About Bucharest
Bucharest itself does not sit on the Danube, but every lower-Danube itinerary that disembarks at Giurgiu or Oltenița includes a coach transfer to the city for the post-cruise tour. The Palace of the Parliament — Ceaușescu's titanic late-communist marble megastructure, the second-largest administrative building in the world — is the standard headline visit, paired with the old Lipscani quarter, the Atheneum concert hall and the open-air Village Museum on Lake Herastrau.
River cruise ships that call at Bucharest
121 vessels from 13 operators include Bucharest in their published itineraries:
…and 61 more vessels.
Itineraries that include Bucharest
- Lower Danube Discovery
Operators serving Bucharest
Viking River Cruises
Scandinavian-styled Longships exploring Europe's great waterways.
AmaWaterways
Boutique river ships with twin balconies and onboard bicycles.
Avalon Waterways
Suite Ships with beds that face the river.
Scenic Luxury Cruises
All-inclusive Space-Ships with butler-served suites.
Emerald Cruises
Star-Ships with an indoor pool that converts to a cinema.
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises
Floating boutique hotels with hand-curated antiques.
CroisiEurope
Family-owned French line covering Europe's lesser-known rivers.
Tauck
Family-owned American operator with multi-generational departures.
A-ROSA River Cruises
Lifestyle river cruising for a German-speaking market.
Riviera Travel
British operator with single-supplement cabins on every ship.
Amadeus River Cruises
Family-owned Austrian line with classic European itineraries.
Grand Circle Cruise Line
Small-ship river cruises for active North American travellers.
Riverside Luxury Cruises
New ultra-luxury entrant with all-suite ships.
Rivers reached from Bucharest
Rhine
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Danube
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Main & Moselle
The Main and Moselle are the most picturesque tributaries of the Rhine. The Moselle in particular — a thirty-mile sequence of horseshoe…