Danube from Passau to Vienna
Experience the Danube from Passau to Vienna on your 8 - individual day bike tour.
We have put together a detailed itinerary.
first Tag:
Today is your arrival to Passau (ca.53.000 inhabitants), your starting point of the tour. Whether by train or by car, make your way to your first start hotel and you check in, so you do not have to keep your luggage to transport themselves. Against 17 clock available, if booked, your custom bike rental, which will accompany the next few days. By evening, there was time for a leisurely stroll through the old town. In the hotel you will meet, if you want, like-minded cyclists who also like the next day the 1st Tour take to the dogs. Whether you travel together, or alone, up to you. A tip for many holiday cyclists who are traveling alone and feel you must join a cycling group with a cycling guide. Wrong in principle, where you socialize, always assuming You do that too.
second Day.
Today is your first Cycling Day, about 60 km from Untermühl.
If you want to ride without great traffic, then you select the right foot in Passau-shore, partly off the road, sometimes on a bike path separate from the road. Generally, you stay at the hotel at Passau, where you can immediately go on the right bank. Following the signs to get to the former border crossing "Achleiten. The Nibelungen-road Passau - Linz runs here quite level, and after about 400 m branches already left a meadow, you passes the Faberhof. Part of the forest and over meadows to reach the Faberhof then first, then with a narrow Krämpelstein. Again and again a few meters of forest and meadow trails biking, you can reach box, a small church Schiffer directly the Danube. The church stands on a branch in mounds of earth, probably a sign that there has been more flooding.
On the left, opposite shore we see the upper cell, (6,500 inhabitants), a pretty market town with a magnificent castle and good food directly on the Danube, near the pier with the twin-towered Baroque church on the beautiful, elongated town square, a watchable commercial center of the Bishops of Passau. Interesting in the upper cell is the baroque castle, now a porcelain museum of the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. Both on the left bank, a very frequented road (very nice) and ride on the right bank (cycle lanes, some road), one of the upper cell by Jochen Stein, (left bank). Here is one of the largest buildings in the Danube. A hydroelectric power station with dam with boat lock. On the right bank, you will cycle from the power plant right next to the village Engelhartszell (1,500 inhabitants), whose main attraction is the Austria is the only Trappist monastery that was founded by Passau's bishops. The remaining route now requires the crossing of the Danube on the Mühlviertel-shore, either you go back to the Danube ferry, about 250 feet, or further back to the weir, there is crossing the free for cyclists, but also with a lifting work of his own wheel of approximately . combined 30 steps. This will take you on a beautiful riverside path, past Kramesau, Niederranna and Au to Au / Schlögen. Dantelbach and you cycle between Rannamühle therefore be made on a beautiful path right next to the Danube. Then we used for about 4 km to the bridge and down a country road Niederranna again the beautiful Away by the stream. Top left you see the three mighty castles Rannariedl (German private property), Mars Bach (Vienna private collection) and the publicly available Haichenbach.
ends in Au / Schlögen the Danube cycle path on the left bank. You must translate the ferry. There are two ferries that during all the day commuting back and forth, and so there is no problem to come to the right bank. The second way is a ferryman Bauer, who has been the opening of the Danube cycle path as a ferryman here. On the right bank just a few meters upstream from a very good hotel with nice local restaurant. Now, ride first on a low traffic road to Inzell (small inn at the Danube river) and then on to the busy Treppelweg Koblinger, which is linked by ferry to the opposite site Obermühl. Obermühl to be mentioned that we probably niergendwo can dine at the Danube so good and cheap, as here. If you stay in Untermühl, it is best to stay on the left bank. This path is also the sunnier and less traveled.
third Days
In Untermühl go back on the right bank, because of the way ahead interrupted on the left and you pass through uninhabited area between sections and Koblinger Kaiserau at the power station by Aschach Aschach direction, where you get back to populated areas. Now we pass on a paved bicycle lanes instead of fire, where two inns invite with different price levels for the lunch stop. Even with east wind, ride nice then because now offer high shrubs and small trees shelter. Worth a trip to Eferding, 4 Km away instead of fire, the Niebelungenallee city, which was earlier in the navigable tributary of the Danube with the Castle Starhemberg and the late-Gothic church dedicated to St. Hippolytus. It now goes to the current Niebelungenallee by Eferdinger pool up to the barrage Ottensheim. You can cross the Danube, to go to Ottensheim inside. Recommended, however, proceed on the right bank is on the hard sandy Treppelweg to the ferry, which for about 2.50, - € including bike translated by Otten home to the Cistercian monastery. This ferry is a technical rarity, which is the ferry service 6:00 to 18:30 clock a boat that does not consume energy because it is, the rudder and vertical cross hanging on a rope, moved by the force of the Danube water flow to the other side. Only when the east wind ferry service is set. Here at the ferry began the success story of the Danube bike trail, the first used in 1981 for the bike path signs have been and initiates from today Kommerzialrat Manfred Traunmüller and the Mayor of the municipality Ottensheim, the Government Counsel Walter Steiner and developed. In Ottensheim follow these signs, some distance from the Danube by a small lowland forest up to the line with heavy traffic and then a dangerous road junction where you turn right on bicycle lanes in addition to the B 127, the dangerous Rohrbacher highway along and swallow much dust to dry weather, where you will soon be the vibrant, Upper Austrian capital Linz with its beautiful old town, you have the six-lane bridge Niebelungenallee . Reach On the left bank next to that Niebelungenallee bridge is the Ars Electronica Center Linz worth seeing. Here in Linz, an additional overnight stay is planned, you should find out in the evening the local cult of "Joseph" visit.
