Danube Easy Guided Bike&Cruise Tour Passau-Budapest-Kalosca-Bratislava-Passau

Arrival at Passau, boarding the ship

We are welcome on board at the end of the afternoon. First, we will meet to go there between 3 and 4 pm at a location close to the Railway Station of Passau. From there we will go to the docking spot of the Primadonna, where we will check out our cabins and have our first dinner on board. Our guide(s) will welcome you and explain what’s ahead, talk about safe biking and other info about what’s to be expected in the upcoming days. The ship will start sailing while we are preparing to go to our first dinner and sails through the night

Wachau: the most beautiful part of the Austrian Danube: Ybbs to Duernstein 54 km/34 ml

Our bikes will be fitted at Ybbs and off we go! Our first ride is a very good one: we cycle along the Danube and we can visit the Abbey of Melk, a Benedict Order still active. We will have a guided tour there, and continue cycling to Duernstein to join the ship again. On our way we will pass through the vineyards of Spitz and Weissenkrichen, and Duernstein, of course!

This trip will remind some of you of the Moselle trips: a river, vineyards, beautiful little villages and the Abby of Melk as an absolute must-see!

Slovakian Donau Cycle Route from Komarno/Sturovo to Esztergom (Hungary) 56 km/35 ml

Our next stop is a long-way sailing, which mainly takes place during the night.

At around 10 am, we will be able to leave the ship again for our second day of cycling, which takes us from Komarno/Sturovo to Esztergom. A ride along the Danube, mainly by car free to Kelemantia to see the Roman remains and Moca. The cycling ends at the Dome of Esztergom, which is worth a visit for sure. We board the Primadonna, which starts sailing, will pass through Budapest at around 10 pm (worth staying up for!) and continue to Baya, our furthest point of the trip.

Puszta, the Hungarian Plain 49km/30 ml

Here we are in rural areas; we start cycling from the Barock town of Baja along the Donau Cycle Route and the most famous Pilgrims Route of Hungary to the Capital of the Puszta: Kalocsa. We will have lunch on board and spend the afternoon with a cycle tour into the centre and optional a visit to the Dome and the Bishops Castle.

We sail at 3 pm back to Budapest!

Budapest - Cycling and sightseeing 22 k/13 ml

Today we can explore Budapest with our bikes. We will cycle along the Danube, and visit the highlights, such as the Parliament building, the famous shoes at the shore to remind us of the Holocaust, the Fisherman’s bastion on top of the hill, and the collection of historic buildings, residents of the president of Hungary.

We board the ship for dinner and sail out of Budapest.

Samorin to Bratislava 24 km and option for 48 km more, 15 ml or + 30 ml.

According to the plan, we can start cycling at around 10.30 am. Car-free again, at the Slovakian Danube Cycle path, into the centre of Bratislava. We can continue to Schloss Hof, partly cycling on the road (around 5 km), mainly on cycle paths, passing the castle high on a rock in Devin and the most spectacular bridge for cyclists between Slovakia and Austria. Notice the difference in the landscape while you see the Schloss Hof in front of you. Worth the miles; time to get back to the ship, though, which sails at 6.30 pm.

Grein to Linz 62 km/38 ml

Our last day of cycling will start around 12.30, so we have some time to relax in the morning, while we sail through the Wachau area and recognise the villages we cycled through!

On our bikes, we will pass the castles of Dornach, Clam, Wallsee and Pragstein, and the Pleschinger Lakes, before we arrive at Linz. Optional is a Concert on the Brueknerorgel in Linz.

Passau, auf wiedersehen!

The last night on board brings us back to Passau, where all the fun started. Passau itself is worth spending another day, between 9.00 and 10.00 we need to disembark. A bus will take us to the train station, where we will arrive between 10 and 11 am. Please know that there can be delays, so don’t book international flights before late afternoon/evening. The next day would be preferable!