Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Budapest to Giurgiu Cruise Adventure

AmaWaterways · AmaBella · from Budapest

$4,199 per person · next sails Jul 20, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
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 BBU · $1,260 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.

133 mi from Budapest

Schloss Ambras

0 mi from Budapest

Széchenyi Thermal Bath

Your voyage · 7 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Budapest Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Mohacs
⚙ Curating Mohacs’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 3
Vukovar
⚙ Curating Vukovar’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Belgrade
⚙ Curating Belgrade’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
SCENIC CRUISING THROUGH THE IRON GATES. Visit Golubac Fortress – one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses in Europe – before cruising through the Iron Gates – one of Europe’s most awe-inspiring natural wonders. The Danube narrows as it winds thr
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 6
Vidin
⚙ Curating Vidin’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
Ruse
⚙ Curating Ruse’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
Giurgiu Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from Giurgiu (BBU)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into BUD, home from BBU · 2 travelers $1,260 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Budapest · River~$236
Cruise fare7 nights · AmaWaterways · 2 guests$8,398
Shore excursionscurating your ports now — real prices land as each is ready
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$10,074
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, being curated for your ports right now; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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