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SELF-GUIDED - Multiple Destinations
Grade: A/B
RIDE PROFILE Av. daily distance: 55km (34 miles) No. of days cycling: 12 Vehicle support: none whilst cycling, luggage is transferred between hotels for you. Terrain and route: a great introduction to cycling abroad using mostly cycle paths and tracks, some road riding in Hungary. Hills are very rare except for one day. Recommended min. age: 14 TRIP DETAILS Group: self-guided. Luggage is transferred, route notes and maps are provided. Accommodation: 14 nights inns and hotels. Food: all breakfasts included.
Cycling The Danube - Passau to Budapest
Parliament Building, Budapest
A relaxed two week self-guided ride exploring the history and landscape of the Hapsburg Empire
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Trip code LSD " 15 days Sat to Sat No Local Payment ¤ Start Vienna day 1, end Budapest day 15 ¤ Start any Saturday from 19 April to 27 September ¤ Starting 19 Apr-03 May £795 ¤ Starting 10 May-17 May and 28 Jun-27 Sep £875 ¤ Starting 24 May-21 Jun £975 ¤ Prices based on 2 persons sharing: compulsory single supplement £210 ¤ Prices are 'Land only' and do not include travel from London ¤ Return flights from London, prices from £180 ¤ Low cost flights to Vienna and Budapest available with Easyjet. ¤ Insurance £34
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BIKE HIRE
Austria: KTM touring bikes £80, paid on booking.
or nearly 3000km the Danube flows through the heart of Central Europe. The cycle path along the river is the perfect means to explore this beautiful area. In Austria it runs through steep-sided valleys and wide riverside woods, visiting historic towns and cities such as Linz, Melk and Krems and of course the charming city of Vienna. After a few miles in Slovakia the route continues to Hungary. Riverside woodland gives way to farmland, avenues of walnut trees, wide flat landscapes and the shady hills towards the famous Danube Bend. The end point of the trip is the beautiful city of Budapest with time to soak up the wonderful atmosphere, enjoy the stunning architecture and visit Buda Castle and the Royal Palace. You have the choice of riding the two-week route all the way from Passau to Budapest, or either of the oneweek sections (detailed opposite).
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Day 1 Start Vienna; make your own way to the railway station and on to Passau. 2 Ride to the famous Schlogener loop in Austria through forested hills via the only trappist monastery in Austria. 3 A day of river crossing and cycling along country lanes passing the beautiful castle at Ottensheim and Cistercian abbey in Wilhering en route to Linz. 4 Todays ride passes the former Nazi concentration camp at Mauthausen and into the province of Lower Austria following the river to Grein. 5 Ride between wooded mountains, quiet riverside towns and past one of the most striking edifices on this whole route, the Benedictine Abbey at Melk. 6 Cycle to Krems. Pedal through the vineyards of the Wachau past Durnstein, site of the castle where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned. 7 Ride into Vienna past Greifenstein castle and Klosterneuburg. Return bikes.
15 DAYS
8 Free day in Vienna. Explore the numerous sights of this fabulous city. 9 Cycle to Bad Deutsch Altenburg. Follow the Donauinsel, a long thin island, and continue to the Roman remains at PetronellCarnuntum, one of Austrias most important archaeological sites. 10 Austria, Slovakia and Hungary, not bad for a days ride! Visit historic Hainburg, lunch in Bratislava, then into Hungary and Halaszi. 11 Continue through rural villages and a riverside track leads to the historic city of Gyor. 12 Easy rural ride to picturesque Tata, situated on two lakes. 13 Cycle the first hills of the trip towards the beginnings of the Danube Bend at Esztergom. 14 Ride round the Danube Bend past Visegrad, once the corner of the Roman Empire, to the artists town of Szentendere, and on to wonderful Budapest. 15 End Budapest.
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