4 countries in 7 days on 1 river. Why the Danube should be on YOUR bucket list.

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We cruised 4 countries in 7 days on 1 river. Experience the beauty of the Danube River on a Viking ship cruise from Budapest to Passau. This ultimate Danube River European adventure should be on everyone's bucket list!
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@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! It really does mean the world to us! Please give this video a THUMBS UP, please SUBSCRIBE and please leave us a comment too as that's extremely important to us (and it also encourages KZfaq to suggest it with other viewers who might be interested), and also we’d LOVE to hear from you. R&H x

@kathysteele2315 Күн бұрын

The amazing Ultravox song is one of many reasons why a trip to Vienna is on my bucket list. There are several songs about Vienna - another notable one is Billy Joel's - and they all evoke the beauty and wonder that I expect to feel while exploring the city.

@markaliberti8313 Ай бұрын

Just got off the cruise Wednesday we did a two day pre-stay at Budapest at the New York hotel. One of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had really enjoyed Viking.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! It really is an incredible experience. ☺️

@johntammybonsor6260 5 күн бұрын

Cheers guys...just got back from that very cruise (on the Viking Aegir). Had a super time.

@visitwithus 4 күн бұрын

Good to hear 😁 Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 😊

@marias902 Ай бұрын

Two things - Viking fan here! My Dad was born and raised just outside of Vienna. Way back in 1978 I was able to go over with my parents, and he gave us an insider’s tour around the city. He had gotten his architecture degree at Vienna Polytechnic University, so shared architectural details with us. He also knew the locals’ favorite restaurants, then to a local heurigen (for wine drinking) in his village (Viking often offers that as an evening tour). Seeing Vienna that way beats any type of land or cruise tour, so I was very lucky.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Yes, I’m afraid we really only visited the tourist ‘hot spots’ in Vienna, it’s such a beautiful city I can’t imagine what it would be like to get an ‘insiders’ view. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍

@jameslittle4414 Ай бұрын

We just finished a cruise on Viking INGVI and agree with you that this was a most spectacular river cruise! Our crew was awesome which made the trip even more enjoyable and pleasant. Seeing your video clips reminded us of many of the same places we visited. Our big difference was that we took the first cruise of the season (same direction as yours) in mid-March; the weather was chilly but dry and beautiful except for our trip up the Wachau Valley and in Linz, it snowed, sleeted and rained on us. The nice weather returned for Passau. We agree with you on the end of the cruise being a bit sad, who likes packing and thinking it is all over after all you've seen! We are thinking of a Rhine Christmas cruise next year and may the Romantic Danube thereafter. Thanks for the video and memories.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you. Sounds like you got all the weather in one cruise 😁👍

@ManWhoLovesTheMary 3 күн бұрын

Felt like I was there from Silistra to Regrnsburg, cake-coma'd all the way through. One of the things that warmed me up to river cruising was how close you are to the city centers. Though I wonder if you ever have the option to explore on your own if you'd prefer it. Those thermal spas are like interactive history come to life - taken OUTTA da musem. Love so much when historic spaces that often are clinked behind ropes, like would be expected for an elaborately sensitive venue like a century to centries old health spa, are used for its same original purpose. Incredible. I've finally embraced being a typical tourist. You just gotta OWN it. I've been a Southern California native all my life, for example, and yet still haven't fulfilled a lot of the basic touristy excursions to some of the most iconic Los Angeles landmarks. A tourist in my own backyard? Tally ho!

@sarapanzarella97 Ай бұрын

Just found your channel! We are heading for our first river cruise on the Danube in June. Your voice reminds me of the guy who has the channel Memory Seekers. Enjoyed the video and now looking thru your older ones.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you. Not sure who that is but will take a look/listen. Hope you enjoy the rest of our content 👍

@hopeemond2840 Ай бұрын

How I enjoyed this latest video of yours- made even more enjoyable because it was longer than your other ones🥰I have been on a Danube river cruise on Viking a few years ago- your video brought back wonderful, wonderful memories! I hope to take another Danube River cruise🤞🤞

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@malteadotas4 Ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE your videos. Great content guys and both of you are awesome. Cheers 🥂

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you sooo much. We really appreciate the kindness and support. 😊

@joybader4035 Ай бұрын

Oh my goodness. Brings back wonderful memories. We did this cruise in April after they started cruising after Covid! We had to test every morning for Covid. Day 3 one guy was taken off, and on the last night during dinner they came and told another one. They were taken to hotels (5 star) in Budapest and ended up staying 8 days! ( on Viking ) That part wasn’t good but the cruise was great. I would do it again!!! Thank you !

