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Danube Cycle Path from Passau to Vienna


5 x nights with accommodation with a breakfast buffet, luggage transport from Passau to Vienna, Donau Touristik gifts of your choice, return transfer by train or bus, and much more. Your personalized cycling week on the Danube Cycle Path.

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Overview
Authentic Donau Touristik
  • Enjoy a two-course lunch Monday through Friday (except on holidays) at Rad-Reise-Profi in Linz.
  • Our e-bikes ensure a relaxed and enjoyable cycling experience, even on longer routes.
  • Choose 3 Donau Touristik gifts worth up to €164: cycling glasses, cycling helmet, beach towel, cycling gloves, rain poncho, or barbecue apron.
  • Optionally includes a DB/ÖBB train travel package to Passau and back (2nd class, train-specific) OR a private parking space in Passau (unattended, fenced).
Dates 2026

Check-in every Saturday and Sunday through October 11

Off-season: through August 29
High season:
August 30 through October 11

Additional information return transfer

If the destination of your trip is located more convenient for you, you can also use the return transfer (transfer to the starting point of the trip) right at the beginning of your trip.

Our Tip

During peak season, includes 1 performance at the Burgtheater or an operetta in Vienna.

Tour
  • 242 km by bike
  • flat
  • paved
Tour characteristics
  • Fitness
  • Signage
  • Quality of the bike path
Route
Day 1 Arrival in Passau

Your rental bike (if booked) will be waiting for you at the hotel where you’ll be staying. Overnight stay at a 3☼☼☼hotel.

Day 2, Eferding/Linz (69 km by bike, 40 minutes by train)

Travel to Eferding and take the S-Bahn to Linz. Overnight stay at a 4☼☼☼☼hotel.

Day 3, Bad Kreuzen/Grein (58 km)

On to Bad Kreuzen/Grein with an overnight stay at a 3☼☼☼hotel.

Day 4, Melk/Spitz (55 km by bike, 50-minute boat ride)

To Melk, then by boat to today’s destination, Spitz in the Wachau region. Overnight stay at a 3☼☼☼hotel.

Day 5, Tulln/Vienna (60 km by bike, 25 minutes by train)

To the “City of Flowers,” Tulln, with admission to the State Garden Show, then on by S-Bahn to Vienna. Overnight stay at a 4☼☼☼☼hotel.

Day 6, Return Trip

Return to Passau by train (every 2 hours) or, on Saturdays, by bus from the hotel in Vienna.

Tour Map
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Prices & Services
Price per person
  • double room | breakfast - 6 days
    • 19.06. - 29.08.2026 | 357097
      € 524,- Arrival Sa, Su
    • 30.08. - 11.10.2026 | 357098
      € 699,- Arrival Sa, Su
  • double room | half board (3 x) - 6 days
    • 19.06. - 29.08.2026 | 357099
      € 599,- Arrival Sa, Su
    • 30.08. - 11.10.2026 | 357100
      € 774,- Arrival Sa, Su
  • single room | breakfast - 6 days
    • 19.06. - 29.08.2026 | 357101
      € 674,- Arrival Sa, Su
    • 30.08. - 11.10.2026 | 357102
      € 849,- Arrival Sa, Su
  • single room | half board (3 x) - 6 days
    • 19.06. - 29.08.2026 | 357103
      € 749,- Arrival Sa, Su
    • 30.08. - 11.10.2026 | 357104
      € 924,- Arrival Sa, Su
Services
  • 5 nights
  • daily breakfast buffet
  • Transport fee from place to place to Vienna including liability up to € 1.000.- per person
  • Choice of DB/ÖBB train travel to Passau and back (2nd class/train-specific) or private parking in Passau (unguarded and fenced)
  • Return transfer from Vienna to Passau by train (2nd class) or bus (Saturdays only)
  • Rental bike + saddle bag valued at €90 (7- or 21-speed)
  • 1 boat trip from Melk to Spitz and 1 admission to “Die Garten Tulln”
  • Information packet with tour map and GPS data
  • 7-day service hotline
Not included
  • local taxes of up to € 2.50 per person and night
  • Ferry and train journeys according to itinerary approximately € 14,-
  • FRED app optionally bookable (+ €10 per booking) – further information available
Best-Price-Guarantee

If you have a cheaper offer for bike tours, bike and boat tours or cruises with the same services or dates at the time of booking, please send us a copy of the offer by e-mail. If you book at Donau Touristik, you will receive the best price.

