Passau-Vienna Danube Cycle Path 2024 – The Classic Tour Category A
A great cycling tour for spoiled souls along the River Danube! You cycle along the classic route from Passau downstream to Vienna. During your cycling holiday you stay in selected hotels along the Danube cycle path, where comfort, relaxation possibilities and high quality gastronomy are of great importance.
After your inquiry you will immediately receive an e-mail message. If not, we kindly ask you to call us (0043 (0)732 / 7277 232).
Detailed information about this offer
- 7 nights in 4-star hotels (sporadically 3-star hotels) along the Danube cycle path
- daily buffet breakfast
- luggage transfer from hotel to hotel as far as Vienna (1 piece per person, max. 23 kg)
- train ride Tulln–Vienna incl. bike
- return transfer Vienna–Passau by bus or train
- Your personal cycle route in an individualised cycle book, as a digital application for computer and mobile phone, GPX data for your navigation device
- 1 high quality handlebar bag per room for a perfect transport of your travel documents and as a gift
- service hotline also at the weekend
- recharge the electrically powered bike in every booked hotel
Additional costs:
All prices in our offer include VAT. Not included in our prices is the city tax (approx. Euro 1,- to 3,00 per person/night) and is to be paid at the respective hotel.
Day 1 - Individual arrival in Passau
The cycling holidays start in Passau in Germany. Check-in and you receive your travel documents. Handover of your rented bike for your cycling tour takes place in our bike centre. Example of hotel: Hotel Passauer Wolf in PassauDay 2 - From Passau to Schlögener Schlinge, approx. 40 km
You will be enchanted by the charm of the three-river-city of Passau, before you start your bike tour along the Upper Danube Valley towards Schlögen. Admire the massive spectacle of the Danube flow in Upper Austria, where the river winds around the granite rock from Mühlviertel Region. Your bike tour continues along the Danube cycle path always directly besides the river. Example of hotel: Revita Hotel Kocher in St. AgathaDay 3 - From Schlögener Schlinge to Linz, approx. 55 km
This stage of your Danube cycling tour starts at the meander Schlögener Schlinge. Leaving the forested hills behind cycling through the fruitful region of the „Eferdinger Becken“, to Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. In the evening visit the great tourist attractions of Linz and taste some of the delicious Linzer Torte. Example of hotel: Hotel Courtyard by Marriott in LinzDay 4 - From Linz to Grein/surrounding, approx. 60 km
There is a lot to see while cycling along this cycle route of the Danube cycle path: Enns, oldest city of Austria, untouched meadows and finally the picturesque baroque town of Grein. Example of hotel: Hotel Aumühle in GreinDay 5 - From Grein/surrounding to Melk/surrounding, approx. 50 km
Enjoy your cycling holidays in Austria, while cycling through the impressive landscape of the Strudengau and Nibelungengau before reaching the well-known Wachau Valley. After today's successful bike tour along the Danube cycle path some delicious wine is recommended of the Wachau Valley. Example of hotel: Hotel Wachau in MelkDay 6 - From Melk/surrounding to Krems/surrounding, approx. 40 km
You start your cycling tour along the Danube cycle path through the Wachau valley, pass well-known villages such as Weißenkirchen and Dürnstein and Krems, which are also well-known as wine-destinations. Tip: Take a break at one of the traditional wine taverns offering tasty local specialties. Example of hotel: Arte Hotel in KremsDay 7 - From Krems/surroundings to Vienna, approx. 45 km + train ride
On your last cycling day you cycle to Tulln, where you take the train to Vienna, Austria's capital, where a great variety of sights await you: magnificent buildings along the Ringstraße, Palace Schönbrunn, the Prater with the Giant Ferry Wheel and of course the traditional Viennese coffee houses. Example of hotel: Hotel ARCOTEL Kaiserwasser in ViennaDay 8 - Return transfer to Passau or extra nights
Return from your cycling holidays along River Danube's cycle path to Passau, in Season A and B by train (transfer of your own bikes not included), in season C by bus (transfer of your own bikes included) or on request by train (transfer of your own bikes not included).
Parking possibilities during your cycle holiday along the Danube cycle path:
In Passau a carpark for your car during your cycle tour is at a parking garage.
Locked and covered parking garage: € 11,-/day
Parking garage with E-connection: € 11,-/day plus € 30,- charging fee
Locked but outdoor on a parking ground: € 7,-/day
(This carpark must be reserved prior your arrival of your cycling tour, payable on the spot)
Security for your booking
As a tour operator, the safety, well-being and health of our customers are top priorities for us. We are constantly monitoring the current situation and are in close contact with official authorities. In the event of travel changes, we will inform you immediately. If an official travel warning is issued on your arrival date for your destination or your home town, you can of course cancel your trip free of charge or change your booking to another date.
Note for people with limited mobility
The cycle tour is not suitable for people with limited mobility. However, in specific cases it is possible to accommodate individual customer requests (e.g. barrier-free room).
Passport and visa requirements
To check in to your hotel you will need a valid passport or ID card.
For citizens of countries outside the Schengen area other regulations may apply. You are responsible for obtaining any visa you may require in good time.
