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New 5-Star Fly, Stay and Cruise Package on the Danube River Aboard Riviera Travel’s Newest Ship
From only $5525 including flights. Bonus Onboard Drinks Package Included – Book by August 31, 2018.
A free onboard drinks package forms
part of a new fly, stay and river cruise
package from Australia to eastern
Europe aboard the newest five-star
ship for low-cost river cruise line, Riviera
Travel.
Enjoy an exclusive 12-night ‘Danube
Delights’ fly/stay/cruise package that
showcases the imperial beauty of
Budapest, the romance of the River
Danube and the baroque palaces and
medieval villages which line the iconic
waterway.
Available on four departure dates
between April and October, 2019, the
new, value-add package combines
a five-night stay in Budapest, Hungary,
with a seven-night ‘Blue Danube’ river
cruise, round-trip from Budapest to Linz
and Salzburg in Austria aboard Riviera
Travel’s latest five-star river ship, the
169-guest Robert Burns, launched in
April, 2018.
After flying to Hungary from Sydney,
Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane or Perth,
travellers will spend five nights at a
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boutique hotel in Budapest, including
daily breakfast, a 48-hour hop-on-hop-
off city bus pass and a full-day tour, with
lunch, to a Hungarian ranch to watch
the traditional Puszta Horse Show.
Guests then board Riviera Travel’s
new, luxury river ship, Robert Burns,
for a seven-night, return cruise on
the Danube from Budapest to Linz in
Austria. Along the way, visits include
the baroque old town of Bratislava in
Slovakia, the magnificent, Benedictine
monastery at Melk and the palaces
and museums of Vienna, with a side trip
from Linz to the ‘Sound of Music’ city
of Salzburg. Complimentary excursions
are included each day as well as a live,
classical quartet recital and Hungarian
folklore show onboard the Robert Burns.
Guests fly home to Australia from
Budapest.
Including return flights from Sydney,
Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane or Perth,
accommodation and sightseeing in
Budapest, meals and shore excursions
during the cruise, transfers in Hungary
and onboard Wi-Fi, the 12-night
‘Danube Delights’ package is available
from $5525 per person, twin-share.
(based on October 28, 2019 cruise
departure).
This package also features a bonus
onboard drinks package, including
drinks with lunch and dinner, for
bookings made by August 31, 2018, or
until sold out.
Offering inclusive, five-star cruises at
fares up to 50 per cent lower than
river companies more established
in Australia, Riviera Travel’s 12 luxury
river ships will carry a record 47,000
passengers on 327 departures across
Europe in 2019.
The package is available for cruise
departures on April 8, July 22, August
19 and October 28, 2019. To book the
package, find your local friendly team
of experts at a Worldwide Cruise Centre
or go to:
www.worldwidecruisecentres.com.au