You can find the details here.

Flexi Total – your flexible rescheduling service

You can rebook your long-distance tour up to 5 days before arrival (single center tour: 17 days, MS Primadonna/island hopping: 8 weeks) – for only € 35,- per person, even for dates in the following year. Payments already made will be credited as a voucher. The prices for the new travel dates apply.
You can find the details here.

Discount
  • Online discount
    • 1 % per person on arrival Sa, Su from 02.05. - 11.10.2026
  • Children (in double room with extra bed with at least 2 full-paying guests)
    • 100 % up to 6 years on arrival Sa, Su from 02.05. - 10.10.2026
    • 50 % up to 11 years on arrival Sa, Su from 02.05. - 10.10.2026
    • 25 % up to 15 years on arrival Sa, Su from 02.05. - 10.10.2026
  • Group discount
    • 2 % from 4 full-paying adults on arrival Sa, Su from 02.05. - 10.10.2026
    • 3 % from 8 full-paying adults on arrival Sa, Su from 02.05. - 10.10.2026
Your hotels
  • Innsento Health Campus - More Information
    3 stars
    Innsento Health Campus
    Passau

    LOCATION: Near the Austrian border yet centrally located in Passau, the Active- und Comforthotel welcomes you in an…

    extension on request

  • Hotel Courtyard by Marriott - More Information
    + 4+ stars +
    Hotel Courtyard by Marriott
    Linz

    LOCATION: The Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Linz boasts a prime location in the heart of the city, just steps away from…

    extension on request

  • Hotel Schatzkammer - More Information
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    3 stars
    Hotel Schatzkammer
    Bad Kreuzen

    The comfortable Hotel Schatz.Kammer, newly built a few years ago, is located in the park of the historic Kreuzen Castle…

    extension on request

  • Weinhotel Wachau - More Information
    3 stars
    Weinhotel Wachau
    Spitz

    LOCATION: The Weinhotel Wachau is located in the famous wine-growing village of Spitz between gentle wine terraces and…

    extension on request

  • Hotel NH Danube City - More Information
    4 stars
    Hotel NH Danube City
    Wien

    LOCATION: The NH Danube City Hotel in Vienna is located in the centre of the modern Danube City district. The city…

    extension on request

Family-run inns and guesthouses with lots of personal charm in the 2- or 3-star category, as well as 4-star hotels as mentioned above, and occasionally equivalent accommodation in neighboring towns along the Danube Cycle Path.

Gastronomy

Daily breakfast buffet.

Information
Our rental bikes
Place of interest
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    Melk

    The Lower Austrian district capital Melk lies on the right bank of the Danube and belongs to the Waldviertel region.…

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    Brandstatt

    The locality of Brandstatt is located in the Hausruckviertel on the right bank of the Danube in the municipality of Pupping. 

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    Passau

    Passau, often called the "City of Three Rivers," is beautifully situated on the border with Austria, where the Danube, Inn,…

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    Maria Taferl

    Maria Taferl is located in the Nibelungengau region of Lower Austria on a hill above the Danube. The town is best known for…

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    Traismauer

    Traismauer is located in the lowest Traisen valley in Lower Austria. The Roman and Nibelungen town has much to offer…

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    Enns

    Enns is one of the oldest cities in Austria, about 20 kilometers east of Linz, near the Lower Austrian border.The urban area…

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    ©  (c) Marlene Hackl
    Aschach an der Donau

    Aschach an der Donau is located in Upper Austria directly on the Danube and belongs to the district of Eferding. For…

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    Vienna

    The "music capital of the world" (Frank Sinatra), the description of which is beyond this scope.

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    Krems

    The double city of Krems-Stein, which celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in 1995, is one of the oldest cities in Austria. The…