Danube cycle tour: from Passau to Vienna | 7 days ('sport')

Your bike tour along the Danube (7 days / 6 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 - Schögen

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. First scenic highlight is the Danube Loop of Schlögen (“Schlögener Donauschlinge”) where the hard granite forces the river to an extremely tight loop.

Day 3 : Schögen - Enns

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. Go on cycling via Mauthausen or Enns, Austria’s oldest town (Danube bike ferry), to Wallsee.

Day 4 : Enns - Marbach or Maria Taferl

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

Day 5 : Marbach or Maria Taferl - Krems or Traismauer

Ride to Melk where you should visit the famous Benedictine Abbey and the idyllic Wachau area invites you to rest. You experience again the most beautiful part of your journey, the picturesque Wachau area. You cycle past emerald vineyards, through lush orchards and discover the romantic town of Dürnstein with its castle ruins. In Krems, the old town with its arcaded courtyards and baroque town houses are worth seeing.

Day 6 : Krems or Traismauer - 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 7 : Departure during the day