Terms and Conditions of Payment:
The deposit of 10% of the tour price is due at the latest 14 days after receipt of the booking confirmation. The balance must be paid 14 days before arrival.
Cancellation Policy:
According to our General Terms and Conditions, the customer may withdraw from the contract at any time in writing. In the event of cancellation or non-commencement of travel, the following cancellation fees will become payable:
20% of the tour price up to 28 days before arrival date
30% of the tour price from 27th to 14th day before arrival date
50% of the tour price from 13th to 8th day before arrival date
70% of the tour price from 7th to 4th day before arrival date
90% of the tour price from 3rd day before arrival date to the day of arrival
If the customer makes changes to the booking (date of travel, tour, duration, transfer of the booking to another person etc.) up to 28 days before departure, for reasons which are outside our control, we will charge a processing fee of € 50,- per booking. After this date, the cancellation policy will apply. Such changes to a booking may only be made in individual cases and if possible; the customer has no right to any changes.
Our detailed Terms and Conditions of Business can be viewed on our website at https://www.radurlaub.com/en/home.html; upon request, will also send them to you by e-mail.
In case of a booking your announced data will be only used from OÖ Touristik GmbH for the process of bookings and related transactions and will be passed on only in the context of the contractual relationship to third parties. (for example, tourist service providers, sights, passenger transport, processors). The detailled Privacy Notice you will find on www.radurlaub.com/en/privacynotice.html
Standard information
The combination of travel services offered to you is a package within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2015/2302.
This ensures that you will benefit from all EU rights applicable to packages. Company OÖ Touristik GmbH will be fully responsible for the proper performance of the package as a whole.
Additionally, as required by law, the company OÖ Touristik GmbH has protection in place to refund your payments and, where transport is included in the package, to ensure your repatriation in the event that it becomes insolvent.
More information on key rights under Directive (EU) 2015/2302 https://www.radurlaub.com/en/reisebedingungen.html.
Financial cover for customers
The tour operator OÖ Touristik GmbH, Freistädter Str. 119, 4041 Linz has completed a bankruptcy insurance with Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich AG, Europaplatz 1a, 4020 Linz. The liquidator is the Europäische Reiseversicherung AG, Kratochwjlestraße 4, 1220 Wien, Email: info@europaeische.at, 24-hour emergency number: +43 1 3172500.
Travelers have to contact the liquidator within 8 weeks if they are denied claims due to the insolvency of OÖ Touristik GmbH. Details on the business license of OÖ Touristik GmbH can be found on the website https://www.gisa.gv.at/abfrage under the GISA number 14930096.
Arrival & Parking
Place of arrival:
Passau
Parking possibilities:
In Passau a carpark for your car during your cycle tour is at a parking garage.
- Locked and covered parking garage: € 11,-/day
- Parking garage with E-connection: € 11,-/day plus € 30,- charging fee
- Locked but outdoor on a parking ground: € 7,-/day
(This carpark must be reserved prior your arrival of your cycling tour, payable on the spot)
Travelling by train
For the sake of the environment, we recommend travelling by train.
Travelling by plane
If you are planning your journey by plane, we recommend planning via skycanner.at
Important information on flight and train ticket bookings
When booking train or flight tickets via the links above, you CANNOT make use of the rights applicable to package holidays under Directive (EU) 2015/2302. OÖ. Touristik GmbH is therefore not responsible for the proper provision of these travel services. In the event of problems, please contact the respective service provider. However, if a train or flight ticket is booked within 24 hours of confirmation of the cycle tour, these travel services become part of the associated travel services. In this case, OÖ. Touristik GmbH has the security required by EU law for the reimbursement of your payments to OÖ. Touristik GmbH for services that were not provided due to the insolvency of OÖ. Touristik GmbH's insolvency. Please note that this will not result in a refund in the event of insolvency of the service provider concerned. Further information on insolvency protection www.justiz.gv.at/pauschalreisegesetz.
