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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDepending on the season and weather, you will certainly not be alone on the road - and yet you will cycle through a tranquility as the Rhine once knew it centuries ago: always on well-maintained and signposted cycle paths, occasionally along roads with little traffic, away from the major metropolises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the episcopal three-river city of Passau<\/a>, you first follow the Danube northeast to the Upper Austrian baroque city of Linz <\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Danube Cycle Path<\/a> continues through the UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau with all its wine villages, past sights such as Greinburg Castle and the world-famous Melk<\/a> Abbey, until you finally reach the enchanting imperial and waltzing city of Vienna<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the way along the Danube you will have enough time to get to know the Austrian cuisine and hospitality in the many inns or Heurigen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And with everything applies - as always: You cycle, we take care of your luggage. Luggage transport incl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We book for you very good, regionally typical hotels of 3*** and 4****- category. You can choose between two hotel categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n > Category A:<\/strong> 4****hotels throughout, except in Grein in the very good 3***hotel,<\/p>\n\n\n\n > Category B:<\/strong> Good 3***hotels - in Vienna in 4****Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A daily breakfast buffet or large cyclist's breakfast is included in the price. You will ride over slightly hilly, mostly flat, very well-maintained bike paths and quiet, low-traffic side roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 6 daily stages you will travel between 40 and 80 km; in total about 330 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The trip is suitable for people with reduced mobility\u00a0not suitable<\/strong>. Please contact us for detailed information if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By bus: Saturdays<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The minibus will pick you up in Vienna directly at the hotel and drive to Passau to the parking lot: Arrival in Passau around 13:30. Please book this option directly if you wish. On-site purchase is no longer possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By train: anytime else<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trains from Vienna to Passau run daily at 2-hour intervals. Takt, without changing trains. You will receive a train ticket Vienna-Passau, 2nd class for free train choice (except Westbahn). There is no transfer to the train station. Please book this option directly if you wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Return transfer of own wheels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The return transfer is possible every day, provided that you also book the passenger return transfer with us. Please be sure to specify the option return transfer person and return transfer own bike directly when booking. Unfortunately, a purchase on site is not possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Transportation options:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n > Saturdays<\/strong>: within the framework of bus return transfers as joint transport person + bike<\/p>\n\n\n\n > On the remaining days<\/strong>: Please return your bikes to the hotel in Vienna the day before<\/strong> your return journey. These will be available for pickup at the Infopoint in Passau the following day. Please book the return transport with or transport insurance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please note that no liability can be accepted for any damage to your own bike during the entire bike tour or during transportation. Please take your bikes on the trip at your own risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Robust touring bikes:<\/strong> 7 gears with hub gears and coaster brake or 21\/24 gears with derailleur gears and freewheel, comfort saddle, 28 inch with various frame heights. If you are taller than 1.90 m or shorter than 1.60 m, we will request wheels with a 66 frame or 26 inches for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Electric bikes:<\/strong> 8-speed gears (freewheel, without coaster brake); range approx. 70 km (depending on riding style); suitable for heights from 1.60 m - 1.90 m (bookable on request).<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is possible to bring your own bikes, but at your own risk. For possible damages etc. on the own bike during the whole bike trip as well as during transport trips can not be liable. Please note that wheels with rim widths over 5 cm can only be transported back if necessary and only by prior arrangement. Please contact us in advance if necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For your own safety, we recommend that you always wear a bicycle helmet on all bicycle tours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Railroad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Passau is very easy to reach by long-distance and regional trains of the Deutsche Bahn. You can also find more information about the timetables at www.bahn.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Car & Parking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you book the limited parking option, you can use a fenced, unguarded private parking lot on the outskirts of the city near the bike rental for the duration of your trip. Please book and pay directly on site. You will find details in your travel documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alternatively, please use one of the public parking facilities, for example at the freight station in the immediate vicinity of the main station. Information can be found at https:\/\/www.stadtwerke-passau.de\/parken.html.