4th Days
Today goes on the bike tour on the right bank of the Danube, past the Bruckner House, the ARCOTEL to cross the ice rink to the railway bridge, where the Danube and drive to the Pleschinger lake by up to barrage Abwinden-buttons. Here you do not already before the barrage should follow the signs to Grein, but You cross the Danube towards St. Florian (about 5400 inhabitants). After about 1.3 miles, turn left to Enns (10,000 inhabitants), direction "ferry Enns" for this is by far the most scenic drive to Grein. Enns is a good idea to climb the tower with its 59 m to visit the parish church with the Wallsee Chapel and the Basilica of Lorch. Unless you want to go into Enns, stay left and continue on to Enghagen at Mauthausen (4,500 inhabitants), where you switch back to a boat on the Danube left side. Worth seeing are the parish church and castle Prague stone. There is also a memorial here, with the term "concentration camp" must be linked. From the ferry, the bike path is initially a short distance to the busy 3 from B to Mauthausen-Haid, then right through the fertile land Mach. A drive around the quarry, where Aistmündung right over the bridge, immediately turn to the right on the Dam Au. When Sportstüberl there is good food. Then a nice section followed by the large floodplain forests, power plant Mitterkirchen-Wallsee. Stay on this side of the river and head toward the center churches. Interest in the most beautiful baroque church in Austria? Then towards Baumgarten, (approx. 2 km), from there direction Mettensdorf where you are coming back to the Danube bike trail, past near the Danube, Biotopes to Dornach. Next on the left to Grein (2,800 inhabitants) where your well-beloved neighborhood is waiting for you.
5th Days
your beautiful and pleasant Danube Cycle Tour You continue when you go back now to the Danube bridge, then cross the river and continue on the right bank of the bike tour because it is here without the notorious traffic, like this exists on the other side of the Danube, is continuing. Nevertheless, more careful and considerate! You will pass on the Danube island Worth, to the underlying stone castle throwing, passing the skipper Sarmingstein to the barrage and power plant Ybbs-Persenbeug, one of the oldest Danube power plants. Here you should cross the Danube again, as a rule, your next hotel on the left bank. If the town of Ybbs (about 6200 inhabitants) would like to visit, including the three-nave church season, the ship master's house to the ship master course and the parish church of St. Donatus, then continue on the right. If you drove from the barrage on the left bank, you have Persenbeug (about 1900 inhabitants), the right site of the castle is dominated by the powerful. Get out of side roads through fertile area with a small resort village of God directly on the Danube a very affordable guest house, across from Säusenstein. Now is Marbach (1600 inhabitants) in front of you with his neighbor Maria Taferl pilgrimage, which you should go on the walk.
6th Days
Today you take first right on the Danube river to the barrage of Melk (approx. 6000 inhabitants), where you switch back to the right side of the Danube, then go directly on the waterfront to the boat. The boat trip to Spitz, the most famous wine town of Austria, will save you on the left side of the high bridge over the Danube and on the right side of the long, never-ending highway ends with to be overcome 70 meters. Depending on your departure time, (currently: 8:25, 11:00 h, 13:50 h) drive to Spitz: 40 minutes to 1:45 h) use the time to visit the great Benedictine monastery. On the boat to enjoy the Wachau at its best. This added to the river about 20 km to the north. First on the left bank Emmersdorf on the right bank Schönbühel, slightly below the Servite monastery, then on the left bank Aggsbach (700 inhabitants), then on the right bank the ruins Aggstein, then on the left bank of Willendorf and Schwallenbach. If you leave the ship pointed in, take the Röllfähre that does not require expensive energy but the river current exploits and drive on the right bank on the legendary Danube cycle path through beautiful vineyards until the next ferry Dürnstein in order not to miss the beautiful sight, actually the most scenic drive! If you do not change the side of the Danube cruise, go also through beautiful vineyards, with the villages Wösendorf, where many wine taverns invite you to stop, but still closely along the main road. , You come to white churches (1,800 inhabitants), one of the most famous wine in the Wachau, where the internationally known VELTLINER is at home. Worth seeing is the market place located at Wachau Museum, in the summer time daily from 10 bis 17 clock round (except Monday). Here in white churches, you can shorten the cycling direction Dürnstein if you use the ferry to drive on the right bank. In Dürnstein (1,000 inhabitants) crossing to the left is again possible, provided you have Loiben, (more specifically the road and Unterloiben Oberloiben villages, about 450 people) continue to Mautern, possibly even to Krems (about 23,000 inhabitants ) with the other cultural space "Krems - Stein - Göttweig. Latest, you should use in Krems, Danube bridge to the right bank, at the direction Traismauer (5,500 inhabitants), a cheerful, small town go with good white wine, where you usually roosts, or by the length of the flower city Tulln field for "Tulln" (about 15,000 inhabitants).
7th Days
Today, the bike tour to Vienna, usually the last and shortest cycle route. Start and stay on the right bank of the Danube. Your first goal should be to contact your hotel to which we will be glad to Anfahrtsskitze. There you enter, if booked, get rid off your rental bike and your luggage to your cycling gap and simply enjoy the unique Viennese flair. How long do you sit out here forever, There is always something new to see. A trip by ship to Bratislava, a unique, new, young city is highly recommended. Whatever you leave Vienna again, whether by train or by bus which takes you back to your starting point, or plane, Vienna will remain with you forever. The special specials include a visit to the DO & CO ", an exclusive restaurant to the St. Stephen's (registration required, Stephansplatz 12, inclined to reach across from St. Stephen's Cathedral, by elevator, a sparkling wine with the one you particularly like, at the Sacher Cafe, opposite the Vienna State Opera, and the visit of the joint Naschmarkt explore enjoy, learn, enjoy, be happy ...
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