Rates and additional services to book
Arrival: 23.03.2024 - 19.10.2024
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Arrival: 23.03.2024 - 19.10.2024
Discounts
Saving tips
Children’s discount: (3rd and 4th person in extra bed with 2 full-paying persons)
- child up to 6 years -100 % (additional bed)
- child 07-11 years -50 % (additional bed)
- child 12-14 years -25 % (additional bed)
- adult from 15 years -10 % (additional bed)
- child up to 6 years -100 % (additional bed)
- child 07-11 years -50 % (additional bed)
- child 12-14 years -25 % (additional bed)
- adult from 15 years -10 % (additional bed)
- child up to 6 years -100 % (additional bed)
- child 07-11 years -50 % (additional bed)
- child 12-14 years -25 % (additional bed)
- adult from 15 years -10 % (additional bed)
- child up to 6 years -100 % (additional bed)
- child 07-11 years -50 % (additional bed)
- child 12-14 years -25 % (additional bed)
- adult from 15 years -10 % (additional bed)
- child up to 6 years -100 % (additional bed)
- child 07-11 years -50 % (additional bed)
- child 12-14 years -25 % (additional bed)
- early booking discount -10 %
Rental bikes from OÖ Touristik GmbH
Ladies trekking bike 21-speed
- Model: KTM touring bike
- Frame: Aluminium ladies' frame
- Gear change: 21-speed derailleur with freewheel, Shimano Altus
- Brakes: 2 rim brakes, Shimano V-Brakes
- wheel/tyre: 28 inch hollow chamber rim/robust tyres, Schwalbe Marathon
- Saddle: high-quality gel saddle, Selle Royal
€ 99,00 per person and stay
Men's trekking bike 21-speed
- Model: KTM touring bike
- Frame: Aluminium men's frame
- Gear change: 21-speed derailleur with freewheel, Shimano Altus
- Brakes: 2 rim brakes, Shimano V-Brakes
- wheel/tyre: 28 inch hollow chamber rim/robust tyres, Schwalbe Marathon
- Saddle: high-quality gel saddle, Selle Royal
€ 99,00 per person and stay
Unisex-E-Bike
- Model: KTM Macina Fun
- Frame: Aluminum unisex
- Motor: Bosch Performance
- Battery: 500 Wh
- Gearshift: 9-speed derailleur Shimano Altus
- Brakes: 2 disc brakes, Shimano
- Wheel/tire: 28 inch hollow rim/rugged tires, Schwalbe Marathon
- Saddle: high-quality gel saddle, Selle Royal
€ 219,00 per person and stay
Men's e-bike
- Model: KTM Macina Fun 9 P5
- Frame: Aluminium men's frame
- Engine: Bosch Performance
- Battery: 500 Wh
- Saddle: high-quality gel saddle
- only bookable from a height of 175 cm
€ 219,00 per person and stay
Kids e-bike
- for children from 9 years
- Model: KTM Macina Mini Me
- Frame: Aluminium Unisex
- Motor: Bosch
- battery: 400 Wh
- Speed: up to 20 km/h
- Gear change: 9-speed derailleur, Shimano
- Brakes: 2 disc brakes
- Wheel/tyre: 24 inch hollow chamber rim/robust tyres
- Saddle: high-quality gel saddle
€ 219,00 per person and stay
Woom kids bike 20 inches
- Children from 1,15 m - 1,30 m
- models: WOOM 4
- Weight: 7,3 kg
- Frame: Aluminium child frame
- Gear change: 8-speed SRAM X4 twist shifter
- Brakes: 2 V-brakes
€ 99,00 per person and stay
KTM kids bike
20 inch:
- Children from 1,15 m - 1,30 m
- Models: KTM Wild Cat
- Frame: Aluminium child frame 20 inch
- Gear change: 3-speed hub gears, Shimano
- Brakes: Pedal brake, 1 rim brake, Shimano V-Brake
24 inch:
- Children from 1,20 m - 1,40 m
- Models: KTM Wild One/Wild Cat
- Frame: Aluminium child frame 24 inch
- Gear change: 18-speed ketene gear with freewheel, Shimano
- Brakes: 2 rim brakes, Shimano V-Brakes
€ 99,00 per person and stay
Child's seat
- Manufacturer: HAMAX
- up to 22 kg
- 2-7 years
€ 35,00 per person and stay
Children's trailer
- Manufacturer: HAMAX
- Child up to 40 kg/up to 6 years
- 2 small children up to 3 years. (independent sitting)
€ 99,00 per person and stay
Saddlebags
- 1 bag per room
Your comfortable start to your cycling holiday
NEW and exclusive with OÖ Touristik: We organize the pick-up of your bike from your home.
This way you can travel to your vacation carefree. At our bike pick-up point in Passau, you take over your private bike and comfortably start your first bike tour. And back you go the same way.
Only bookable for collection from an address in Germany.
Prices:
Kombi offer 1: € 449,-
1 suitcase and 1 bike there and back
Kombi offer 1: € 699,-
2 suitcases and 2 bikes there and back
Individual services:
Luggage transport there and back: € 179,- per suitcase (max. 23 kg)
Bicycle transport there and back: € 329,- per bicycle (max. 25 kg)
Bookable in season C (27.04.2024 - 20.09.2024)
This is how it works:
We collect your bike & luggage from your home address.
- We will contact you by phone or e-mail approx. 1 week before the start of your trip to arrange the pick-up date. You will then receive a confirmation including a pick-up slip by e-mail.
- Please note the following points for the transport:
- The printed collection note must be clearly visible on the case and bike
- E-bike batteries must be removed for safety reasons
- Your luggage and bike are of course insured against loss or theft
- To avoid possible minor damage (small scratches,...), we recommend packing delicate areas on your bike.
- Your bike and luggage will be delivered to our bike hire centre in Passau, handed over to our staff and can then be collected by you at any time.
Tip: Our bike rental is located in the Globus car park, where you can park your car for the duration of your holiday. We will be happy to reserve a parking space for you (step 2 in the booking process: "Additional services")
- Enjoy your cycling holiday with your private bike!
- On the day of departure, bring your bike back to our bike hire centre in Passau. From there it will be brought to your home on the agreed delivery date.
How to book:
In step 2 "Additional services" in the booking form, select which offer you would like to use - combined or individual transport. These services are listed in the booking confirmation and are part of your booked package holiday.
