Join Tauck’s “maestros” to walk in the footsteps of musical giants like Mozart, Beethoven, Bartók, Schubert, Liszt, Strauss, Haydn and others as you cruise the Blue Danube on a 12-day trip through the heart of Europe including a 7-night cruise aboard ms Swiss Jewel. Visit homes these musical greats lived and composed in, concert halls and palaces where they performed and more... enveloped by their glorious music throughout a magical journey chock full of Tauck Exclusives! Along with your Tauck Cruise Director and Tauck Directors, your cruise is accompanied throughout by Tauck’s “maestros.” Active music scholars and performers, our maestros include current doctoral candidates in music history who are passionate and knowledgeable about European music and the destinations you’ll visit. They’ll guide your explorations ashore and enrich your onboard experience with interactive music workshops, seminars and performances.
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Departures
24 May; 19 Jul; 30 Aug; 11 Oct 2012.
Inclusions
- Gratuities to ship staff, drivers, local guides, Tauck Directors, Tauck Cruise Directors and “Maestros”
- All private Tauck shore excursions – $1,385 Value!
- Tauck Exclusive – Interactive onboard workshops, seminars and performances by Tauck’s “maestros”
- Tauck Exclusive – A Q & A session with a former opera director at the historic Opera House in Bratislava
- Tauck Exclusive – Interactive Folk Wedding, dinner and musical performance at 16th-century Slovakian winery
- Tauck Exclusive – Private Imperial Evening at a Vienna palace with gala dinner and performance
- Tauck Exclusive – Behind-the-scenes visit to the Bösendorfer piano salon & to Vienna’s Musikverein
- Tauck Exclusive – Private gala dinner, tour & concert at Lobkowicz Palace featuring Beethoven’s original scores
- Performance at a premier concert venue in Budapest
- Music-themed sightseeing in Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg, Prague and other cities
- Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
- 26 meals (11 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 9 dinners); select meals ashore, and wine with all dinners on the riverboat; service charges, taxes and porterage
- Voted by the readers of Travel + Leisure as 2011 "World's Best River Cruise Line"