Choose your itinerary 5-day Self-guided Cycling Tour Passau

Passau

Individual arrival to Passau. Check in, bike pick-up and travel information handover.

Routings/program suggestions

Ship ride to the Danube Loop + bike ride, approx. 57km (possible on Thursday, Saturday & Sunday)

In the early morning you take the excursion boat through the upper Danube Valley until Schlögen, the gate to the famous Danube Loop „Donauschlinge“, where the river makes a turn of 180 degrees. Experience the idyllic scenery along the steep densely wooded hillsides by bike. Pass by small villages, typical taverns attract with regional specialties. With the tiny wooden ferryboats you can change numerous times from bank to bank. A fantastic start, ideal for the first bike ride of your tour. Back to Passau by ship

Inn Cycle Path to the baroque town of Schärding, approx. 33km

Starting from the "Three River City of Passau" you bike through the green floodplain along the river Inn. Changing again and again between Austrian and German territory you cycle through dreamy scenery. The old skipper town Wernstein, midst the fertile countryside of the "Sauwald" region is guarded by two castles: Castle Neuburg and Castle Wernstein. A special scenery can be seen at the Inn narrowness, where you can find various flora. The crowning highlight is the baroque pearl Schärding, which enchants with cultural and culinary specialties

Ancient Bavarians routing to Abbey Engelszell, approx. 54km

On one of the most famous bike paths - the Danube Cycle Path. Our bike ride leads us through charming nature, passing the castle Obernzell, the "Haus am Strom" – an exhibition centre until we reach the one and only Trappist monastery of Austria in Engelhartszell, which you can reach by ferry. You cycle back to Passau on the other river bank

Danube Cycle Path to Monastery Schweiklberg, approx. 50km

The classical Danube Cycle path leads you through a picturesque narrow valley through the southern extensions of the Bavarian Forest. You are heading to "The Small Three River City Vilshofen", where the rivers Vilshofen and Wolfach merge into the Danube. The Benedictine monastery Schweikelberg is located high over the city. The herbal liqueur of Schweikelberg is a former medicine which has been used at home, wide spread until Siberia

Passau

Individual departure or extension.