Included
Hire of  7speed touring cycles and panniers.  
Accommodation in 2 or 3 berth cabins with shower w/c and air conditioning. All cabins are outside and size is approximately 9square meters.

Full board basis.

Welcome Cocktail

Folklore show.
Tour information including maps and routes per cabin
Tour guide on board

Excluded 
Cycle Helmets

Extras

Single cabins.

High season supplement

Access(advice only, not included)
By air to Munich or Vienna airports
Train from Munich or Vienna to Passau

Duration: 7 Nights/8 Days

Start Saturdays:

Low season 3rd & 17th May. 6th & 20th Sept. 4th Oct 2008

High season 31st May. 14th & 28th June. 12th & 26th July. 9th & 23rd August 2008

Level 1

Tour code DBC

Price from £470 per person see below for full details

High season supplement £39 p.p.

Extra nights available in Passau. 3star hotel B&B £40p.p. in a dbl room. £53 single room.

Day 1. Arrive PASSAU: embarkation from 1700hrs. In the evening welcome cocktail and dinner with live music.

Day 2. PASSAU- Schlogen - LINZ

31ml (50km)                             
You bike on the Danube cycle path alongside the river passing the monastery of Engelhartszell and continue to Schlogen. Rejoin the ship and let yourself relax on the sun deck while the ship takes you through the romantic Schlogener loop and sail to the capital of Upper Austria, Linz. After dinner there is an optional sight-seeing tour with 'city-express'

Day 3. LINZ - MAUTHAUSEN - GREIN

22ml (36km)                  

Today's bike tour takes you through meadows and forests and the celtic town Mitterkirchen gives you an insight to the past. Grein is the destination of today's stage and there is an option to visit Austria's oldest city theatre and the Castle of Grein.

Day 4. GREIN - MELK 32ml (51km)      
You bike through the "Strudengau"- an unspoilt part of the Danube, passing the pilgrimage village of Maria Taferi to reach your destination, Melk with its georgeous baroque Benedictine monastery. After dinner a night tour on board through the 'Wachau' and in the early morning we reach Vienna

Day 5. VIENNA - BRATISLAVA 46/34ml (75/55km)
At the national park 'Donauauen you can experience pure nature, wild and untamed. Accompanied by the sound of birds you cycle through mystic forests and a unique paradise o nature. Sporty cyclists will take the challenge and cycle the whole way but you can also shorten the distance by taking a train. Bratislava is our destination and there is the option to walk around the city after dinner. At night the cruise takes us back to Vienna.

Day 6. VIENNA - CITY TOUR BY BIKE                     
Optional city tour by Bike approximately 3hours, or by bus which can be reserverd on board, begins shortly after breakfast leaving the afternoon free to stroll or visit one of the viennese coffee bars or the entire day to discover this beautiful city. Perhaps stroll through the Hofburg and visit the Sisi museum. Evening possibilities include a Waltz and Opera Concert at the Wiener Kursalon which can be booked on board.

Day 7. KREMS - EMMERSDORF 22ml(36km)
Your last cycle trip is a special highlight. Surrounded by small dreamy towns, apricot trees, vineyards, castles and monasteries. There is something here to enchant everyone. In Spitz there are comfortable wine taverns beside the cycle path for a relaxing stop. Continue to Emmersdorf before your board the ship for a relaxed trip on board as once again you pass through the beautiful Danube valley. Fun and entertainment await you in the evening with a folklore show.

Day 8. Depart PASSAU

Once more you enjoy the peacefulness of the Danube valley. You get a last look at the Schlogener loop before you disembark in Passau at approx. 1430hrs

Schedule: We reserve the right to change the Schedule when low/high water bars the ship from passing through a certain area. Some parts can be negotiated by bus (free of charge)