7 Night Cruise sailing from Passau roundtrip aboard Amadeus Diamond.

Since its debut in 2009 the AMADEUS Diamond has set new standards in European river cruising. This river cruiser is a nothing other than a floating luxury hotel, impressing its passengers from the moment they step on board. Allow this grand vessel to lure you away from normality - perhaps by inducing you to read an absorbing book in a chaise lounge on the sundeck, or to sample a relaxing massage. Get to see fascinating countries and meet interesting people over a convivial cup of coffee in the AMADEUS-Club or, while practising your golf on the putting green on the sundeck.

This special Danube cruise has been carefully created specifically for lovers of classical music, with special programmes on board and ashore.

Its highlights are the performances in the world famous opera houses of Budapest and Vienna. On this musical cruise you therefore at last have sufficient time, space and leisure not only to prepare yourself carefully for each musical event, but also to allow the pleasure of it to linger on for a suitable length of time afterwards.

Highlights of this cruise:

Passau
Passau sits on a narrow point of land where the Inn, Danube and IIz Rivers meet. Enjoy a walk through the city and perhaps a visit to the cathedral. The cathedral is an impressive Baroque building, complete with dome and flanking towers. Beneath the octagonal dome is the largest church organ in the world. Built between 1924 and 1928 and extended from 1979 to 1980, it claims no fewer than 17,388 pipes and 231 stops.

Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. Cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, its extensive World Heritage Sites includes the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrassy Avenue, Heroes' Square and the Millennium Underground Railway, the second oldest in the world. Other highlights include a total of 80 geothermal springs, the world's largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building.

Most of Budapest's famous sights are concentrated on Castle Hill on the Buda side, in downtown Pest and along the riverside walkways. The main sights on Castle Hill are the Royal Palace, the National Gallery, the Fisherman's Bastion and Matthias Church. In downtown Pest the main sights are the Parliament Building, St Stephen's Basilica, the Great Synagogue and the Jewish Museum and the Eötvös Lorand University.

Budapest is also known for its many hot and thermal springs. Budapest has 118 hot springs that supply the city's many bathhouses and spas with warm therapeutic spring water. Such was the reputation of its springs that in 1934, the Budapest was declared the "City of Springs."

Vienna
Vienna is a unique blend of the historic and the modern with a wealth of architecture and artistic and musical heritage. Many of the world's most important composers, including Beethoven and Mozart, have lived and performed behind Vienna's Baroque façades. In addition to this Baroque splendor, there are excellent examples of Art Nouveau architecture .

The heart of Vienna is the Innerestadt where some of Vienna's most popular tourist attractions can be found, along with pedestrianized streets lined with countless shops, cafes, bars and restaurants. The center point is the Graben (literally 'moat'), which is a wide square lined with shops and pavement cafes under large umbrellas. Following the demolition of the city walls in 1857, the Ringstrasse was laid out and some of Vienna's most beautiful buildings were built along it, between 1858 and 1865. Among the most important are the Staatsoper (State Opera House), Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts), Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum), Parlament (Parliament), Rathaus (City Hall) and Burgtheater.