The whole plan — fly-in, every port, what it runs — in your inbox.
Get there
Fly into Budapest (BUD)
Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.
Open-jaw · fly into BUD, home from AMS · $2,520 for two est.
Before you sail
Bucket-list days near Budapest
Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.
Exactly where the ship takes you — the day you board, every port it calls, any days at sea, and the day you step off.
Days 1–2BudapestEmbark
Days 3–4Vienna
Day 5Melk
Day 5Sail through a serene tapestry of terraced vineyards
Day 6Passau
Day 7Regensburg
Day 8As far back as 1
Day 8Nuremberg
Day 9Bamberg
Day 10Wurzburg
Day 11Wertheim
Day 11Journey along one of Germany’s most important waterways today
Day 12The Rhine River flows through one of Germany’s most scenic regions. As you sail its most picturesque stretch
Day 12Koblenz
Day 13Cologne
Day 14Sail the bucolic waters of the Rhine
Day 14Kinderdijk
Day 15AmsterdamDisembark
The voyage · 14 nights
The unforgettable thing at every port
We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 11 of your 16 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.
Journey along one of Germany’s most important waterways today
⚙ Curating Journey along one of Germany’s most important waterways today’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
The Rhine River flows through one of Germany’s most scenic regions. As you sail its most picturesque stretch
⚙ Curating The Rhine River flows through one of Germany’s most scenic regions. As you sail its most picturesque stretch’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Koblenz
★ Glass-Floor Cable Car to Ehrenbreitstein Fortress· $33 for two — how to make it yours → ·
open-jaw · fly into BUD, home from AMS · 2 travelers
$2,520 est.
Hotel before you sail
1 night · Budapest · River
~$236
Cruise fare
14 nights · Viking River · 2 guests
$13,198
Shore excursions
11 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑
~$772
Transfers
airport ↔ ship, private car
~$180
Trip total
$16,906
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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★ Why Fantasize
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Most cruise sites hand you a search box and leave you to it. We’re the concierge: the verdict, the plan, the trip of your life — at the exact same fare.
11,000 sailings to sift through→One cruise, chosen for you
Search a catalog of excursions yourself→We tell you the exact excursions to book
“Do your homework” on every port→A free port-by-port plan, in your inbox
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We'll email you this exact plan — where to fly in, the days before and after, the single most extraordinary thing to do at every port, and what it all runs.
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