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Gosh, we remember cruising with all that hassle. So glad we don’t have to do that any more but also glad we were able to cruise in those horrible times. 😊

@shawnbooth4990 26 күн бұрын

Wow! Spectacular views!! I need to do one of these!

@visitwithus 23 күн бұрын

We hope you get to do it one day, it’s a beautiful itinerary. Thanks for watching.

@TonyG-gk7qr Ай бұрын

Fantastic video. I got a bit geeked out by those Viking Coaches. They looked amazing 😂

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you. The coaches do look great don’t they?

@jackredmond6023 Ай бұрын

Beautiful video! Thank you.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you ☺️

@norfolkboy6935 Ай бұрын

Really liked this style of presentation, a great watch. We did this Viking cruise in December 2019 for the Xmas markets and have to say everything was faultless. Have their French river cruise booked for next year and look forward to being well looked after again. Brilliant content, thank you. 🙏

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thanks me ole booty. We have more fun doing it this way but we also like to keep things a little varied. ☺️

@martinshaw4942 29 күн бұрын

I think you definitely do the Danube proud. We did this trip in reverse on the same ship in November 2021 just as the Christmas markets were opening after Covid. It was terrific, and looked equally good in the sunshine.

@visitwithus 28 күн бұрын

Thank you Martin ☺️

@jaymind Ай бұрын

Thanks you! You both are of favorite travel follows on KZfaq. You travel very similar to how my wife and I travel so it’s great entertainment and research.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you so much ☺️ We really appreciate your kind words and support. Happy cruising to you both 🛳️❤️

@steveosullivan4211 Ай бұрын

cheers, enjoyed...

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@vanbrendle Ай бұрын

We just booked this cruise on Viking in 2026. Doing pre and post excursions also. We love Viking!

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Fabulous! You’ll have the best time. 😍

@constructionwatcher5381 28 күн бұрын

I heartily agree, the Danube is a must. We took Tauck's Blue Danube cruise from Budapest up the river, then a transfer to Prague, a few years ago. It was all amazing, with Budapest, Vienna, and Prague being highlights.

@visitwithus 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting 😊

@visitwithus 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting 😊

@pamelawooden6012 Ай бұрын

I'm ready to go!!!!

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

See you on board! 😆🥂

@francesgill8621 22 күн бұрын

I'm leaving for Berlin next Sunday to start a Gate 1 tour which concludes with a 7 day Danube river tour. Better deal for a solo traveler. Planning to do the Gellert Spa in Budapest. Thanks for showing it. Glad it's within an easy walk of the cruise port

@visitwithus 21 күн бұрын

Hope you have a great time. Thanks for watching 😊

@justme7635 Ай бұрын

Great videos, and your jokes are just fine, my friend :)

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you kindly. 😊

@BrummieNik Ай бұрын

We’ve both watched this one in bed, Sunday morning, with a cup of coffee (raining in Staffordshire as usual !). Brought back lovely memories of our own 2 Danube cruises. Agree, the Wachau valley section is beautiful - we did the included bike ride from Melk to Durnstein which was fabulous. Presumably, given the amount of cake/chocolate you consumed on this trip, you now take statins intravenously ? 😂 As always, thanks for a great video.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

We didn’t have the option to do that bike ride - should imagine it was stunning. Hope we cheered you up a bit on a rainy Sunday morning 😊

@nigelcartwright5986 Ай бұрын

Great review. We did this exact same cruise with Viking in 2014 as our first ever river cruise. It is probably the best European river cruise itinerary to do (the Douro comes a close second).

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

We loved the Douro too, stunning scenery. Have you done the lower Danube? It’s pretty incredible too. Thanks for watching 👍

@nigelcartwright5986 Ай бұрын

Yes. We did the lower Danube in 2022 with Emerald. Not quite as spectacular as the Budapest to Passau stretch but still well worth it, particularly as it takes in so many Eastern European countries. I enjoyed the first day in Bucharest as I can remember when Nicolae Ceausescu was in charge. Also Belgrade was an interesting place. I studied Joseph Tito in college so it brought back memories. We are on another Emerald cruise this year on the Rhone in the Loire valley. Happy days.

@paladinhill Ай бұрын

Though I enjoy all your videos, this one was especially well done. Congrats on a well balances and informative tour. Now if only I could find some diabetic sugar-free cakes on my river cruise and stops in Vienna!!

