Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

14-Night Amsterdam to Budapest Cruise Adventure

Viking River · Viking Vili · from Amsterdam

$5,649 per person · next sails Sep 25, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Amsterdam (AMS)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into AMS, home from BUD · $2,482 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Amsterdam

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.

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Anne Frank House

1 mi from Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum

Your voyage · 14 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 and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Amsterdam Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Sail the bucolic waters of the Rhine
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Day 2
Kinderdijkport guide →
Add a Real Farmhouse-Gouda Tasting · $20 for two with Booij Kaasmakers (working farmhouse-Gouda dairy in Streefkerk, ~9 km along the polder; for a stop within ~1 km of the mills, Biokaas Kinderdijk)how to make it yours →
Day 3
★ Climb the Cathedral South Tower — how to make it yours →
Day 4
The Rhine River flows through one of Germany’s most scenic regions. As you sail its most picturesque stretch
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Day 4
★ Glass-Floor Cable Car to Ehrenbreitstein Fortress — how to make it yours →
Day 5
Miltenbergport guide →
Brauhaus Faust Brewery Tour & Private Franconian B… · $26 for two with Brauhaus Faust Miltenberghow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Journey along one of Germany’s most important waterways today
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Day 6
Rothenburg ob der Tauber · $302 for two with Reimagine Tours Würzburghow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
As far back as 1
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Day 7
Private Walking Tour · $304 for two with Bamberg Tourismus – Official Guided Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Private WWII History Tour · $230 for two with Nuremberg City of Empires Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Regensburgport guide →
Regensburg Cathedral and the Stone Bridge · $6 for two with Tourismus Regensburg (Cathedral & Stone Bridge, official info)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
★ Three Rivers — how to make it yours →
Day 11
Sail through a serene tapestry of terraced vineyards
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Day 11
Wachau Valley · $65 for two with Weingut Knoll (Wachau Estate Direct)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Krems an der Donauport guide →
★ Melk Abbey — how to make it yours →
Days 12–13
Naschmarkt & Viennese Coffee House · $184 for two with Insight Cities Viennahow to make it yours →
Days 14–15
Budapest Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Budapest

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

133 mi from Budapest

Schloss Ambras

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Széchenyi Thermal Bath

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Amsterdam

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

7 mi from Amsterdam · fly AMS

Golden Age Villages & North Sea Oysters: Amsterdam Done Right

Dutch Heritage & Culinary Coast

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236 mi from Amsterdam · fly LHR

Churchill's Kent, Glyndebourne at Dusk & London's Secret Side

English Country Culture & City Grit

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236 mi from Amsterdam · fly LHR

Cornwall's Wild Coast: Tin Mines, Tidal Castles & Beach Bars

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Budapest

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

11 mi from Budapest · fly BUD

Bull's Blood, Beech Forests and a Danube Bend Weekend

Danube Bend Escape

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122 mi from Budapest · fly VIE

Vienna Beyond the Ringstrasse: Castles, Caverns, Alpine Air

Imperial City, Wild Hinterland

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Home

Fly home from Budapest (BUD)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into AMS, home from BUD · 2 travelers $2,482 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Amsterdam · River~$366
Cruise fare14 nights · Viking River · 2 guests$11,298
Shore excursions8 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,137
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$15,463
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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