Oltenita Romania
Romania

121 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Avalon Waterways (64 Cruises)

Avalon Passion.

Avalon Passion®

166 Passengers
2775 tons
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4 June 7 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
4 June 8 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
11 June 16 days One-way from Oltenita to Vilshofen an der Donau
11 June 9 days One-way from Oltenita to Budapest
19 June 8 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
19 June 7 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
26 June 9 days One-way from Oltenita to Budapest
4 July 8 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
4 July 7 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
11 July 9 days One-way from Oltenita to Budapest
19 July 8 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
19 July 7 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
26 July 9 days One-way from Oltenita to Budapest
3 August 8 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
3 August 7 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
10 August 9 days One-way from Oltenita to Budapest
10 August 16 days One-way from Oltenita to Vilshofen an der Donau
18 August 7 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
18 August 8 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
25 August 9 days One-way from Oltenita to Budapest
2 September 8 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
2 September 7 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
9 September 9 days One-way from Oltenita to Budapest
17 September 7 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
17 September 8 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita

CroisiEurope (57 Cruises)

Cruise CE Croisieurope MS Vivaldi ship

MS Vivaldi

172 Passengers
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11 May 11 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
11 May 12 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
22 May 12 days One-way from Vienna to Oltenita
2 June 7 days One-way from Oltenita to Belgrade
11 June 12 days One-way from Bucharest to Budapest
14 June 9 days One-way from Oltenita to Budapest
30 June 12 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
30 June 11 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
15 July 12 days One-way from Vienna to Oltenita
26 July 12 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
26 July 11 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
6 August 12 days One-way from Vienna to Oltenita
17 August 12 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
17 August 11 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
1 September 12 days One-way from Vienna to Oltenita
9 September 12 days One-way from Bucharest to Budapest
12 September 9 days One-way from Oltenita to Budapest
20 September 11 days One-way from Budapest to Bucharest
20 September 12 days One-way from Budapest to Bucharest
20 September 9 days One-way from Budapest to Oltenita
28 September 12 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
28 September 11 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna
9 October 12 days One-way from Vienna to Oltenita
20 October 12 days One-way from Oltenita to Vienna


Frequently Asked Questions

At the lower Danube quays, near the confluence with the Argeș. Oltenița serves as a turnaround port for several river cruises: people board here more often than they come ashore, coaches delivering passengers from Bucharest.
About an hour and a quarter by road, for some 65 kilometres. Allow a full day if you're including the Palace of the Parliament or the Village Museum.
A copper-age civilization that flourished on these banks more than six thousand years ago, well before the pyramids. The mounds around Oltenița yielded its remains, and the original mound still stands a few kilometres from town.
The painted ceramics and clay figurines of the Gumelnița culture, in strikingly expressive poses, now icons of European prehistory reproduced in textbooks across the continent. The room is modest, the collection is not.
The riverside walk, the archaeological museum, the shaded park and the market. Nothing here is dressed up for visitors, and those who wander away from the quays are met with surprised, friendly greetings.
The ordinary spectacle of the great river corridor: barge convoys running toward the Black Sea, motionless anglers, herons in the willows of the Bulgarian bank just opposite, and low late-day light that photographers love.
The produce of the nearby plains: tomatoes, watermelons, brined cheeses. It gives an accurate picture of the Romanian table, and it's the best place to spend a few lei.
Yes, a shipyard that was long the local pride. Generations of river vessels, some still sailing European waters, came off its slipways. Older residents talk about it readily.
The Romanian leu and Romanian. Bring some local cash for the market: this is a provincial town and cards are not accepted everywhere.
Many will see nothing of Oltenița but a gangway and a coach park, and the Bucharest excursion has its case. Those who stay find a quiet Romania and six thousand years of history in one small museum room.