If you want to see the most romantic face of Budapest take a cruise with dinner and live music on the Danube. That's what my husband and I did on a warm summer night.
Program Details of the Danube Cruise in Budapest
Dates:
There are 3 cruises every day (excepet for special holidays like 20th August, Christmas and new Year's Eve):
- Lunch Cruise with Buffet Lunch - starts at 14.00 - meeting is at the ticket office of the Duna Palota (Danube Palace) at 5., Zrínyi utca, V. district. at 13.30 the latest. See map.
Price with lunch: 30,40 Euro/7900 HUF, Student: 27,70 Euro/7200 HUF
Price only with drinks: 13,85 Euro/3600 HUF, Student: 12,70 Euro/3300 HUF
- Dinner & Cruise with Live Music - starts at 19.00 - meeting is at the ticket office of the Duna Palota (Danube Palace) at 5., Zrínyi utca, V. district. at 18.30 the latest. Price: adult: 49.61 €/9400 HUF, student: 41.90 €/8600 HUF. Ticket Reservation.
- Night Cruise with Dinner - Only on the days when there is performance of Hungarian folk-dances or classical music concerts that starts at 20.00. The night tour starts at 22:00. Meeting time is 21:30 h on the place of that days performance (Danube Palace or Budai Vigadó Our company organizes different cultural programs in the city which are starting at 20:00.
Price with dinner: 30,4 Euro/7900 HUF/adult, Student: 27,7 Euro/7200 HUF.
Price with drinks only: 13,85 Euro/3600 HUF/adult, Student: 12,7 Euro/3300 HUF.
Holiday Cruises on the Danube in Budapest:
Christmas Cruise: on 25th December at 19.00 (dinner c live music) and a second tour starts at 22.00 (this is with dinner)
Fireworks show & Cruise with dinner on 20th August: enjoy the spectacular fireworks from a ship on the Danube.
New Year's Eve Cruise & Party - with 4-course dinner, free dink consumption, live music and 1-hour sightseieng tour on the Danube.
Length of Danube Cruise: each tours lasts for approx. 1.5 hours.
Dinner & Cruise with Live Music (19.00-21.30)-Details
Menu:
Welcome drink:
Champagne or Peach Palinka or Orange Juice
Cold entries:
Curd Cheese Cream seasoned „Hungarian style”
Goose Greaves Cream
Soup:
Traditional Goulash Soup with Loin Cubes |
Warm main course:
Grilled Chicken Breast served with Cheese Sauce „Tokaj style”
Hungarian Letcho with Vienna Sausage
Grilled Sausage with Mini Stuffed Cabbage
Vegetarian: vegetarian lasagne
Garnishes:
Stewed Rice
Buttered Parsley Potatoes
Salads:
Greek Rustic Salad with Feta Cheese
Potato Salad with Onions and Light Mayonnaise
Noodle Salad with Rosemary
Fresh Green Salads with different kinds of Dressings |
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Desserts:
Variety of Mini Desserts
Variety of Mini Strudels with Cinnamon-Vanilla Sauce
Fruit basket:
Season and Exotic Fruits
Drinks:
1 glass of red or white wine + 1 bottle of water (0,33) or soft drink |
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Price of the Danube Cruise with Dinner & Live Music
Dinner & Cruise with Live Music: 49.61 €/9400 HUF for adults
Students: 41.90 €/8600 HUF
Without dinner (drinks are included): 4200 HUF, students: 3900 HUF:
Booking:
Payment in Euro: Book your Danube Cruise with Dinner & Live Music in Euros.
Payment in HUF: Reserve your Danube Cruise in Budapest here in HUF.
Discount package prices - pay less for two programs: book another program together with the night cruise starting at 22.00 and get two programs for less than you would pay if you bought the tickets individually.
Enjoy
- a spectacular Hungarian Folk performance,
- an orchestra concert or
- an Organ Concert in the beautiful Church of St Anne
before the Danube cruise. This way you not only have great program for a full evening but you pay less if you book a Concert/Folk performance + Dinner & Cruise as a package.
After concert the friendly, foreign-language speaking hostesses accompany you from the concert venue (Danube Palace or Vigadó hall) to the cruise ship. It takes about 4-5 minutes to get there by walk. The cruise ends at cc. 23.00 and the hostesses can call you a taxi to take you back to your hotel. |
Our Cruise on the Danube
Our cruise ship departed from the Kossuth Museum Ship at the foot of the Chain Bridge in Pest.

Kossuth Museum Ship (or Kossuth Vénhajó) a standing ship with a small exhibition about the 20th-century history of navigation in Hungary
While the ship was gliding through the greyish foams of the Danube we had a fine dinner with a glass of wine and admired the breathtaking view basking in the golden light of the setting sun. Live music enhances the romantic ambinece on cruises starting at 19.00.
The Danube river bisects the city into two different parts: the hilly and more peaceful Buda on the right side, and the buzzing Pest on the left.
Both river banks offer many sights: right at the start of your Danube cruise the graceful tower of the Matthias Church and the Fishermen's Bastion draw your eyes to historic Castle District.

Further up the building of Budapest Parliament dominates the Pest shore.

Joggers do their regular rounds on picturesque Margaret Island (Margitsziget).

At the north end of Margaret Island the ship turned and went down the river as far as the National Theatre at the Pest end of the Lágymányosi Bridge.
The fine building of the Gresham Place - today an exclusive luxury hotel - stands at the Pest end of the Chain Bridge.

The doloimit rock of the Gellért Hill towered above the water between Elizabeth Bridge (Erzsébet híd) and Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd).

The modern-style National Theatre marked the final attraction of our excursion on the Danube.

Crown your visit to Budapest with a Cruise on the Danube which you can reserve here.
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