Night Cruise on Danube with 2 Drinks

Enjoy the wonderful night lit river side attractions in Budapest city on a night Danube river cruise with 2 free drinks or with a nice dinner and drinks. Depending on your night program, you can schedule your Budapest river cruise at 7pm, 8pm, 10pm or 11pm.

While the 10 pm late night cruise is not themed (it is a general sightseeing boat ride), other evening cruises are.

Picture the fairy tale riverfront panorama of Budapest: the UNESCO World Heritage site (Buda Castle, Hungarian Parliament, Matthias Church, Fisherman’s Bastion), floating by Gellert Hill, Gellert Spa, Gresham Palace, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, historical bridges and churches, 19th century universities and contemporary buildings. A real treat.

All these sights are packed in the late night Budapest cruises. The dates and prices of the night cruises are quite different depending on the extra features (7pm Budapest Dinner Cruise with live music (dinner is optional), 8pm night cruise with live show on the Budapest Cruise Show, 10 pm Evening Cruise in Budapest, and the fun 11pm Budapest Party Boat / Booze Cruise). Don’t miss the boat. Locals and tourists alike love the river cruises in Budapest.

Budapest Cruises at Night: 7 pm, 8 pm, 10 pm, 11 pm

• 6.30 pm Bar Piano Dinner Cruise – winter schedule from Nov to March (departs later in the warmer months)
• 7 pm Budapest Evening Cruise with Gypsy Music with live music, 1.5 hour cruise on Danube
• 7 pm in the winter season: some of the dinner cruises have a winter schedule when the boat leaves the dock earlier, like the 7 pm Winter A La Carte Dinner Cruise 
• 8 pm Budapest Cruise with Show, 2 hour cruise on Danube
• 9 pm Bar Piano Dinner Cruise  – live double bar piano music with sightseeing cruise (optional dinner available or tickets with 5 drinks)
• 10 pm Night Cruise Budapest (see below), 1.5 hour cruise on Danube
• 11 pm Budapest Party Boat, 1.5 hour cruise on Danube

10 pm Danube River Cruise Budapest

The 10 pm Budapest Night Cruise can be booked with dinner, and without dinner. Cruise fees are either full priced for adults, or discount tickets for Students (the cruise is free for under 6 kids).

Note:  most of the 10 pm cruises leave from the Pest side docks, some from the Buda side docks.

Budapest sightseeing river cruises start from Euro 10 for the budget boat rides up to Euro 75 for VIP cruises. Learn more about the Budapest river cruises or place your booking now.

Dates & Hours of Night Budapest Cruise

• Embarking time: 9:30 pm
• Dock: alternating Buda and Pest dock (check the 10 pm Budapest cruise dock schedule for location here)
• Cruise time: 10 pm – 11:30 pm (90 min)
• Dates: The late night 10 pm cruise is not a daily cruise all year. Please check the dates in the booking calendar (on the left side of the page) for further information.

Features of  Night Budapest Cruise

The Danube river ride is a 1.5 hour city cruise in the heart of Budapest between the norther and southern bridges (Margaret Bridge, Chain Bridge, Liberty Bridge, Petofi Bridge, Rakoczi Bridge).

Options for the late night Danube cruise:

• Cruise with 2 Free Drinks (Adult & Student tickets)
• Cruise with Dinner & 2 Free Drinks (Adult & Student tickets)
• Docks – most on the Pest side, some on the Buda side

Secure your seat on the dinner cruise now. In the high tourist season (May, June, July, August, September), the late night Budapest river cruises get quickly full.

Taxi Transfer
You can upgrade your existing cruise booking with a return Taxi Transfer for the price of €14 per person.
Hotel pick up: 30-40 minutes before the cruise starts at the reception of your hotel.
Drop off after the cruise: at your hotel, or any other destination in Budapest upon request.

Booking Late Night Budapest Cruise

The late night Budapest Drink / Dinner cruises start at 10 pm.. The cruises are particularly popular from May to late September or mid October, and on special days (e.g. Easter cruises in Budapest). You can book your late night cruise now to avoid overbooked cruises.

 

Budapest night views are charmingly romantic and breathtakingly beautiful as the city illuminates at night. Besides romance, the city is full of history, and telling tales of the faded glory of a rich fin de siecle city of Europe.

Prices Budapest Late Night Cruise

Night Cruises 10 pm (Adults)

• River Cruise with 2 Drinks, 15.5 Euro
• River Cruise with Dinner & 2 Drinks, 35 Euro

Night Cruises 10 pm (Students)

• River Cruise with Dinner & 2 Drinks, 32 Euro
• River Cruise with 2 Drinks, 14.5 Euro

Book your 10pm night cruise (drinks / dinner cruise) now via the online booking form: please let us know about any dietary needs in the comments on the form (seen on the left side).

Budapest Dinner Cruise at 10 pm

The late night dinner cruises on the river Danube in Budapest start at 10 pm. We kindly ask each cruise guest to arrive half an hour earlier for a seamless embarking. The dock of the cruise is mostly on the Pest side nearby the Chain Bridge, but on certain days the ship leaves from the Buda side. Please inquire which side before making a reservation if it is of importance to your plans. Timely embarkation ensures that you do not waste time from the 1.5 hour river cruise (we cannot wait for latecomers, sorry).

The 10 pm river cruise does not run every day, but most of the days in the high season (the cruises are available from late February till December, see the timetable below).

