Self-guided Cycling holiday from Passau to Vienna

Holiday Itinerary

This holiday involves cycling along mainly flat cycle paths along the Danube with some roads when entering towns.

Day 1:

Collect your bicycles and explore the beautiful town of Passau.

Day 2:
(26 miles)

Follow the Danube to the town of Engelhartszell with the only Trappist monastery in Austria. Continue to Schlögen where you will spend the night. 

Day 3:
(19 miles)

Admire the views as you cycle along the dramatic bend in the Danube, the Schlögener Schlinge. Complete the journey to Linz by train. Take a city tour or a trip by cable car to Pöstlingberg, a baroque pilgrimage church and fairytale grotto. 

Day 4:
(24 miles)

Cycle towards Enns, the oldest town in Austria. Stop at the St. Florian Monastery. Cross the Danube by ferry to Mauthausen and continue by bike to Perg.

Day 5:
(30 miles)

Take the cycle path to Grein and then past Habsburg Castle and Persenbeug to Marbach. From here you will be transferred to your hotel in the pilgrimage resort of Maria Taferl.

Day 6:
(30 miles)

The Danube will lead you to one of the world’s most famous monasteries at Melk. Take the ferry to Spitz and then cycle on to Traismauer through Dürnstein.

Day 7:
(26 miles)

Complete your journey through the green valley to Klosterneuburg and Greifenstein. Here you will transfer into the centre of Vienna by train .

Day 8:

Departure day.

Bicycles

You will be provided with a 7 or 21-gear touring bicycle equipped with a pannier. A list of bike exchange stations are detailed in the 'Viva Passau - Vienna' information sheet, which can be used in the case of a problem.

Route directions and maps

On arrival at your first hotel you will receive an information pack containing your route directions and maps, tourist information and hotel vouchers.

Luggage transfers

Your luggage will be transferred from hotel to hotel on this cycling holiday.