Danube - Sportive Tour

Day 1: Individual arrival at Passau
Passau was listed as one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. Worth seeing is the “Dreiflüsseeck” – place where the two rivers Inn and Ilz are leading in the Danube – and the St. Stephans cathedral, where the worlds biggest church organ is located.

Day 2: Passau - Linz ... approx. 98 km
On your way from Passau to Linz, you pass the charming town Engelhartszell in the Danube valley with its unique Trappist monastery and breathtakingly beautiful rococo church. The monastery also makes its own brandies, which you might pick up for later consumption. After riding through granite massifs, you enter an opulent green landscape and soon you come to Schlögen, where the Danube rounds a nearly 270-degree bend.
You’ll soon come to Linz, Austria's third-largest city, with its historic market square surrounded by baroque buildings. Worth-seeing is the cathedral, which ist the oldest church of Austria.

3. TAG: Linz - Grein ... approx. 61 km
You continue past two medieval castles to the Enns River and cycle a few miles upstream to Enns, the oldest city in Austria. Enns is unique with its medieval tower and fortifications and its Renaissance and Baroque facades.
You explore the fertile farmland of the Danube Valley, with its rural towns and picturesque farms.
A Danube highlight soon comes into view: the baroque village of Grein with its imposing castle. With only 2,800 residents, Grein is one of Austria's smallest towns. Due to its strategic location above rapids on the Danube, the city became quite rich during the 16th and 17th centuries. The wealth is still shown in the elaborate houses that were built around the town square.

4. TAG: Grein - Krems ... approx. 88 km
After Grein, the Danube starts getting narrower. You cross the river to Ybbs, with its recently restored old town with winding lanes, quiet courtyards and patrician homes from the 15th and 16th centuries. Much of the historic town wall is still intact. In Pöchlarn, the small Erlauf River enters the Danube.
You follow the Danube around a tight curve and travel a short distance to another tour highlight: the Melk Abbey (largest Baroque monastery in the world, entrance including).
Melk marks the official start of the Wachau, Austria's most famous wine-growing region. Vineyards stretch up the sides of the valley, and wine villages lie along the river as well as in the neighboring hills.
Now the, for the Wachau famous, wine routes and vineyards start.
The tour takes you through the oldest cultural landscape of Austria (Wachau – UNESCO World Heritage Site) to the 1000-year-old city Krems.
You can let the evening finnish with a wine tasting at a typical wine tavern.

5. TAG: Krems - Vienna... approx. 84 km
You travel along dams, locks and trails as the valley broadens and flattens.
In Tulln, known as the “flower city,” enjoy a ride along the medieval town walls and look for relics from Roman times.
If you consider your daily quota fulfilled, drive optional the remaining 38 kms by train to Vienna (good connections) OR: otherwise continue by bike to the metropolis Vienna.

6. TAG: Individual departure, back transfer or extension in Vienna