<\/a> Please book and pay yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please see our entry information for Austria on our Country Information<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We recommend that you take out travel cancellation insurance. you can find a quote on our travel insurance<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","cost_includes":"7 x overnight stays\/breakfast \nLuggage transport from hotel to hotel from Passau to Vienna incl. \u20ac 1,000, - liability \/ person, pick-up at 9 am and delivery by 6:30 pm \nCoffee and cake break on the Danube cycle path \nInfo package with detailed tour book \nTravel documents with customized itinerary and GPS data \nIf booked: 4 x half board on days 2, 3, 5 and day 7 in Vienna ","cost_excludes":"Parking in Passau\nLocal taxes; costs: approx. 2 to 4 \u20ac p. p. \/ night, payable on site\nEverything that is not explicitly booked or listed as included in the travel package","itineraries":[{"title":"Journey to Passau","content":"\n Use the first day to visit the episcopal residence of Passau with its baroque old town, St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Three Rivers Corner and the castles Veste Oberhaus and Veste Unterhaus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The best way to get a first overview is to visit the tourist information office at the old town hall on the Danube quay in the old town, Rathausplatz 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The travel documents and the rental bicycles (if booked) are waiting for you at the arrival hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We recommend the comfortable city tour from the water: Then we have an idea for you: about 15 km and completely flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Done. Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n From Passau we start along the Danube to the first stopover in Engelhartszell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can cycle on both sides of the Danube. We recommend the southern bank on the side of the old town and the mouth of the Inn River. So cross the Inn one last time. You already know the Marienbr\u00fccke from yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cycle the north bank below the Veste Passau Oberhaus, then please cross the Danube at the weir and the power station Jochenstein. No matter which shore you take. A look at the weir, the lock and the power plant is always worthwhile. Let the dammed stream from its center on you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n They are standing in front of the first of a total of nine river power plants between Passau and Bratislava. The weir was built in 1952 to protect shipping from the rapids of the Jochenstein. Today, the annual average head of the lock is 10 meters. The power plant includes 5 tubines, through which the entire Danube water flows at normal times: 2,050 m3 per second. The machines have an output of 40,000 hp. The lock is about 230 meters long and 24 meters wide. If you wanted to fill it with a garden hose - you would need a good 7 years and 6 months....<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you have a little time? Visit the museum \"Haus am Strom\". Good coffee and interesting info about life on the Danube and the power plant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n From Jochenstein please follow the southern shore to Engelhartszell with its famous Trappist monastery. It was founded in 1293 by order of the Bishop of Passau \"in an unsafe area\". So be on your guard! Take a break in the monastery garden. Pause for a moment in the monastery church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then follow the stream to Schl\u00f6gen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you like, cross the Danube on the first bridge behind Engelhartszell before the village of Wesenufer. Then follow the north shore to the throat of the Schl\u00f6gener Loop. You will drive through beautiful orchards along the river. At Dantelbach you cross the border from Germany to Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shortly after Marsbach you will pass the Haichenbach ghost castle. The ruin is located directly in the middle of the Schl\u00f6gener Schlinge on the Danube peninsula. If you like, leave the bikes and climb up to the castle. The path is well marked, not long but steep. You will be rewarded with a fantastic view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is said that on nights when the moon is full, the cries of the murdered lady of the castle can be heard echoing across the Danube: \"It's me! Don't you recognize me?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once upon a time, robber barons from Marbach moved into neighboring Haichenbach, besieged and stormed the castle. They executed the lord of the castle. As a last wish, they granted him beforehand to eat cherries from his garden. He ate, spat the seeds over the wall and cursed them, \"These seeds may kill you!\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few years later, the Marsbachers again moved in front of the castle with a force of the Passau bishop. A young man got over the walls via a church tree. In the fight under the full moon man against man, the boy in a dark chamber did not realize that he was facing a woman. He killed them. This woman, he realized with horror, was his own mother.