{"id":23359,"date":"2012-12-18T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2012\/12\/18\/see-the-best-of-central-europe-on-avalons-24-day-european-river-cruise\/"},"modified":"2016-04-21T17:39:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T21:39:51","slug":"see-the-best-of-central-europe-on-avalons-24-day-european-river-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2012\/12\/18\/see-the-best-of-central-europe-on-avalons-24-day-european-river-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"See the best of central Europe on Avalon&#8217;s 24-day European river cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stretching through more than 1,000 miles of exotic European locations, this North Sea &#8211; Black Sea European river cruise is a great way to travel Europe. This river cruise begins in <strong>Bucharest<\/strong> and ends in <strong>Amsterdam<\/strong>, or you can catch this cruise going the opposite direction if you choose. No matter which port you start your river cruise from, this vacation promises to be an exceptional experience that you will treasure for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Aboard the Avalon Imagery or the Avalon Tranquility, you&#8217;ll sail down the beautiful <strong>Rhine, the Main and the Danube rivers<\/strong> through nine different countries or 10 if you want to extend the trip to Istanbul, Turkey. You&#8217;ll enjoy delicious 3 course meals, concierge services and world-class amenities on your European river cruise. We\u2019re sure you will find this cruise to be the best, most relaxing way to travel Europe; you only have to unpack one time!<\/p>\n<p>There is so much to see on this European river cruise, this article could go on forever if we listed them all! Here are some examples of great Central European countries you&#8217;ll encounter on this Avalon river cruise:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Germany<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Cologne<\/strong> \u2013 While sightseeing, make sure to get a picture in front of the famous twin spires of its <strong>gothic cathedral<\/strong>!<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Rudesheim<\/strong> \u2013 Visit <strong>Siegried\u2019s Mechanical Musical Instrument Museum<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Miltenberg<\/strong> \u2013 See the picturesque <strong>Bavarian Village<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Wurzburg<\/strong> \u2013 See the magnificent <strong>Bishops Residence<\/strong> (UNESCO Site)<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Bamberg<\/strong> \u2013 Medieval town featuring beautiful cathedrals and <strong>18th Century Mansions<\/strong> (UNESCO Site)<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Nuremberg<\/strong> \u2013 Take a guided tour to the stunning gothic churches and elegant patrician houses<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Regensburg<\/strong> \u2013 One of Germany\u2019s best preserved Medieval Cities!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Austria<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Linz<\/strong> \u2013 Explore this culture rich community with a Certified Local Guide<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Grein<\/strong> \u2013 Tour this beautiful country resort nestled at the foot of a bluff in the shadow of it\u2019s castle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slovakia<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 <strong>Bratislava<\/strong> \u2013 Visit the <strong>Town Hall<\/strong> and <strong>St. Martin\u2019s Cathedral<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hungary<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Budapest<\/strong> \u2013 Here you can see the Fishermen\u2019s Bastion, the Matthias Church, and many other sights with your Certified Local Guide<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Villany District<\/strong> \u2013 Some of the Country\u2019s best red wines are made here, it\u2019s a great place to go <strong>wine tasting<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Want more information about this river cruise? You can take a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/river-cruise\/river-cruise.php?itin_id=288\">look at the full itinerary<\/a> or call us at 1-888-804-2784 to speak with an agent about booking arrangements for this or any other cruise that you may be interested in. Or if you\u2019d like to just browse around our website for ideas, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/CruiseExperts.com\" target=\"_blank\">CruiseExperts.com<\/a>. We can\u2019t wait to help you plan your next vacation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stretching through more than 1,000 miles of exotic European locations, this North Sea-Black Sea European river cruise, which begins in Bucharest and ends 24 days later in Amsterdam, promises to be the vacation of a lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,40,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-european","category-european-river-cruises","category-river-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}