Oriahovo (Bulgaria)

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Oriahovo cruise port

Region
Europe Rivers

Local Time
2024-12-04 20:00

min: 39 °F (3 °C) / max: 43 °F (6 °C) 41°F
5.2°C
Wind: 93°/ 1.6 m/s  Gust: 2.7 m/sWind: 93°/ 1.6 m/s  Gust: 2.7 m/sVery Light
1.6 m/s
Min / Max Temperature43 °F / 6 °C
39 °F / 4 °C
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Port Oriahovo cruise ship schedule shows timetable calendars of all arrival and departure dates by month. The port's schedule lists all ships (in links) with cruises going to or leaving from Oriahovo, Bulgaria. To see the full itineraries (ports of call dates and arrival / departure times) and their lowest rates – just follow the corresponding ship-link.

DayShipArrivalDeparture
21 May, 2025
Wednesday
Phoenix Reisen Cruises cruise lineMS Anna Katharina14:0015:00
22 May, 2025
Thursday
Phoenix Reisen Cruises cruise lineMS Andrea14:0015:00

Oriahovo is a Danube River cruise port and town in Bulgaria's Vratsa Province, with a population of around 6,000. The town is best-known for the regularly scheduled daily ferry service connecting to Romania (Bechet) across the Danube. The Oryahovo-Beckett ferry service (passenger and cargo) is one of the main transport links between Bulgaria and Romania and the most direct route to Romania and Ukraine from Sofia (Bulgaria's capital city).

Through its history, the settlement was named Vrhov, Orezov, Oreov, Rahovo, and first mentioned as Oriahovo in 1886. The 9th-century built fortress Kamaka (The Stone) is approx 1 km east from downtown. In September 1396, during the "Crusade of Nicopolis" (allied Hungarian-Croatian-Bulgarian-German-French-English-Burgundian crusader army assisted by the navy of Venice), Oriahovo (then controlled by the Ottoman Turks) was ransacked and its Muslim citizens were killed by the crusaders heading towards Nicopolis (now Nikopol). The crusader army was led by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368-1437) and attempted to liberate Bulgaria and save the Byzantine Empire (395-1453) from the Ottomans. Oriahovo was liberated after 3-day fighting in November 1877 (during the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878) by Romanian army forces.

As cruise port, Oriahovo is included in the regular schedule of one of Europe's largest river cruise companies - Phoenix Reisen. The company in 2019 included Lom in the itineraries of 4 of the fleet's newest riverboats - Adora (2019), Asara (2017), Anesha (2015), and Aurelia (2007).

The next table shows the port sequence of Phoenix Reisen's 16-day cruise tour itinerary roundtrip from homeport Passau.

Date / TimePort
28 Apr 15:30Departing from Passau, Germany
29 Apr 12:00 - 23:00Vienna, Austria
30 Apr 14:00 - 22:30Budapest, Hungary
01 May 09:30 - 11:30Mohacs, Pecs, Hungary
01 May 17:00 - 21:30Vukovar, Croatia
02 May 05:30 - 19:00Belgrade, Serbia
03 May 15:30 - 19:00Vidin, Bulgaria
04 May 09:30 - 13:00Giurgiu, Romania
04 May 15:30 - 17:00Oltenita, Romania
05 MaySulina, Romania
05 May 12:00 - 17:00Tulcea, Romania
06 May 09:00 - 12:00Giurgiulesti, Moldova
07 May 09:00 - 09:30Tutrakan, Bulgaria
07 May 14:00 - 23:30Ruse, Bulgaria
08 May 07:00 - 08:30Nikopol, Bulgaria
08 May 14:30 - 15:00Oriahovo
08 May 19:30 - 20:00Lom, Bulgaria
09 MayIron Gate passing (Serbia-Romania)
09 May 13:00 - 16:00Donji Milanovac, Lepenski Vir, Serbia
10 May 09:30 - 13:30Novi Sad, Serbia
11 May 02:30 - 04:30Mohacs-Pecs, Hungary
11 May 09:00 - 11:00Kalocsa, Hungary
11 May 13:00 - 14:00Solt, Hungary
12 May 14:30 - 17:30Bratislava, Slovakia
13 May 11:00 - 14:00Melk, Austria
14 May 09:00Arriving in Passau
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