Dates: 10 pm Budapest Cruise 2015

While the 7 pm Danube cruises are daily cruises (from January to December), the 10 pm cruises are only available on certain days. Please see the dates for the late night cruises in 2016. Please note that most cruises leave from the Pest side city center, but on some days the 10 pm cruise leaves from the Buda side:

2016, January Cruises: 1, 2, 3 at 10 pm
2016, February Cruise: 27
2016, March Cruises: almost every night at 10 pm, namely March 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31
2016, April Cruises: almost every night at 10 pm, namely April 2, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30
2016, May Cruises: every night at 10 pm
2016, June Cruises: every night at 10 pm
2016, July Cruises: every night at 10 pm
2016, August Cruises: every night at 10 pm, except on August 20 when the Budapest Fireworks Cruise runs
2016, September Cruises: every night at 10 pm
2016, October Cruises: every night at 10 pm (exception: no cruise on Oct 30)
2016, November Cruises: 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26, 28 at 10 pm
2016, December Cruises:1, 3, 15, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 at 10 pm

If none of the days above suite you, please check further night cruise options, or let us know which days you are interested in at info [at] budapestrivercruise.com. For instance, the 7 pm river cruises with optional dinner run every day, even on Hungarian national holidays. However, on some of the public holidays like on August 20, at Christmas or  New Year, there are special Danube cruises – usually with an Open Bar and at a higher cruise fee. Please check our Budapest Danube Cruise Calendar for the timetable of Budapest cruises.

In the winter time, the 10 pm city cruise is only in the timetable on certain days as you can see. Unlike the 7pm river cruise with dinner, the 10 pm river cruise does not include live music, but will offer the dinner menu on top of the 2 free drinks, if you opt for a late night buffet style dinner. As there is neither music, nor live show, the prices of the late night dinner cruise are slightly cheaper than the 7 pm cruises.

The 10 pm river cruise includes: the river cruise, the dinner. All the cruise ships are heated in winter time and cooled with AC in summer time.

Budapest Cruise & Hungarian Folk Show Package

We have partnered with the best Hungarian Folk show ensembles to offer you a great Budapest package deal of a night cruise on the Danube and a folk dance show.

The 8 pm Hungarian Folk dance shows are either in the Danube Palace behind the Gresham Palace (Hotel Four Seasons) or in Buda, in a 19th century Concert Hall, the Vigado building. Depending on the where the folk shows are, the night cruise ship either leaves from central Budapest on the Pest or on the Buda side.

Save some Euros on the package deal (Students can get discount prices!)

After the Folk Show, many guests would like to finish off the evening with a spectacular night cruise, so we recommend securing your cruise seat or Folk + Cruise deal in advance.

Note: the meeting point is not at the Chain Bridge, but in the Danube Palace or the Budai Vigado Concert Hall, a 2 min walk from the river – your confirmation email will let you know about the details of your booked river cruise, phone numbers, piers, etc. and you can also ask further questions or add comments by directly replying to the confirmation email of your order).

Delicious Dinner on the Budapest Dinner Cruise

The exquisite Budapest dinner cruises are made by a one of the star chefs of Hungary, Attila Tanacs (the former chef was Kloter Gregor Grex, Gault Millau rated gourmet chef). Please see the rich and versatile menu below, which healthily mixes fresh tasty vegetables and high quality meats too. Vegetarian guests can also be satisfied, and choose from a variety of vegetarian meals (even though Budapest is said to be the heaven of meat eaters).

Nostalgia Boats with Open Deck

The nostalgia boats (Attila and Europa) will take you on one of the finest dinner experiences in Budapest: the night river cruise is 1.5 hour, and you will surely enjoy every minute of the 90 minute cruise from the Margaret Island down to the Rakoczi Bridge in the south and back to the Chain Bridge in central Budapest.

This well paced boat trip will let you feel the beauty of the night lit Budapest on your skin: the Danube dinner cruise is reported to be the highlight of many tourists’ Budapest visit. If you ask fellow tourists or read Budapest dinner cruise reviews, you will hear ‘it was incredible, awesome, fantastic, exciting, romantic, unforgettable’ and most would use the term ‘beautiful’. Beauty indeed. Plus you will have a nice cruise dinner (buffet style).

Cruise Tickets Budapest Night Cruise

The 90 minute Night Cruise Budapest Danube river cruises can be reserved through our online booking form (see on the left side). The night cruises include a gentle ride on the river Danube, 2 drinks (in the basic price) and for a cheap surcharge, an optional Dinner.

The night cruise is right in the heart of the city, between Buda and Pest with many of the best sights Budapest can offer: the 19th century palaces, churches, residential houses, historical bridges, the turreted Hungarian Parliament, the green slopes of the Gellert Hill and the Castle Hill with the Buda Castle on top, the bustling bars along the river Danube, etc.). But a video of our night cruise attractions will let you in on more:

The two free drinks are included in the price of the river cruises, and if you want to enjoy a candle lit dinner on the boat, you can book a seat for a Dinner too. The optional Buffet Dinner is made by the one of the best chefs of Hungary, Attila Tanacs (formerly by Gault Millau rated chef, Chef Klöter Gregor-Grex)*

Menu of the Budapest Danube Dinner & Cruise

This is the Menu of the Dinner & Cruise with Live Music boat tour in Budapest (7.00 pm – 8.30 pm and 10 pm – 11:30 pm):