecture .
The heart of Vienna is the Innerestadt where some of Vienna’s most popular tourist attractions can be found, along with pedestrianized streets lined with countless shops, cafés, bars and restaurants. The center point is the Graben (literally ‘moat’), which is a wide square lined with shops and pavement cafés under large umbrellas. Following the demolition of the city walls in 1857, the Ringstrasse was laid out and some of Vienna’s most beautiful buildings were built along it, between 1858 and 1865. Among the most important are the Staatsoper (State Opera House), Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts), Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum), Parlament (Parliament), Rathaus (City Hall) and Burgtheater.
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bratislava has a very pleasant medieval inner city with narrow, winding streets, a hill-top castle next to the river Danube, and many historic churches and buildings to visit. The old town is centered on two squares, Hlavne namestie (main square) and Hviezdoslavovo namestie (Hviezdoslav square, named after a famous Slovak poet).
Attractions in Bratislava include the castle which currently hosts temporary historical exhibitions and from whose ramparts you can see nearby Hungary, Austria and the Danube valley. Also visit one of the city's excellent galleries, for instance the Bratislava City Gallery at the Pallfy Palace, to experience Matej Kren's unique "Passage" installation. |
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Sailing Dates |
30 Sep 2024 |
07 Oct 2024 |
28 Oct 2024 |
Pricing |
Please enquire for pricing |
Cruise Itinerary
Date |
Port |
Arrive |
Depart |
30 Sep 2024 |
Passau, Germany |
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05:00 PM |
1 Oct 2024 |
Ybbs, Austria |
06:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
1 Oct 2024 |
Wachau Valley, Austria |
Cruising |
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1 Oct 2024 |
Vienna, Austria |
08:00 PM |
overnight |
2 Oct 2024 |
Vienna, Austria |
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07:00 PM |
3 Oct 2024 |
Budapest, Hungary |
12:00 PM |
overnight |
4 Oct 2024 |
Budapest, Hungary |
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02:00 PM |
5 Oct 2024 |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
08:00 AM |
02:00 PM |
6 Oct 2024 |
Melk, Austria |
07:30 AM |
01:30 PM |
7 Oct 2024 |
Passau, Germany |
07:30 AM |
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All itineraries and ports of call at the discretion of the cruise line subject to local weather conditions and may change without notice.
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