Special Holiday Cruises

24th-26th December 2024

Christmas cruise with buffet dinner, unlimited drinks, live music and folk dance show

We would like to invite you on our Special Christmas cruise. If you're looking for something really intimate and special during the Advent season, come and join us for an unforgettable sightseeing cruise this Christmas! Let's spend the extraordinary and peaceful winter holidays together! Budapest, always bustling with a thousand faces, also slows down for the Christmas holidays, the beautiful lights are turned on and a new city floats out of the gloom. The salon music is provided by the Zoltán Kodály Award-winning Rajkó Orchestra’s members while the good mood is enhanced by a folk dance show.

Join our 2-hour Christmas programme on our festively dressed boat. After dinner, admire the

breathtaking panorama from the ship's outside open deck.

The programme includes:

- 12-course buffet dinner

- Welcome drink

- Unlimited drinks during the programme (excluding shots and cocktails)

- Sightseeing cruise

- Live music with folk dance show

Menu

Soups

Alföldy Style goulash soup (G, L)

Seasonal vegetable cream soup (Vn, G, L)

Hot main course

Turkey meat stuffed with fruits with gravy on top (L, G)

Traditional beef stew with Pasta (G, L)

Hungarian stuffed cabbage (G, L)

Vegetable casserole with Rice and Peas (G, V)

Vegetable couscous (L, Vn)

Side dish

Rice (G, L, Vn)

Dumplings (L, V)

Roast potatoes with parsley (G, L, Vn)

Dessert

Homemade strudel selection (L, Vn)

Somlói Cream dessert (V)

Fruit bowl (only on request for those unable to eat other desserts)

Salad

Mixed salad with pesto dressing (L, G, Vn)

Cucumber salad (L, G, Vn)

Pasta Salad with yoghurt dressing (L, G, V)

L – lactose free

G – gluten free

Vn – vegan, vegetarian

V – vegetarian

Our offer of drinks:

- House wine

- Tap beer

- Soft drinks

- Fibre soft drinks

- Hot drinks (coffee, tea)

Duration

19:00 2 hour programme (90 minutes of sightseeing)

Meeting point

Akadémia Dock Nr.2

1052 Budapest, Id. Antall József rkp. | Gróf Széchenyi Ship

Meeting time

At 18:30 in front of the Gróf Széchenyi Ship

Make some special memories on your winter holiday as you spend an evening sailing along the Danube. Enjoy a freshly prepared, multi-course dinner as you take in the sights of the city and relax under the stars.

Cruise past Budapest’s imperial monuments illuminated at the night. Indulge in good food, and enjoy the festive atmosphere thanks to international popular music and Hungarian favorites. The open bar drink selection includes wine, draught beer, mineral water, soft drinks, tea, coffee, and mulled wine.

Sample Christmas Dinner Menu 2022:
Soup
Goulash soup; vegetable cream soup
Main Courses
Beef stew with home-made dumplings; roast chicken thighs with parsley potato; vegetable casserole; stuffed cabbage; vegetable couscous
Desserts
Somlói trifle; strudel selection; Beigli (traditional Hungarian Christmas cake with walnuts and poppy

New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner Options for 2022/23:
Red Meat Menu (option A):
On the table
Blue cheese butter with herbs, mini buns
Cold appetizer
Poultry liver terrine with red onion chutney infused with Szabolcsi plum pálinka
Warm appetizer
Poultry soufflé with game sauce, cranberries, and bird salad; French onion soup made using Balatonfelvidék sauvignon blanc reduction and parmesan cheese
Main dish
Sous-vide sirloin beef steak with wild mushroom sauce and French potato gratin
Dessert
Kaiserschmarnn with homemade jam

Poultry Menu (option B):
On the table
Blue cheese butter with herbs, mini buns
Cold appetizer
Poultry liver terrine with red onion chutney infused with Szabolcsi plum pálinka
Warm appetizer
Poultry soufflé with game sauce, cranberries, and bird salad; French onion soup made using Balatonfelvidék sauvignon blanc reduction and parmesan cheese
Main dish
Chicken breast supreme with wild mushroom sauce, French gratin potatoes
Dessert
Kaiserschmarnn with homemade jam

Vegetarian Menu (option C):
On the table
Blue cheese butter with herbs, mini buns
Cold appetizer
Sheep curd cream with red onion chutney infused with Szabolcsi plum pálinka
Warm appetizer
Cheese soufflé with game sauce, cranberries, and bird salad; French onion soup made using Balatonfelvidék sauvignon blanc reduction and parmesan cheese
Main Dish
Forest mushroom risotto, with Tokaj wine reduction and parmesan
Dessert
Kaiserschmarnn with homemade jam

Program and cast