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Feedback about the Grand European Cruise experience
We will be traveling soon on Tauck on the Grand European Tour and would like to hear from those that have been on this cruise. We are starting in Amsterdam and finishing in Bucharest. The good and the bad will be appreciated as well as tips and recommendations. Thank you!
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I've been looking at that tour for next year so please post your opinion when you return.
We will be on the same leaving in July
Just finished the lower half of that tour - Budapest to the Black Sea.
Recommendation - Eat lots of Chimney Cake in Budapest.
In Bucharest, if looking for Italian food, specifically pizza, then try Don Vito Trattoria (a couple of blocks from the Intercontinental Hotel).
The sights along the river south of Budapest are much more sparse than along upper portions of the Danube that we had done previously.
Stops south of Budapest with interesting sights - Belgrade, Serbia and Pecs, Hungary (a bus ride from the stop on the river Mohac)
Along the river itself there are a few sights - Golubac Fortress, Decebalus Rock Sculpture, and a few locks (the Iron Gate locks had close to 50-100 feet of drop when we went through the pair of locks).
The traffic in Bucharest is pretty bad, at least during our visit. This made the coach rides to and from either of the castle excursions pretty long.
Since you're doing the big boy of river tours, I'm not sure how much of what we did applies, so it may not be any help.
We are looking at doing this in 2026. Would like any input as to best month to go.
There are one three dates but I would pick July when it may be a little bit less crowded as some Europeans kids are still at school.