Danube Biking Tour

Experience the Danube on cycle paths!
The famous Danube cycle path runs along the great river from Germany via Austria to Hungary. A peaceful, romantic and yet varied cycle route from Passau via Linz to Grein awaits you.

The Danube region also has numerous attractive cycle tours to offer away from the Danube Cycle Path: 47 circular cycle routes - from family routes to mountain bike tours. The Danube Cycle Path is one of the most popular cycle routes and has long enjoyed cult status among cyclists.

The Upper Austrian section begins east of Passau with a cultural highlight, Engelszell Abbey, the only Trappist monastery in Austria.

Framed by wooded banks, the river makes its way - and has to change direction twice in the Schlögener Schlinge in a unique natural spectacle.

Passing mysterious castle ruins, the historic town of Eferding and Wilhering Abbey, the cycle path leads gently downhill into the provincial and cultural capital of 2009, Linz.

Idyllic villages also line the banks of the Danube to the east of Linz. The fertile Machland is followed by the wild and romantic Strudengau.

The romantic little town of Grein still bears witness to the prosperity that shipping brought with it - it has the oldest bourgeois municipal theatre in Austria.