AmaMagna Romantic Danube River Cruise
Venice to Prague 17 day cruise/tour - August 5, 2026Information
STUNNING AmaMagna CRUISE - The Most Luxurious River Cruise Ship in the World!
Exceeded Expectations
Our owners had heard about the stunning AmaMagna ship, but had never personally experienced it until the summer of 2024. It far exceeded every expectation. It is the most impressive river cruise ship ever built. It is DOUBLE the size of AmaWaterways’ other luxury river cruise ships. With it having double the amount of square feet of other ships, this is what they did with all the additional space: Approximately 25% of the additional space was put into additional cabins. The other 75% was used to make every cabin larger and more luxurious, along with additional restaurants and lounges. The size of the ship created the largest, most spacious sun deck in river cruising – it even has a full-size Pickleball Court.
Consider
Our concern was that all of the additional space and luxury was going to make the Magna much more expensive. The truth is, the AmaMagna is substantially more expensive – BUT, not for you in 2026. Fun For Less Tours AmaMagna special Charter Pricing for 2026 is so gigantic, we are able to get our passengers into the AmaMagna for about the same price as they would pay for Ama’s other smaller ships doing the same itinerary. 2026 is the year to experience the luxurious AmaMagna on the stunning Danube River!!!
Comparing Apples to Apples
On our past AmaWaterways cruises our passengers have chosen the following on Ama’s smaller ships.
- Approximately 30% of our passengers have booked the Cat C French Balcony Cabins. Cat C Cabins do not have a real balcony, it has a French sliding glass door that opens to the outside with a railing just outside the sliding glass door. You can sit in your room and lean out over the railing.
- Approximately 65% of our passengers have booked BB (or better) full balcony cabins. The BB or better cabins on the smaller ships, have a private outside balcony with deck chairs.
With the Luxurious AmaMagna, they do not have any Cat C cabins with french sliding glass door and balcony. The ship goes from port-hole cabins to full balcony cabins. The full balcony cabins all have a private deck with deck chairs. Cat C French sliding glass door passengers would have to upgrade to full balcony cabins on the luxurious AmaMagna. Now for the special deal. Those that would have taken the Cat C French sliding glass door balcony, you can upgrade from a 170 square foot room on the smaller ships to a 252 square foot AB Cabin on the AmaMagna for only $550pp. You really can afford the AmaMagna full balcony cabin.
Now for the BEST news ever: For the 65% of our passengers that would have chosen a BB (or better) full balcony cabin on the smaller ships with their 210 Square foot rooms – you can have a 255 Square foot AB balcony cabin on the luxurious AmaMagna for the same price. Yes, that’s right – with our special discounts in 2026, you can have the luxurious AmaMagna for the same price you would pay for Ama’s smaller ships doing the same itinerary at the same time of year. The price for Ama’s smaller ships 210 Square Foot BB cabin with full balcony AFTER our $1,000 discount – the price is $5,548. For exactly the same price, $5,548, you can have the 252 Square foot AB cabin with full private balcony on the luxurious AmaMagna. By the way, the ship charges $7,098 for this same AB Cabin. This is too great a deal to pass up!
355 Square Foot SB Suite Cabin with Full Balcony
NOW FOR THE BEST DEAL EVER: UP GRADE from a AmaMagna 252 square foot AB Cabin to AmaMagna’s 355 Square foot SB Suite Cabin for only $600 per person. This is the cabin our owners picked the summer of 2024. To say they were blown away would be an understatement. Even the bathroom is huge with the toilet in a separate room. It is worth every penny of the $600 per person to upgrade. Talk about the deal of a lifetime. You can enjoy the suite life on the most luxurious river cruise ship in the world – The AmaMagna.
We don’t know if we will have this deal in the future, but for 2026 don’t miss out on our Danube cruise on the AmaMagna – Look over the the itinerary and call right away, making sure you get space on this fantastic, luxurious sailing.
Europe’s Most Popular River Cruise - With a Phenomenal Land Tour!
The Romantic Danube is the most popular cruise itinerary in all of Europe! Our Romantic Danube combined with our specially designed Land Tour – is the best tour combination of a tour and cruise in all of Europe!!! It includes so many great cities and places to visit. HUGE, HUGE, HUGE Addition: We have added two countries very few of our passengers have ever visited, Croatia and Slovenia. On a Romantic Danube Cruise recently, we added the countries of Croatia and Slovenia to the itinerary – Everyone LOVED them. Because of how much our passengers loved the additional countries, we decided we needed to include them with our Luxurious AmaMagna Romantic Danube Cruise in 2026. Our passengers especially loved the beauty of Bled Lake and its castle, but most impressive was the Predjama Castle and the Postojnska caves. The Predjama Castle in Slovenia is the world’s largest cave castle, AND it is only a 2-hour drive from Venice, Italy. We can fly into the major airport of Venice, after enjoying a few hours in Venice, before heading to Slovenia. It is only a two-hour drive to reach the Predjama Castle. After our time in Slovenia, we will stop by Zagreb for a tour on our drive to Budapest, Hungary, where the luxurious AmaMagna awaits us.
