Danube Bicycle Path Passau - Vienna |
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| This distance bicycle path was developed by our management in 1982 and was created along the old towpath where earlier 60 horses towed laden ships up the river. Today, easygoing holidaymakers pedal the 313 km along this path from Passau to the waltz capital of Vienna. "The Blue Danube": Professor Dr. Marcel Prawy once said that on a warm, dry, windy day that is preceded by 5 to 6 weeks of no rain, the Danube is actually blue. The water quality in the meantime is excellent and fish taken from its waters can be eaten. |
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General Information
Individual or Guided Tours
Start and End: Passau (pop. 50,740) lies on the German - Austrian border, where the Danube, Inn, and Ilz rivers meet. Vienna (pop. 1.68 million) lies on the Danube and is both the capital of Austria and one of its nine provinces.
Season: daily arrival from May 1 to October 10 (last arrival)
Low Season: from May 1 to May 20, and from September 16 to October 10
High Season: from May 21 to September 15
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Character of the Route: From 290 m above sea level to the goal, at 183 m, the route always follows the Danube - flat, traffic-free, and gently downhill.
Return Journey: a bus will pick you up directly at the hotel in Vienna (ca. 8:15) and will bring you to your parked car in Passau (ca. 13:00). Please mention at booking if you would rather return by train, at no extra cost.
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Sights
**Passau: Capital of a small state until 1803. Cathedral, Studienkirche, monasteries, and more.
*Engelszell: Trappist monastery.
**Wilhering: Church of the Thousand Angels - main Rococo work in Austria.
**Linz: Cathedral of St. Mary, castle, main square, old town, Lentos modern art museum, ARS Electronica Museum of the Future, Pöstlingberg - enjoy the events and exhibitions in the 2009 European Capital of Culture.
**St. Florian: abbey 6 km from the Danube with 800 rooms, vault of Anton Bruckner.
**Enns: oldest city of Austria.
*Perg: plain 5 km from Danube, soap boiler house, charnel house.
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*Grein: Grein castle with knights' room and stone theatre. Every Friday from May to September for all our holidaymakers at 12:00 noon - a champagne welcome and piano concert, Baroque city theatre.
**Melk: dominant symbol at the beginning of the Wachau Valley; library, imperial rooms, and more.
*Spitz: wine-growing town with "Tausendeimerberg" (Mountain of a Thousand Buckets), two castles, palace, Pastoren Tower.
*Dürnstein: Baroque city views, cloister church, pretty walk to the castle.
**Krems: one of the richest cities in Europe during the middle ages, home of the "Kremser Penny".
*Tulln: Roman city with charnel house.
*Klosterneuburg: "Austria's Escorial" with enamel/gold altar.
***Vienna: music capital of Europe whose description cannot fit on this page.
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*Schlosshof 39 km east of Vienna, pompous palace of Kaiserin Maria Theresia, recently renovated at a cost of €230 million.
*Hainburg most important city gate in the southern German-speaking area, Carnuntum - "living" Roman history park
**Bratislava (pop. 402,000) castle, coronation church, Primatial palace, etc.
*Györ: St. Mary's Church, Bishop's palace.
Komárno/Komárom: city divided in two with nine fortresses, beautiful day trip from Vienna.
**Esztergom cathedral with the largest altar painting in the world and the third largest cupola in Europe.
**Visegrad (Königsburg)
***Szentendre art colony, "Donauknie" curve, small arm of the Carpathians.
***Budapest (pop. 2.2 million) countless sights from the Margaret Island to the castle quarter.
Tips for arriving by plane:
If you would like to fly into or out of Vienna, you can receive our Vienna - Passau train pass sent to your home. All our tickets from the DB (German National Railways) can be ordered for the arrival or return journey only.
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