Blue Danube Tour

BLUE DANUBE TOUR

Included
Hire of 21 speed cycles and equipment.
B&B accommodation in very good hotels & excellant inns.
Luggage transport.
Tour information including maps and routes.

Location of the overnight stop may vary depending on accommodation availability.

Excluded
Lunches & Dinners.
Transfers Vienna/Passau. Cycle Helmets.

Extras
Single rooms

Access(advice only, not included)
By air to Munich or Vienna airports
Train from Munich or Vienna to Passau
Bus transfer from Vienna to Passau by tour operator 1500hrs: car parking available at Schärding (17km from Passau).

Duration
8 Nights/9 Days

Start
Any day, April - October
Minimum two persons

Level 1

Tour Code BDT

Price £485 per person
Single Suppl £150

Supplement Euro 2008 for arrivals 1st - 27th June £

Child reductions available please enquire at office.

Bus Vienna-Scharding/Passau €35

Extra Night. Vienna in a 4 star hotel B&B £45p.p. in a double room
Extra Night. Passau in a 3 star hotel B&B £35p.p in a double room

Day 1. Arrive Passau.
Take the opportunity for sightseeing in this "three river town". At 1200hrs you can listen to an organ concert (except on Sundays and public holidays) on the largest church organ in the world at the Cathedral.

Day 2. PASSAU - ENGELHARTSZELL 21ml(34km)
Collect cycles in the morning and start cycling at the southern side of the Danube to reach the ferry at Obernzell. There you can cross the Danube or continue cycling on the southern side to Engelhartszell, where you can find the only Trappist monastery in Austria.

Day 3. ENGELHARTSZELL - LINZ 35ml(57km)

The first highlight of the landscape is the famous Schlogen Danube Loop which offers wonderful views of the surrounding countryside. Then you cycle through the villages of Aschach, Wilhering and Ottensheim to Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. You have enough time for a stroll through this enchanting old town with its many interesting sights.

Day 4. LINZ - GREIN 40ml(65km)
You leave Linz and go on cycling via Mauthausen or Enns, the oldest town of Austria to Wallsee. Continuing via Ardagger you reach the beautiful old bargee town of Grein. This is the start of the Strudengau. You can visit the castle, the oldest municipal theatre still open and the maritime museum.

Day 5. GREIN - MARBACH/EMMERSDORF 33ml(54km)
Today you cycle through the Strudengau on the southern side of the Danube to the old Roman town of Ybbs where you cross the river on the dam of the power station at Ybbs-Persenbeug. You reach Marbach by riding through the Nibelungengau and after Marbach the pilgrimage centre of Maria Taferl greets you from the hills above.

Day 6. MARBACH/EMMERSDORF - SPITZ/KREMS 22ml(36km)
Depending on your location, first you ride through Klein Pochlarn and then cycle via the dam of the power station to reach Melk. This town is the highlight of the day because you can visit the wonderful baroque Benedictine convent which is situated on a high rock above the Danube. In Melk there is the beginning of the most popular part of the Danube, the Wachau - well known for its choice wines. You pass through some of the traditional small villages of the Wachau to reach the best known town of this area - Durnstein, where Richard the Lion Heart was once taken captive.

Day 7. SPITZ/KREMS - TRAISMAUR/TULLN 25ml(40km)
You will be surprised and delighted by the scenic beauty and cultural attractions as you journey alongside the river. Soon you will arrive in Krems, the end of the Wachau. There you cross the Danube again and ride on to Traismauer or Tulln.

Day 8. TRAISMAUR/TULLN - VIENNA 21ml(36km)
Today you ride the last part of this journey on the way to Vienna, the capital of Austria. Before reaching Vienna you will see numerous garden and weekend settlements and the well known Augustinian canon convent, Klosterneuburg. The bike-path ends

only a few minutes away from the cathedral of St. Stephans, the landmark of Vienna.

Day 9. Depart VIENNA