Here is a partial list of the many highlights on our combined Danube cruise and our added land package:
- Venice: An afternoon to enjoy its sidewalk cafes and many canals. Who doesn’t enjoy time in the romantic city of Venice?
- Slovenia: Beautiful Alps and countryside filled with castles and lakes. The Predjama Castle and the Postojnska Caves will be a huge highlight!
- Zagreb, Croatia: You will enjoy the drive through Croatia and a city tour in Zagreb.
- Budapest, Hungary: Split by the Danube River – Buda is on one side and Pest on the other. The two became known as Budapest. Another beautiful city with so much to see and experience.
- Bratislava, Slovakia: It is a great stop, in another country – Slovakia.
- Vienna, Austria: It’s artistic and intellectual legacy as shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud.
- Salzburg, Austria: A beautiful picturesque city with its massive Hohensalzburg Fortress high above the rooftops of the historic district. Enjoy the “Sound of Music”, Wolfgang Mozart, along with the UNESCO World Heritage Old Town and you have a city that needs to be at the top of your bucket list.
- Passau, Germany: Famous for its architecture with many buildings featuring Gothic and Baroque architecture.
- Regensburg, Germany: The old town is a UNESCO world heritage site with 1,500 heritage buildings.
- Rothenberg ob der Tabor: One of the oldest and best-preserved medieval walled cities in Europe (our favorite). It will be a huge highlight. We spend two nights in Rothenberg.
- Nuremberg: Home of Hitler and the Third Reich, wonderful castle, and one of the best preserved ancient old towns in Europe.
- Prague, Czech Republic: Has over 1,000 years of history. It competes as one of the top cities in Europe to visit. The massive Prague Castle, along with Prague’s many unique bridges over the Vltava River and its old town which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site will be a huge highlight.
Pricing
Package Price Includes:
17-Day Romantic Danube Cruise and Tour Visits 8 Countries:
Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic
Important Note:
AmaWaterways AmaMagna Charter Pricing: In order to receive special charter prices from AmaWaterways, we have to Guarantee we will fill a major portion of the ship. That Guarantee gives us huge pricing discounts. With those discounts, you can sail on the luxurious AmaMagna in the AB 252 square foot cabin for the same price you would pay for the 210 square foot BB cabin on other AmaWaterways smaller ships with our Charter discounts. The BB cabin on Ama’s smaller ship doing the same itinerary during the same time of year is $6,548 MINUS our $1,000 Charter Discount and you would pay $5,548. You get the larger $7,098 AB Cabin on the luxurious AmaMagna for $5,548. That is the same price you would pay with our discount on Ama’s other smaller ships.
Here is what is INCLUDED in our Total Package:
- Our 8 Day 7 Night Luxury AmaMagna Ship price includes:
- $5,548 Cat AB full Balcony Cabin (ship charges $7,098).
- $250 in ship taxes and port charges.
- All Shore Excursions are included.
- Special Guest Educator: Dr. Michael Wilcox
- Fun For Less Tours Staff.
- Three quality meals on-board the ship every day.
- Free internet and free movies.
- Unlimited bottled water.
- All bicycles and helmets on board are free to use.
- Transfers are included if you booked our group airfare or your flight arrives on or before and departs on or after our group flights.
- Use of quality headset receivers.
- Total Ship Price: $5,798
- Option to upgrade to the 350 Square foot SB Suite for ONLY $600 pp.
- Option to upgrade to the 252 Square foot AA Balcony for ONLY $200 pp.
- Our Special 9 Day 8 Night Land Package includes:
- 1 Night 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Venice, Italy.
- 2 Nights 5-Star Luxury Hotel Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- 2 Nights 4-Star Quaint hotel just outside the medieval walls of Rothenburg.
- 1 Nights 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Nuremburg.
- 2 Nights 5-Star Luxury Hotel Prague.
- Entrance fees to all castles.
- 2 boat rides – Prague and Bled Lake.
- Train through the stunning Postojnska Cave.
- Buses, guides, and entrance fees throughout the land tour.
- Breakfast is included every day.
- Special Guest Educator: Dr. Michael Wilcox
- Fun For Less Tours Staff.
- Headset receivers.
- Total Land Package price: $2,198
Total Package Price:
AmaWaterways Package Price: $5,798
9 Day 8 night Land Package Price: $2,198
Package Price: $7,996 - Total Price of Both Packages*
**Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.
Does not include airfare or tips.
Upgrade Pricing:
252 Square Foot AB cabin – is included in the price.
252 Square Foot AA cabin – is ONLY $200 more per person.
355 Square Foot SB Suite Cabin – is ONLY $600 more per person.
Itinerary
This is a partial list and is subject to change as needed to accomplish as much as we can in each area we visit. We will have local guides who will make sure we see the very best in the time we have.
Day 1: August 5: Fly
Today you will fly from the U.S. to Venice, Italy.