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n You have almost made it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Right in the throat you take one of the two cuddly bicycle ferries back to the south shore to Schl\u00f6gen - your stage destination. The Hotel Donauschlinge and the campsite with its inn share a beautiful location directly on the banks of the Danube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Roman Limens watchtower IOVIACUM was once located here. The foundations of the gate can still be seen. A sketch informs about the dimensions of the camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a highlight of the day, you will spend the night in the middle of the famous Schl\u00f6gener Donau-Schlinge, if indicated on the hotel list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stay on the \"outside curve\" and cycle through the narrowest spot in the entire Danube Valley into the Schl\u00f6gener Schlinge. Sometimes it looks as if the valley here simply ends in the hard granite mountains. Follow the stream and pass the uninhabited narrow valley near Kaiserau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further on the way leads you to Aschach with its famous baroque market. Cross the Danube, if you like. The path leads them past numerous beautiful beer gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then you cycle through the fertile Eferding basin to the town of the same name via Wilhering. Take a moment to visit the rococo church with its thousand angel figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now only a few kilometers remain to Linz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sights: The \"New\" Marian Cathedral, the Linz Castle, the Museum of the Future Ars Electronica or also the Avangarde Art Museum Lentos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A special treat is of course the Linzer Torte in one of the many fine coffee houses and bakeries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Behind Linz, the Danube valley widened. You follow the cycle path through the Machland in the direction of Mauthausen & Abwinden power station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leave the city center via the Nibelungen Bridge, turn right after the bridge onto the Danube Cycle Path on the left bank of the river. If you like, make a detour to the Pleschinger Badesee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You follow the left bank and partly cycle along the main road, which is mostly lightly trafficked. On the way you will pass St. Georgen a bit off the Danube. Following the Danube Cycle Path, you will pass the Gusen Concentration Camp Memorial after St. Georgen and cycle towards Mauthausen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here in Mauthausen, the National Socialists established the largest concentration camp on Austrian soil. In 49 satellite camps, mainly political prisoners, intellectual elites from all over Europe were at the mercy of Nazi terror. More than 100,000 people fell victim to the horrific living and working conditions, inhumane \"medical experiments\" and \"racial studies\" as forced laborers of the extermination machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take a little time. Descend and climb the 75 meters from the Danube to the concentration camp memorial. Take part in the only gesture that remains for us today in shame of what has happened: to remember and to admonish.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Yes. It's not easy to get back on the saddle with this historic baggage. But we may. So let's cycle on - in gratitude for the freedom in which we live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feel free to visit one of the beautiful beer gardens of the Mauthausen Danube bank. Afterwards, please follow the bike path on the flood embankment along the federal highway. in the direction of Camping Au, Mitterkirchen and Grein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to visit the Celtic village Mitterkirchen, follow the signs as a detour from the trail. In the 1980s, a number of Celtic princely tombs were found here. Around it, a Celtic village has been built, whose resting place and insight into the late antique life on the Danube is worth seeing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Use the lock Wallsee Mitterkirchen to cross the Danube to the right, the south bank. You cycle directly to the oxbow island Wallsee. Behind the oxbow bridge Wallsee-Bergen two more places invite you to take a break: The Wallsee Roman Museum or the beach and water sports center at the oxbow lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow the riverside road past Wallsee Castle along the Danube between Upper and Lower Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will soon reach your destination for the day in Au or via Mitterkirchen - Wallsee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the route variant, you will come to Grein with Greinburg Castle. For more than 500 years, this residential castle has watched over the Danube valley as a \"sworn pilot\" turned to stone. Once the most important economic factor for shipping through the dangerous whirlpools of the Studengau, today it lies peacefully on the shore of your stage destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The spacious Renaissance courtyard with knights' hall, castle chapel and stone theater in the cellar can be visited - just like the Upper Austria Shipping Museum.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"Wallsee-> P\u00f6chlarn, Maria Taferl, 55 km","content":" Around the island of W\u00f6rth at the foot of Werfenstein Castle, the Danube once showed its wildest side. Even a ship of the young Empress Elisabeth capsized here. Today, there is nothing left of the once wild water. From the 1860s, the rocks in the Fluus began to be blasted and with the construction of the Ybbs barrage, the mean water level was raised by about 10 meters (!).<\/p>\n Originally, however, the danger was not overcome until St. Nikola. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, patron saint of sailors.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Behind Weins you reach the weir Ybbs. Feel free to make a detour to the lock, but please stay on the north bank towards Persenbeug. Ybbs you can see from a distance on the opposite bank. From Persenbeug to Gottsdorf you are welcome to shorten the peninsula. The more beautiful path, however, follows the shore.