Christmas Markets Along the Danube (2012)

Nuremberg • Regensburg • Passau • Aschach • Melk • Vienna
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  • $137 per day
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  • 9 days
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  • $222 per dayIncludes international airfare and government taxes
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Learn how to customize your River Cruise, or view standard air routing and travel times. The choice is yours with our True Choice program.

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Customize your trip

With our True Choice Program, you can choose to stay longer before or after your trip on your own, or combine two vacations to maximize your value. Here are more ways to create the Grand Circle Cruise Line River Cruise that’s right for you:

  • Choose our standard air routing, or work with us to select the airline and routing you prefer
  • Make your own international flight arrangements directly with the airline, applying frequent flyer miles if available
  • International airport transfers to and from your ship or hotel are available for purchase
  • Stay overnight in a connecting city before or after your trip
  • Request to arrive a few days early to get a fresh start on your vacation
  • Choose to “break away” before or after your trip, spending additional days or weeks on your own
  • Extend your vacation with our optional pre- and post-trip extensions
  • Combine your choice of Grand Circle Cruise Line vacations to maximize your value
  • Upgrade to business or premium economy class

The air options listed above will involve an additional fee of $100 per person for confirmed requests (as well as incremental airfare costs based on your specific choice). This service fee will be waived for Inner Circle/Sir Edmund Hillary Club members.

Or, when you make your reservation, you can choose our standard air routing, for which approximate travel times are shown below.

(Vienna)

GATEWAY

TRAVEL TIME*

Newark, New York (JFK), Washington, DC (Dulles)

11hrs

Atlanta, Philadelphia

12hrs

Boston, Minneapolis, Tampa

13hrs

Dallas, Denver, Detroit

14hrs

Houston

10hrs

Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco

15hrs

San Francisco, Seattle

16hrs

* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.

The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Vienna, Austria. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.

(Nuremburg)

GATEWAY

TRAVEL TIME*

Boston, Detroit, New York (JFK), Washington, DC (Dulles)

11hrs

Atlanta, Chicago, Newark

12hrs

Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Seattle

13hrs

Denver

14hrs

Dallas, Tampa

15hrs

San Francisco

17hrs

San Diego

19hrs

* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.

The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Nuremburg, Germany. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.

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Share your love of travel with others and, for each referral who embarks on a Grand Circle Cruise Line trip, you will earn $100 in CASH or credit. With your 4th referral departing on a 2012 departure, your reward increases to $200 in CASH or credit per person. And once you refer 8 travelers departing in either 2012 or 2013, you'll earn a FREE trip valued up to $4,500 per household—which will bring the total value of your earned rewards up to $5,600.

And you are also passing along savings to your new traveler: We'll instantly deduct $100 off the cost of their reservation when they mention your name and Customer Number while reserving.

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Optional Tours

Tailor your vacation with our optional tours

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Day 3:
 Documentation Center $40 per person

Visit the new Documentation Centre on the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg. In 1998, the city of Nuremberg held an architectural competition for the center’s design. Designers had to fit the proposed center in the Congress Hall and deal with the site’s intimidating architecture and ominous premise. Today’s optional tour features the center built from the winning design and the surrounding grounds.
Day 7:
 Salzburg $105 per person

This beautiful city—birthplace of Mozart—will seem familiar to most of us who are forever enchanted by The Sound of Music, and you’ll visit the grounds where much of the film was shot.

Your tour includes a visit to the Getreidegasse, the renowned center for Austrian shopping. Note the intricate architectural details of this lane of shops and galleries, nestled under their skillfully crafted wrought iron signs and offering jewelry, antiques, leather goods, and regional foods. The vaulted passageways offer delightful pathways to artisans’ workshops and arcaded courtyards.

You’ll get another taste of Alpine Christmas traditions as you visit the fabulous Salzburg Christmas Market. Handmade seasonal crafts of all sorts are available, and the aromas of traditional holiday foods add magic to the colorful setting. Have lunch in this beautiful city and free time to explore on your own before boarding your ship again in the late afternoon in Linz.

Day 8:
 Musical Vienna $85 per person

Vienna without music wouldn’t be Vienna. So, subject to availability of tickets, you may want to join us this evening on a Musical Vienna outing and enjoy an unforgettable performance in one of Vienna’s most beautiful palaces, the Kursalon. You’ll hear classical Viennese music in a setting where Johann Strauss himself performed and be enchanted by the beautiful melodies.

Please note: This optional tour is offered on the Nuremberg to Vienna itinerary only.
Day 4:
 Salzburg $105 per person

This beautiful city—birthplace of Mozart—will seem familiar to most of us who are forever enchanted by The Sound of Music, and you’ll visit the grounds where much of the film was shot.

Your tour includes a visit to the Getreidegasse, the renowned center for Austrian shopping. Note the intricate architectural details of this lane of shops and galleries, nestled under their skillfully crafted wrought iron signs and offering jewelry, antiques, leather goods, and regional foods. The vaulted passageways offer delightful pathways to artisans’ workshops and arcaded courtyards.

You’ll get another taste of Alpine Christmas traditions as you visit the fabulous Salzburg Christmas Market. Handmade seasonal crafts of all sorts are available, and the aromas of traditional holiday foods add magic to the colorful setting. Have lunch in this beautiful city and free time to explore on your own before boarding your ship again in the late afternoon in Linz.

Day 8:
 Documentation Center $40 per person

Visit the new Documentation Centre on the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg. In 1998, the city of Nuremberg held an architectural competition for the center’s design. Designers had to fit the proposed center in the Congress Hall and deal with the site’s intimidating architecture and ominous premise. Today’s optional tour features the center built from the winning design and the surrounding grounds.