DEILMANN SCHEDULES TWO CLASSICAL MUSIC CRUISES ON MOZART IN 2007


April and October Sailings on the Danube to Feature Performances on board, Concerts and Opera in Vienna and Budapest

NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2006 – Peter Deilmann Cruises plans two music theme cruises on the Danube in 2007 aboard the 200-passengerMozart in April and October. Each Danube music cruise offers onboard concerts, performances in Vienna and Budapest and visits to sites of musical interest in Vienna. Classical musicians will perform solos and ensemble works on the first Mozart sailing, April 15-22, and on the second music cruise, Oct. 7-14. Details on the musical programs will be available shortly.

The Danube cruises sail from the old world town of Passau in the Bavaria region of Germany situated at the confluence of three rivers – the Danube, Inn and Ilz. The ship’s route takes travelers to three capitals – Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava - and the Austrian wine village of Dürnstein and other towns in Austria and Hungary.

In addition to the regular shore excursions offered on the Danube itinerary, the music cruises add a focus on the musical traditions of Vienna visiting the Theatre of Vienna where Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute” was first played, St. Stephen’s Cathedral where Mozart married and Figaro House where he wrote “The Marriage of Figaro”. Participants also visit the State Opera House and the Museum of Musical Instruments in Vienna’s Hofburg Palace. In Budapest, music cruise participants will attend an evening performance at Budapest’s concert hall or the Hungarian State Opera House.

Dürnstein, the ship’s first morning call, is an Austrian wine village with narrow, hilly streets, 16th and 18th century town houses, cozy wine taverns and the ruins of the medieval castle where Richard the Lionhearted was imprisoned.

The Mozart sails on to Vienna, the incomparable Austrian city, and then through river locks and under bridges to the Hungarian capital of Budapest where cruisers will discover the pristine, restored Buda hill district rising high above the river on one side and bustling, commercial Pest on the other. Austria’s grandiose Baroque abbey at Melk and Gothic town of Grein, the Hungarian city of Esztergom with its cathedral styled after St. Peter’s in Rome and Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, with its restored old town, are other destinations on the itinerary.

Deilmann’s five-star Mozart is notable for cabins of 203 square feet, largest of any river ship. Highly rated for six years by readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine as one of the best small cruise ships, this boutique-floating hotel has 100 cabins, 95 outside and identical in size, and two suites of 406 square feet. Refurbished in 2003, the vessel’s décor features polished rosewood and original works of art.

Passengers will find a spacious panoramic lounge, two bars, café, full-size indoor pool, sauna, fitness room, library, shop, beauty salon, laundry and infirmary with a doctor. Dining is single seating in the non-smoking restaurant surrounded by windows and breakfast, morning bouillon or coffee service, lunch, afternoon tea service, a six-course dinner and midnight snack are served each day. The cruise line expanded its no-smoking restrictions last April to include ship cabins and corridors. As on all vessels in the Deilmann river fleet, service is of the highest standard with one English-speaking crew member for every 2.5 passengers.

Price of the music cruises start at $1,800 per person, outside double, for both value season sailings. Upper deck outside cabins are $2,520 and outside single rates start at $2,450. Rates include seven nights accommodations, six meals daily, transfers and onboard musical performances. The onshore performances in Vienna and Budapest plus all shore excursions are included in an optional package priced at $325 per person.

The October music theme sailings will offer the same cruise itinerary, performances and sightseeing program. A post-cruise package to Salzburg, birthplace of Mozart, is an added attraction to both music cruises. The optional program includes transfers from the ship in Passau to Salzburg, two nights at the first class Salzburg Sheraton with breakfast, chamber orchestra concert with dinner at the Hohensalzburg Fortress and half-day city sightseeing tour. The Salzburg two-night program is priced at $490 per person double.

Cruise details are available by calling Peter Deilmann Cruises at 1-800-348-8287 or by e-mail at pdcmail@deilmann-cruises.com. Details on the ship, cruise itinerary and ship photos are online at www.deilmann-cruises.com. The Mozart music cruises brochure, is also online at deilmann-cruises.com – click on theme cruises.