Danube cycle tour: from Passau to Vienna | 10 days

Your bike tour along the Danube (10 days / 9 nights):

Day 1 : Arrival in Passau

Individual sightseeing-tour in the “three river town” Passau. At 12.00 o’clock, in the cathedral you can listen to an organ concert (except on Sundays and public holidays) on the world’s largest church organ.

Day 2 : Passau - Upper Danube Valley

Cycle on the southern side of the Danube to Engelhartszell, where you can find Austria’s only Trappist monastery. You have the possibility to cross the Danube by ferry in Engelhartszell or in Jochenstein (1 km before Engelhartszell) at the power station on the northern side of the Danube. At the power station Jochenstein is the “House of the river”, where you can visit an exhibition about the river.

Day 3 : Upper Danube Valley - Aschach/Linz

First scenic highlight is the Danube Loop of Schlögen (“Schlögener Donauschlinge”) where the hard granite forces the river to an extremely tight loop. In Aschach the valley widens and you cycle through the fertile basin of Eferding. The baroque Monastery of Wilhering invites you to rest before you reach the cultural city of Linz, the capital of Upper Austria.

Day 4 : Aschach/Linz - Enns

Leave Linz and go on cycling via Mauthausen or Enns, Austria’s oldest town.

Day 5 : Enns - Ardagger/Grein

Via Wallsee, cycle to the beautiful old bargee town of Grein. You can visit the Greinburg (castle), the theatre of the town and the maritime museum.

Day 6 : Ardagger/Grein - Marbach/Maria Taferl/Melk

Through the romantic Strudengau you cycle to the ancient Roman town of Ybbs. Here begins the gentle landscape of the Nibelungengau and from afar you see the pilgrimage church of Maria Taferl which overlooks the Danube valley. In Melk you should visit the famous Benedictine Abbey and the idyllic Wachau area invites you to rest.

Day 7 : Marbach/Maria Taferl/Melk - Weissenkirchen/Krems

You experience the most beautiful part of your journey : the picturesque Wachau area puntuacted by a lot of small charming villages and beautiful vineyards. Discover the romantic town of Dürnstein with its castle ruins

Day 8 : Weissenkirchen/Krems - Tulln

In Krems, take time to visit the old town with its arcaded courtyards and baroque town houses are worth seeing. Through the rambling meadows of the Tullnerfeld you reach your next destination in the area Traismauer then Tulln.

Day 9 : Tulln - Vienne

Shortly before Vienna, the valley narrows again, the Danube passes through the Vienna Gate on the edge of the Vienna Woods and leads you through Klosterneuburg to the charismatic cosmopolitan city of Vienna, famous for its cafe culture and its many sights. The bike path ends only a few minutes away from the cathedral of St. Stephan, Vienna’s landmark.

Day 10 : Departure during the day