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. 😊 We didn’t look but would be interested to know if they had sugar free cakes in the menus of those cafes. Good luck! 👍😀

@lvthud Ай бұрын

Okay Rich, so you remember the QM2 trip my wife and I were on in December 2019, the one where I had an issue with the security guy getting a little out of line ??? Okay, well on that voyage was a special guest speaker, named Midge Ure, yeah that one, great guy to talk to. I'm thinking about taking the family on a river cruise next year, this one is high on the list.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Wow, would love to have met him, a music legend for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍

@loumello8813 Ай бұрын

We stayed at the Intercontinental in Budapest as well for our Christmas Markets cruise last December, really beautiful hotel. I think Budapest is the most beautiful city I have ever been to, just wonderful. We were on Avalon and visited most of the same cities, although it was much colder and a bit snowy here and there.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

It’s a great hotel indeed Lou. And we agree, Budapest is an absolute gem and you need much more than a day here to appreciate its beauty. 😊

@loumello8813 Ай бұрын

@@visitwithus Yes, I agree, you need more than a day so the next time we are going to start in Budapest and do a couple of days before the cruise.

@robyoungquist5803 Ай бұрын

Reasons why I like Viking … well, I’m of Swedish ancestry 🇸🇪 . NO CHILDREN ✅☺️. No casino 👍🏻 Clean minimalist Scandinavian decor (just like at home 😳🙄). So glad to see you had such a wonderful week on the River. Now then, the gym is calling 🤔😉👍🏻😂

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@matthewn9430 Ай бұрын

Great video! I think you probably intended to write 'Viking have not had prior preview' rather than 'have had prior preview' in your disclosure.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll change it. 👍😊

@Lee-70ish 4 күн бұрын

Hi guys. Big question. Doing this criuse next month only thing we cant find info on is Hungarian currency. Austria and Germany are obviously Euros but Hungary uses the Forint. Do you take Forints with you or do you use euros?, which they except but apparently you do get charged at a poor exchange rate for items purchased with Euro's

@visitwithus 4 күн бұрын

Hi Lee. We didn’t take any local currency and used euros for tipping. Otherwise we found everywhere accepted contactless payment so we used that for meals, drinks, taxis, entrance tickets etc. Hope you have a great cruise, it’s a beautiful part of the world and stops at some lovely cities 👍

@yvescrepeau5955 Ай бұрын

Hi guys, I did a Danube cruise with Uniworld in 2022 it was spectacular, have you two sailed on a Uniworld ship yet? Cheers !

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Yes, we love Uniworld and have quite a lot of content on various destination sailed with them. We’ll put a link to the playlist below. Thanks for watching👍 kzfaq.info/sun/PLR7WpaSLH3dNUZbHuNnY-k_4o5Xuzbf6x&si=L3y4B4llTGHWLULX

@yvescrepeau5955 Ай бұрын

@@visitwithus I have done most of the European rivers with them love their product, might do a Christmas market one this year once II am back on my feet medically speaking love your content by the way have a great weeknd both of you

@Walkwithsimin-ru2rk Ай бұрын

Excellent 👍👌🏼👍

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@samtaylor9953 Ай бұрын

Just out of curiosity but why does it take you nearly a year to release the videos of your cruises?

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Good question. Simple answer is that we produce so many from a single trip (upwards of four or five) and if we can only produce in average one per week (editing takes a looong time), and we only have a couple of weeks between cruises at home (which is mostly the case), then you can do the math and see how a backlog can build. If we only did one video per trip it would be easier but we want to get much more detail in so the lead times slip… Thanks for your patience anyway. 👍🙂

@mrpwebbie Ай бұрын

tonight strong are the jokes with this one

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Haha 😂 For watching we thank you!

@geraldarcuri9307 Ай бұрын

It's "Bahk" not "Back". Johann Sebastian.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Thank you

@cruisecrazy7066 Ай бұрын

Waaaaay too many interview and face shots. Just give us ship shots.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

Please refer to our guide to longships. Different format. No face shots at all. This was a review, which included face shots as standard.

@cruisecrazy7066 Ай бұрын

@@visitwithus Sorry. Just trying to make a constructive coment.

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

@@cruisecrazy7066 No worries. We have the majority of our videos without us in them. These are a certain type which we discuss the review in a hybrid vlog/narrative. Normally they’re quite popular. 🙂

@cruisecrazy7066 Ай бұрын

@@visitwithus Don't worry. I love you anyway. LOL

@visitwithus Ай бұрын

@@cruisecrazy7066 Well that’s very nice to know. 🤣