APT River Cruises & Tours
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Stunning Danube with picturesque views
This was our 1st river cruise and we did the Danube cruise from Budapest to Nuremberg. We booked a further 2 night stay in Budapest prior to joining the boat which was organised though APT. APT booked the flights and transfers both ways so there were nothing to worry about. When we joined the boat we were welcomed on board and our luggage had already been placed in our cabin. The boat looked well maintained and very new with the cabins to a very high standard. The bed was very comfortable as were all the facilities in the room. The food on board was to a fine dining quality. Breakfast was a buffet but there was everything and anything you could want. There was an egg chef for anyone who wanted eggs done in a particular way. (The hash browns were amazing and the best I've ever had) Lunch was fine dining and mixed between buffet started to ordering the main course. Dinner was fine dining and did hear one or yeo people saying they were still hungry. I like my food and found that it was just enough. I wasn't left hungry but could have eaten more but the quality of the food was amazing. The cruising and river travel was excellent and scenery very picturesque. The tours were very good and the guides very knowledgeable. There was one disappointment and that was on our penultimate day the water level was too low to travel further from Passau which meant that we couldn't visit our next destination and then finish at Nuremberg. We then had to have a 3 hour bus journey to Nuremberg. Unfortunatey we just have to accept that this can happen. APT did everything in their power to make the last part entertaining but it was still a disappointment that we were unable to finish the cruise. On leaving the boat we were given information about our transfer and we would be collected at 7am from our hotel. We thought this was a bit early but guessed that they knew what they were doing. Sadly we got our of our room very early to find no transfer and when we phoned the emergency number, were told that the pick up was changed to 8.30am. Rather annoying as other people had been contacted by the hotel and informed. I don't know if this was an error by APT or the hotel but we could have had an extra couple of hours in bed and enjoyed the hotel breakfast more. All in all, a fantastic holiday and will definately do another river cruise.