Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

15-Night Budapest to Basel Cruise Adventure

Avalon · Avalon Imagery II · from Budapest

$9,438 per person · next sails Oct 15, 2027 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 ZRH · $2,446 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 · 15 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
Budapest Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–3
Naschmarkt & Viennese Coffee House · $184 for two with Insight Cities Viennahow to make it yours →
Day 4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 5
★ Three Rivers — how to make it yours →
Day 6
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 7
Private WWII History Tour · $230 for two with Nuremberg City of Empires Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Private Walking Tour · $304 for two with Bamberg Tourismus – Official Guided Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Rothenburg ob der Tauber · $302 for two with Reimagine Tours Würzburghow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Miltenbergport guide →
Brauhaus Faust Brewery Tour & Private Franconian B… · $26 for two with Brauhaus Faust Miltenberghow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 13
KD Paddlewheel Goethe Cruise · $50 for two with KD Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt (Köln-Düsseldorfer)how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Strasbourgport guide →
Full-Day Alsace Wine Route · $298 for two with Ophorushow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Breisach am Rheinport guide →
★ Colmar & the Alsace Wine Route — how to make it yours →
Day 16
Basel Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Basel

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

62 mi from Basel

Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe

48 mi from Basel

Jungfraujoch Day Trip

Before you sail

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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181 mi from Budapest · fly KRK

Krakow's Salt Mines, Sacred Peaks & Craft Brews: A Road Trip

Heritage, Highlands & Gastronomy

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Basel

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

46 mi from Basel · fly ZRH

Lucerne: Alpine Culture, Sacred Art & a Lake Worth Crossing

Swiss Lake & Mountain Culture

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Home

Fly home from Basel (ZRH)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into BUD, home from ZRH · 2 travelers $2,446 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Budapest · River~$236
Cruise fare15 nights · Avalon · 2 guests$18,876
Shore excursions8 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,400
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$23,138
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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