Scenic’s all-inclusive, 5-star luxury river cruises are the best way to immerse yourself in the delights of Eastern Europe. Cruising down the romantic Danube River, you'll be in awe as you pass through the magnificent Iron Gates and admire the astounding rock sculpture at Decebalus. As your luxurious Scenic Space-Ship journeys towards the Black Sea and the breathtaking Danube Delta, you'll delight in the variety of birdlife and the spectacular natural beauty.
Our Eastern Europe river cruises take you to lesser-known towns and river tributaries including Vidin on the southern bank of the Danube River in north-western Bulgaria and Sava River, a tributary of the Danube River that discharges into the Danube in Belgrade. Your picture postcard Eastern Europe river cruise also journeys through spectacular landscapes of countries including Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania and Passau in Lower Bavaria.
Scenic's Eastern Europe river cruise also takes in the delights of Belgrade (one of Europe's oldest capital cities), Novi Sad, Constanta, Belogradchik and its fortress in Bulgaria and Hungary's oldest towns on the Great Hungarian Plain where the Pannonian Steppe (a grassland biome) is located in Puszta. The breathtaking Carpathian Mountains that stretch through Eastern Europe and Central Europe with their soaring peaks and spruce forests are like stepping into a fairy-tale.
Picture postcard moments abound with Scenic's Eastern Europe river cruising journeys. From the Balkan Mountains, rock formations and Kalemegdan fortress to Vukovar, Croatia's largest river port. You'll marvel at the Petrovaradin fortress located on the Danube River in Novi Sad, Serbia a military fort for Austrian rulers who hid treasures there during Napoleon's conquests.
Our 23-day all-inclusive, 5-star luxury Black Sea Europe river cruise from Bucharest to Amsterdam is the trip of a lifetime along the Danube River and Rhine River.
Our luxurious river cruise starts with sightseeing and a walking tour in the capital of Romania, Bucharest. With a turbulent political history, Romania was invaded by Ottoman Turks, despite desperate opposition from Wallachia and Moldovan provinces. Transylvania was a semi-autonomous province under Habsburg, Ottoman, Hungarian and Wallachian rule. The post-World War 2 history of Romania is perhaps better known due to the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's excesses. In 1989 a national uprising resulted in his Communist regime being overthrown before a republic was established in 1991. With a multiparty parliamentary system, freedom of speech and a market economy, a visit to Romania reveals the political history and geographical wonders. During your free time in Bucharest, you'll be able to tour Nicolae Ceausescu’s Spring Villa and the Village Open Air Museum.
Our 9-day all-inclusive, 5-star luxury Black Sea river cruise from Budapest to Bucharest is the best way to see parts of Eastern Europe other cruise lines can't access. From the village of Arbanassi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site to the Byzantine village of Veliko Tarnovo and the Bulgarian town of Rousse, where you’ll be treated to a guided sightseeing tour. The spectacular scenery on your Black Sea cruise includes the Iron Gates, a gorge the Danube River has carved out between the Balkan Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains. From Romania and Serbia to Hungary, this Black Sea river cruise gives you opportunities for full-day guided tours or self-guided E-bike tours onshore.
