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12 night christmastime from budapest to frankfurt

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Ship: Avalon Illumination (details)
Cruise line: Avalon Waterways

Departure date: Sunday, December 06, 2026
Return date: Friday, December 18, 2026
Departure port: Budapest
Ports of call: Vienna, Krems, Melk, Passau, Regensburg, Nuremberg, Munich, Bamberg, Wurzburg, Miltenberg
Return port: Frankfurt

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Day Location

1
Budapest
2
Budapest
3
Vienna
4
Krems
5
Melk
6
Passau
7
Regensburg
8
Nuremberg
9
Munich
10
Nuremberg
11
Bamberg
12
Wurzburg
13
Miltenberg
14
Frankfurt
15
Frankfurt

The Chain Bridge over the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary.

Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary.

Inside ornate St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary. See it on a river cruise down the Danube.

Fisherman's Bastion on the Buda bank of the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary.

Christmastime in the Graben during the holiday market in Vienna, Austria.

Klein-Venedig (Little Venice) is a colony of fishermen's houses on the River Regnitz in Bamberg, Germany.

Budapest, Hungary, as night falls. A number of cruise lines offer river cruises down the Danube River.

Inside the ornate Moorish-style Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. It contains a synagogue, museum, cemetery and Holocaust memorial.

The Parliament Building in Budapest, Hungary, built in a Gothic Revival style and opened in 1904, is a highlight of any river cruise along the Danube.

Christmas market in Town Hall Square, Vienna, Austria.

A close-up of the entrance to Bamberg Cathedral in Germany.

A capture of the decorative Opera House ceiling in Budapest, Hungary.

Traditional dancers in Budapest, Hungary.

Szabadsag Square in Budapest, Hungary.

Old City Hall in Bamberg, Germany, is located on the river Regnitz near its confluence with the River Main.

The golden dome inside the Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary.

Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, Hungary.

Karlskirche at night in Vienna. It's generally considered the most outstanding baroque church in Austria.