VUKOVAR – ILOK, CROATIA

History and Beer Visit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.

DISCOVERY EXCURSION

Join a Guided Walking Tour to discover the heritage, culture, and tradition of Vukovar and enjoy a beer tasting, OR: 

CLASSIC EXCURSION

Join a Guided City Tour to discover the captivating culture and tradition of Vukovar and learn about its rich history and heritage. Enjoy a brief cruise to Ilok while having lunch onboard.

ILOK, CROATIA

History and Culture in Croatia

CLASSIC EXCURSION

Join a Guided tour of Ilok, with its 1,000-year-old wine making traditions still thriving and its medieval fortress protected for its Croatian cultural heritage. Refresh your spirit with a wine tasting in a local cellar and hear the stories of culture and tradition in the natural beauty of Eastern Croatia, OR: 

ACTIVE EXCURSION

Explore more of Croatia on a Guided Bike Tour along Ilok’s city walls, into the central church, and the towns’ museum on your way to Principovac Castle and Estate.

OVERNIGHT DOCKING IN NOVI SAD 

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

NOVI SAD, SERBIA

The Athens of Serbia 

CLASSIC EXCURSION

Join a Guided Tour of Novi Sad, the second largest town in Serbia. Admire its Austro-Hungarian old town, with its baroque buildings, and ancient fortications.

ACTIVE EXCURSION

Enjoy a Guided Hike Tour to the Petrovaradin part of the town. Located on the right bank of the Danube, across from the main part of Novi Sad, this area will amaze you for its scenic views, OR: 

DISCOVERY EXCURSION

Get to learn more about the beekeeper profession on this Guided Tour of Novi Sad by stopping to the Honey Museum and by tasting local honey specialties. Later, enjoy live entertainment on board.

OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO BELGRADE 

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

BELGRADE

Fortresses and Folklore 

ACTIVE EXCURSION

Discover Belgrade’s central walkway with your Adventure Host, OR:

CLASSIC EXCURSION

Join a Guided Sightseeing Tour of Belgrade—where the Danube and Sava Rivers converge—and see the city’s many fascinating sights, including Saint Sava—one of the world’s largest Orthodox churches. 

DISCOVERY EXCURSION

Attend an onboard Lecture to learn about the rich history, destinations, and culture of the Balkan states. Spend your free time exploring the city on your own this afternoon on Knez Mihailova Street—Belgrade’s central pedestrian thoroughfare with many lively cafés, shops, and cultural spots.

This evening, you might like to join an Optional Excursion for an authentic Bohemian Dinner in the Quarter of Skadarlija.

OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO GOLUBAČ

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

GOLUBAČ–DONJI MILANOVAC. EXCURSION TO LEPENSKI VIR–IRON GATES GORGE

Ancient Artifacts and the Iron Gates 

CLASSIC EXCURSION

Visit the Fortress of Golubač, one of the best preserved medieval fortresses in Europe. You’ll hear about its tumultuous history as a border control for defense in the Middle Ages, and a source of conict between Serbia, the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, OR:

CLASSIC EXCURSION

Join a Guided Tour to the Mesolithic archaeological site of Lepenski Vir with unique views of the Danube Gorge. Sail through the spectacular and narrow Iron Gates Gorge—a natural border between Serbia and Romania.

AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO VIDIN 

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

VIDIN, BULGARIA

Rocks, ruins and Balkan Beauty 

ACTIVE EXCURSION

Join your Adventure Host for a bike tour around the city, OR:

CLASSIC EXCURSION

Join Guided Sightseeing to Baba Vida Fortress, followed by a Guided Tour of Belogradchik. Marvel at the remarkable rock formations on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains, sculpted by 200 million years of natural elements, OR: 

DISCOVERY EXCURSION

Discover more than two centuries of a proud family history of Bulgarian winemaking with a tour and tasting at a local winery. Here, you’ll enjoy a wine tasting in the cellars.

AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO ROUSSE 

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

ROUSSE. VELIKO TÂRNOVO & ARBANASSI EXCURSION

Fortresses and Folklore 

ACTIVE EXCURSION

Explore Rousse’s old town by bike with your Adventure Host, OR: 

CLASSIC EXCURSION

Join a full-day Guided Tour to the former Bulgarian capital of Veliko Târnovo—with its ancient stone houses clinging to the clis above the Yantra River. Discover one of the oldest towns in Bulgaria (circa 4300 BC), as well as the Bulgarian Revival architecture in the 15th-century town of Arbanassi, OR: 

CLASSIC EXCURSION

Join a Guided Sightseeing Tour of Bulgaria’s largest inland port and visit its impressive Holy Trinity Church. Later, enjoy live entertainment on board with a Bulgarian folklore show.

OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO OLTENITA 

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

OLTENITA, ROMANIA (DISEMBARKATION)

Your cruise ends with breakfast this morning.

Flights should not leave Bucharest airport before noon. 

Breakfast