Christmas Eve Cruise Budapest With Dinner & Live Music 2023

Take a wonderful Christmas Eve cruise on the Danube in Budapest and enjoy a four-course dinner, live music and festive atmosphere!

People in Hungary spend the Eve of 24. December – that kicks off the Christmas and New Year holidays – with their family. Christmas Eve Cruise Budapest calms down for the next two days:

• Christmas Day on 25 December, and

• Boxing Day on 26 December.

A festive river tour with delicious 4-course dinner served at your table (see menu below) or with buffet-style dinner on the Eve of Christmas, 24. December 2023 and on Christmas Day, December 25 at 19.00. allows you to experience the magic of the hoilday and Budapest on a comfortable cruise ship.

• 3-hour cruise with 4-course dinner & welcome glass of champagne: 105 EUR,
• Live music – a dazzling piano battle show
• Children (ages 7 -12): 95 EUR
• Free for children under 6 years

Date & Time:

• 24. & 25. December 2023., at 19.30/7.30 pm
• Duration 3 hours
• Boarding starts: 18.55/6.55 pm
• Cruise ends: 22.30/10.30 pm

The spacious and classically elegant Széchenyi ship hosts the festive Christmas cruise on 3 evenings with buffet dinner of 4 courses – including Hungarian dishes – and unlimited beer/wine/ soft drinks from the bar.

Date & Time:

• 24, 25 & 26 December 2023., at 19.00/7 pm
• Duration 3 hours with 2-hour river cruise
• Live music by the world-renowned Rajko Orchestra
• Boarding starts: 18.30/6.30 pm
• Cruise ends: 22.00/10 pm

Prices:

• Full price: 125 EUR
• Children (7 – 12 years of age): 70 EUR
• Children under 6: FREE

• Most restaurants, cafes, shops close in the afternoon on 24. December and stay closed over the next two days.
• Apart from some winter holiday concerts, there aren’t much things to do in the city on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, so a boat excursion with festive dinner by candlelight offers a memorable and romantic program.
• The Danube banks are home to Budapest’s oldest and most famous landmarks from the imposing Parliament in Pest, to the Royal Palace in Buda Castle or the Gellért Hill.
• You can admire these sights and the captivating night city view during the 3-hour excursion.
• After dinner you can also enjoy the panorama from the open upper deck of the ship and snap photos to put on Instagram/Facebook.
• Price of the program is not extremely high considering it’s the year-end holiday season and includes the 3-hour river tour, a warm dinner of 4 courses served at your table, welcome prosecco: – you can swap it for a non-alcoholic drink .

The simplest, quickest and safe way is to book your place online. with a bank card/credit card.

After payment you’ll automatically receive an E-Ticket/voucher and all the instructions and details in e-mail.

No need to queue for tickets just print and bring your ticket with you to the meeting point or present it on your phone/tablet!

Soups:

• Traditional Hungarian goulash soup (beef, vegetables, noddles)
• Creamed vegetables soup

Main Dishes:

• Roasted chicken breast fillet in ragout
• Beef stew with Villány red wine and dumplings
• Stuffed cabbage
• Vegetable casserole baked in oven
• Couscous with steamed vegetables

Desserts:

• Strudel with various fillings: sweet cottage cheese, apple and sour cherry
• Somlói galuska: layered shot glass dessert: sponge cake with raisins, vanilla sauce, ground walnuts and chocolate sauce with whipped cream on top
• Beigli: traditionalChristmas roll filled with walnut and poppy seed

Open Bar (For Two Hours)

• Wine: red, rose and white
• Beer on tap
• Mulled wine
• Fruit juices
• Soda drinks
• Coffee and tea