Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Budapest to Passau Cruise Adventure

Viking River · Viking Vili · from Budapest

$4,999 per person · next sails Dec 4, 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 MUC · $2,676 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.

Days 1–2
Budapest Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 3
Bratislava
Devín Castle by Danube boat · $9 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Vienna
Schönbrunn Palace · $82 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Sail through a serene tapestry of terraced vineyards
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Day 5
Krems an der Donau
Melk Abbey · $12 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Linz
Salzburg old town + The Original Sound of Music To… · $151 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 7–8
Passau Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Passau

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

137 mi from Passau

Schloss Ambras

134 mi from Passau

Zugspitze Day Trip

Home

Fly home from Passau (MUC)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into BUD, home from MUC · 2 travelers $2,676 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Budapest · River~$236
Cruise fare7 nights · Viking River · 2 guests$9,998
Shore excursions4 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$254
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$13,344
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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