Emerald Dawn Cruise Reviews for Gourmet Food to Europe - River from Budapest

We choose this cruise if order to visit the Danube. Probably 7 or 9 days should be enough and the last part of the trip is not great enough as the 1st part. The german part is nice but some days you have not enough time to really look the towns and the onboard afternoon you have little to nothing to do. The top of the ship was banned to go during lot of days in the ⅓ of the trip and that is not ...

We hoped to learn about an area of which we knew little, and to see unusual wildlife - especially birds - in the Danube. We particularly hoped that there would be an optional excursion to the Delta nature reserve. There was neither. However, Emerald's general organisation was outstanding from start to finish. The ship was flawless except for the noisy dining saloon, very comfortable, and the ...

This was our second cruise with Emerald Waterways and by chance we found we were on the same ship as last year. We made our own arrangements for travel and accommodation before and after the cruise, travelling to Budapest by train via Leipzig, Dresden and Prague and staying an additional 2 nights in Amsterdam. There was a small reduction for making our own arrangements, but almost certainly less ...