Day 2: August 6: Venice
After arriving into Venice, we will have a free afternoon to enjoy walking and exploring the streets and canals of Venice before checking into our hotel for our one night in Venice. (Transfers are included if you booked our group airfare or your flight arrives on or before and departs on or after our group flights.)
Day 3: August 7: Venice – Slovenia
Today will be a HUGE highlight Day!!! A little over 2 hour drive is the Queen of all caves – the Postojnska Cave. It is the most captivating cave in the world and it is the largest show cave in Europe. In addition to exploring this stunningly beautiful cave on foot, you will experience a one-of-a-kind ride on an underground train. We will then head to another highlight – the extraordinary Predjama Castle listed in the Guinness World Records as the world’s largest cave castle. After we are finished with this fantastic highlight day, we will head to Ljubljana, Slovenia to overnight
Day 4: August 8: Lake Bled – Ljubljana
Today is a full day of travel to Lake Bled and the Lake Bled Castle with over 1,000 years of history. After our day in the Slovenia Alps, we will return to Ljubljana for our Walking tour of the Old Quarter before returning to our hotel in Ljubljana.
Day 5: August 9: Ljubljana – Zagreb – Budapest
We will leave early this morning for Zagreb a little more than 2 hours away. After our tour in Zagreb, we will continue our drive for a little more than 4 additional hours before arriving to our Luxurious AmaMagna ship in Budapest.
Important Note: AmaWaterways includes premium shore excursions at no additional cost. In many of the ports of call, the ship may offer different shore excursions, often including a bicycle tour. Our owners have selected, what they felt to be the best shore excursion for each port. After you arrive at the ship if you decide that you would like to make a change to a different tour you can make that change onboard. Please note that the shore excursions we recommend in the day-to-day itinerary below could be different from what the ship offers in 2026. This is the best of what they are currently offering.
Day 6: August 10: Budapest
This morning we will tour Budapest where we visit Buda Hills and St. Mathias Church and the Fishermen’s Batons. Continuing on to the elegant part of Pest, we stop at the hero’s square before returning to the ship.
Day 7: August 11: Bratislava
Enjoy Bratislava, Slovakia through an Old Town walking tour. During your fee time, you can take an easy hike up to the castle overlooking the town with great views of the city and river. We did not find the castle worth going into, it is much like any other building, now what you would think the inside of the castle should look like.
Day 8: August 12: Vienna
Vienna is a truly elegant and romantic city. We will do a city tour that will allow you to fully appreciate the grandeur of Vienna. During the afternoon, visit the UNESCO-designated Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens, the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers. Built in the 18th century as an imperial summer residence, this magnificent 1,441-room Baroque palace is one of the most important architectural, cultural and historical monuments in Austria. If AmaWaterways offers a Strauss & Mozart Concert in the evening we do recommend going which would be an additional cost to you.
Day 9: August 13: Weissenkirchen – Melk
After reaching Weissenkirchen we will take a walking tour of Durnstein before visiting the UNESCO designated Melk Abbey. Later in the day we sail through the Strudengau Valley to medieval Grein for an exclusive visit to the more than 500 year old Greinburg Castle, looming regally from above.
Day 10: August 14: Linz
For those who love The Sound of Music, enjoy a full-day excursion to Salzburg and tour the historic center, Mirabell Gardens, Residenz Square and the Old Market. En route to Salzburg, stop at Mondsee, home of the Basilica St. Michael, where the famous wedding scene in the movie was filmed.
Day 11: August 15: Passau
Discover the city of Passau with a walking tour and marvel at Gothic and Italian Baroque architecture and St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Day 12: August 16: Vilshofen – Regensburg – Rothenburg ob der Tauber
This morning we will disembark the ship and head to Regensburg, which is one of the largest medieval old towns in Germany and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We will spend time in the medieval old town before heading to possibly our favorite ancient walled city in Europe – Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
Day 13: August 17: Rothenburg ob der Tauber
With its well-preserved old town, is completely enclosed by a medieval city wall. Its characteristic half-timbered houses embody the charm of times gone by. After our tour of Rothenburg, you will have a free afternoon to shop and explore this medieval walled city. This will be a highlight.
Day 14: August 18: Rothenburg – Nuremberg
A short distance away in Nuremburg – home of the Hitler’s Third Reich. Your tour will include sites related to Hitler and the wonderful preserved old town and its castle. We will overnight in Nuremberg
Day 15: August 19: Prague
This morning we will travel to Prague. Upon arrival into Prague – we will do an overview tour of Prague along with a boat ride on the Moldau (Vltava) River, before heading to our hotel in Prague.
Day 16: August 20: Prague
Today will be a highlight day as we visit our second favorite city in Europe – Prague. We will explore the castle area, do a city tour along with exploring the old town. You will also have free time to explore the ancient streets on your own. Overnight Prague.
Day 17: August 21: Fly Home
Today we will fly back to the U.S. and home. (Transfers are included if you booked our group airfare or your flight arrives on or before and departs on or after our group flights.)