Danube 2003

Uniworld Cruise The Danube: from Budapest to the Black Sea, June 2003. We flew into Budapest and flew back from Bucharest.

Budapest, Hungary
Kalocsa, Hungary
Belgrade, Serbia
Vidin, Bulgaria
Rousse and Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
Constanta, Romania
Bucharest, Romania

These tours have a lot of cultural events, as well as just looking at the countryside and cities and town. Uniworld does a very nice cruise with excellent food and drink. Much of the value of this cruise is not just the cities and towns we visited, but what we saw on the banks as we sailed.
  • One of the wonderful things about river cruises is you are normally docked right downtown. This was the case in Budapest -- and we spent the day exploring…

    01 Budapest

    One of the wonderful things about river cruises is you are normally docked right downtown. This was the case in Budapest -- and we spent the day exploring…
  • Kalocsa is renowned for handicrafts and paprika production. We also enjoyed an impressive display of Hungarian horsemanship on our tour.

    02 Kaloska

    Kalocsa is renowned for handicrafts and paprika production. We also enjoyed an impressive display of Hungarian horsemanship on our tour.
  • After leaving Hungary, the Danube is a frontier between Croatia and Serbia. Belgrade is the capial of Serbia, located on the confluence of the Danube and the…

    03 Belgrade

    After leaving Hungary, the Danube is a frontier between Croatia and Serbia. Belgrade is the capial of Serbia, located on the confluence of the Danube and the…
  • After going through the Iron Gate of the Danube, we arrive at the ancient Bulgarian town of Vidin.

    04 Vidin

    After going through the Iron Gate of the Danube, we arrive at the ancient Bulgarian town of Vidin.
  • Our next stop was at Rousse for a full day tour of Veliko Turnovo. Veliko Turnovo was the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom from 1187 to 1393. We also…

    05 Rousse

    Our next stop was at Rousse for a full day tour of Veliko Turnovo. Veliko Turnovo was the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom from 1187 to 1393. We also…
  • The ship docks in Constanta on the Black Sea. We walked around a bit and later took a tour to a local winery.

    06 Constanta

    The ship docks in Constanta on the Black Sea. We walked around a bit and later took a tour to a local winery.

  • 07 Drive to Bucharest

    After breakfast, we disembarked the ship for the last time and were driven by bus to Bucharest.

  • 08 Bucharest

    Bucharest is sometimes called the "Paris of the East" because of its wide boulevards and the Romanian Arc de Triomphe. We saw Ceaușescu's monstrous building…

  • 11 Danube

    Sights along the way from Budapest to the Black Sea.

  • 12 The Ship

    The ship was Uniworld's River Countess, then on its second cruise. The ship was nice and the food was excellent. One thing we note is we had no wifi in 2003…
  • The Danube