<\/p>\n Drive along the Danube meander past the Granz marina to Marbach an der Donau with the most important pilgrimage site in Lower Austria, Maria Taferl, high above the Danube.<\/p>\n If you have time and feel like a hike, we recommend a side trip to the Steinbachklamm gorge - or to the pilgrimage church of Maria Taferl. Be impressed by the basilica with its magnificent distant view.<\/p>"},{"title":"Maria Taferl -> Krems \/ Traismauer, approx. 65 km","content":"\n Coming from Marbach, please continue along the north bank until you reach the Danube bridge in Klein-P\u00f6chlarn. Here you cross the Danube to the south bank and keep left downstream towards Melk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alternatively, you can follow the Danube a little further on the north side and cross the stream at the Melk barrage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Either way - Melk is not to be missed. The world-famous Benedictine Abbey Stift Melk is worth a visit. High above the city and the river, the UNESCO World Heritage Site and landmark of the Wachau is enthroned on the monastery rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is said that the huge monastery complex has 365 magnificent windows, so that one should be cleaned every day. In fact, however, there are 1,365 windows that let the light flood into 497 rooms according to the course of the sun. Hallelujah!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Linger a little in Melk. Then you will leave the city and head towards the Danube bank, crossing the river behind the Melk Altarm boat station along the B1 federal road bridge. Keep to the right in the direction of Willendorf through the Schwallenbach vineyards via the wine villages of Mitterarnsdorf and Mautern to Krems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You cycle through the world-famous vineyards of the Wachau World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pass the towns of Spitz and Wei\u00dfenkirchen and D\u00fcrnstein. Treat yourself to a detour to the old town with its castle ruins before heading to the day's destination in Krems (UNESCO World Heritage Site) or Traismauer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shortcut possible by Wachau boat trip e.g. from Spitz (from 11:40) or D\u00fcrnstein (from 12:30) to Krems, arrival approx. 12:50 (slight change in timetable possible for 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today we start the last stage to Vienna - always along the south bank of the Danube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your starting point, Traismauer an der Traisen opens up the basin of the Tulln fields to you. Once an important base of the Romans as an equestrian camp on the Limes, Traismeuer was in the Middle Ages again and again fiercely fought over between the bishoprics of Passau and the cathedral capital of Salzburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1483 Turkish troops briefly conquered Traismauer. From the subsequent fortification of the city against a renewed attack originate the massive city walls and gates, such as the Roman Gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drive past the Roman and flower and Nibelungen city of Tulln. Via Greifenstein Castle at the spa settlement of St. Andr\u00e4-W\u00f6rdern and Klosterneuburg you will reach H\u00f6flein, a suburb of Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the information in your travel documents, please return your the rental bikes in H\u00f6flein. Bike-free, take the S-Bahn (payable locally, approx. \u20ac 4,-\/person) to Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alternatively, you can cycle past Klosterneuburg to the center of the city of waltzes (approx. 20 km additional).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world metropolis offers a variety of sights. Allow yourself some time for St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Ringstrasse, the palace, Sch\u00f6nbrunn Zoo, Prater, Danube Tower or Belvedere Palace.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"Departure or extension in Vienna","content":"\nAccommodation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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If you book the half-board option, we will reserve a 3-course dinner with a choice of main course for you on four evenings, included in the price. Some of the meals will take place in neighboring hotel restaurants. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe route<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Return transfer from Vienna to Passau<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Rental bikes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Arrival in Passau:
Welcome to the start!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDo you feel like taking a three-river cruise?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In summer daily every 30 minutes from 10:00 to 17:00; approx. \u20ac 15,- pP, payable on site, Danube riverside promenade.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDo you already like to cycle in a little?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The haunted castle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Mauthausen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Celtic village Mitterkirchen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Wallsee-> P\u00f6chlarn, Maria Taferl, approx. 55 km<\/h3>\n
Passing the \"legendary\" island of W\u00f6rth, you will reach the Nibelungengau - a stretch of the Danube with a storied past. You always cycle along the left, the northern bank. The peaceful idyll of the wide stream is deceptive. Once the deadly sister of the Loreley raged here....<\/p>\nThe Danube Struden<\/h3>\n
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Maria Taferl -> Krems \/ Traismauer, approx. 65 km<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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