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Cycling Path Danube: Classic Version Passau – Vienna - 7 nights | 6 stages
Day 1 - Passau
Individual arrival in Passau. Handover of travel documents. The rental bikes (if booked) stand ready prepared in your arrival hotel.
Individual sightseeing in Passau (historic center, cathedral St. Stephan, corner of 3 rivers, castle Veste Oberhaus). We recommend going on a 3-rivers-boat tour through Passau (runs daily, every 30 minutes, from 10 a.m. to 17 p.m.)
Cat. A: Overnight at the 4* hotel Passauer Wolf or same category.
Cat. B: Overnight at the 3* hotel Innsento or same category.
Day 2 - Wesenufer / Schlögen (40 km)
From Passau via Obernzell and the Jochenstein power station you cycle past Engelhartszell (Trappist monastery) along the riverbank to Wesenufer and Schlögen, to the famous Schlögener Schlinge.
Cat. A: Overnight at the 4* hotel Donauschlinge or in equivalent 4* hotel in Wesenufer.
Cat. B: Overnight at the 3* hotel Freizeitanlange or equivalent.
Day 3 - Linz (56 km)
Through the Schlögener Schlinge past the uninhabited Engtal valley near Kaiserau to Aschach (baroque market). Then on through the rich Eferding basin and into the town of the same name via Wilhering (rococo church with a thousand angel figures) and Ottensheim to Linz. Individual tour of the capital of Upper Austria & City of Culture 2009 (Pöstlingberg, Lentos Art Museum, Ars Electronica Centre, main square, St. Mary's Cathedral, beautiful old town).
Cat. A: Overnight at the 4* hotels Schillerpark, Courtyard or equivalent.
Cat. B: Overnight at the 3* or 4* hotels Donauwelle or equivalent.
Day 4 - Wallsee / Au / Perg (45 km)
Today you cycle along the Danube cycle path through the Machland region. Past Steyregg and the Abwinden power station to Mauthausen. Then on to the day's destination in Au or via Mitterkirchen to Wallsee.
Cat. A: Overnight 3* hotel Wallseerhof or same category.
Cat. B: Overnight 3* hotel Gasthof Sengstbratl in Wallsee or equivalent in Au/Perg.
Day 5 - Pöchlarn / Maria Taferl (56 km)
Through the Strudengau with the romantic Hössgang to Ybbs and to the day's destination, the second largest place of pilgrimage in Austria or Pöchlarn.
Cat. A: Overnight at the 4* hotel Krone Kaiserhof or same category.
Cat. B: Overnight at the 3* hotel Rose in Pöchlarn or same category.
Day 6 - Krems/Traismauer (51-66 km)
Cycle tour to Melk (famous abbey) and further on into the UNESCO world heritage region Wachau. There you pass the villages Spitz, Weissenkirchen and Dürnstein and reach Krems or Traismauer.
Cat. A: Overnight at the 4* hotel Arte in Krems or same category.
Cat. B: Overnight at the 3* hotel Klinglhuber in Krems or same category in Traismauer.
Shortcut possible by boat trip through the Wachau e.g. from Spitz (departure 11.40 a.m.) or Dürnstein (departure 12.30 p.m.) to Krems, arrival approx. 12.50 p.m. (slight timetable change possible for 2025)
Day 7 - Vienna (63-78 km)
The cycle route continues to the flower town of Tulln through the foothills of the Vienna Woods past Klosterneuburg (abbey) to Vienna. The world metropolis offers a variety of sights (St Stephen's Cathedral, Ringstrasse, palace, Schönbrunn Zoo, Prater, Danube Tower, Belvedere Palace).
The cycle route can be shortened by train (all connections every half hour): from Krems to Tulln (approx. € 12.30 on site); or from Tulln (approx. € 10.60 on site) or from Klosterneuburg (approx. € 4.50 on site) to Vienna.
Cat. A: Overnight at the 4* hotel NH Danube City or same category.
Cat. B: Overnight at the 4* hotel Simms or same category.
Day 8 - end of cycle trip
Booking of additional nights or journey home.
> Please note that the assigned km-information can vary due to the local position of hotels and the chosen route.
