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BIKING IN THE DANUBE VALLEY

(Vienna - Linz - Grein - Emmerdorf - Krems - Vienna)

DAY 1 VIENNA Afterwards we will take a guided walk see the Main Square, one of the largest
Arrival in Vienna and meeting with the through the historical center, which will rectangular squares in Europe, with its
guide Transfer to the hotel and check take us to St. Stephen’s Cathedral, baroque style buildings; and more
in formalities. At night, we will enjoy a Mozart’s residence and the old Jewish modern
welcome dinner at a local restaurant, like quarter. We will finish the tour in a typical works such as the Music Theater, the
“Wiener Rathauskeller” or “Huth” or Viennese coffee shop enjoying a coffee Ars Electronica Center and the Lentos
similar, and the famous Sacher Cake. Kunstmuseum. We will finish the visit on
where we will have a typical viennese Afternoon at leisure, where you will have the Pöstlingberg hill, from where we will
menu. the opportunity to visit Schönbrunn enjoy unique panoramic views over the
Palace or enjoy a Viennese evening at a city.
DAY 2 VIENNA concert with the most famous musical We will end the visit tasting the typical
In the morning we will discover the city on pieces by Mozart and Strauss, two of the Linz Cake, with a lattice top and filled with
a panoramic tour around the Ringstrasse, city’s most famous residents. currant jam. Free afternoon to enjoy the
Vienna’s main boulevard, passing the most modern city in Austria.
Hofburg Palace, the State Opera, the DAY 3 VIENNA – LINZ
twin museums of Fine Arts and History After breakfast we will depart to Linz, DAY 4 LINZ - GREIN ( 1st biking
of Natural Sciences, the Parliament and capital of the province of Upper Austria stage, 61km, approx. 3 hrs )
City Hall, the Votive Church, St. Charles and industrial leader of the country. Upon Our first stop will be Steyregg Castle,
Church, the Musikverein where the New arrival we will visit the city, with a guided which dates back to the 11th-12th
Year’s Concert is broadcast and the walking tour through the historic center centuries and is currently only available
monument to Johann Strauss, father of of this city located on the banks of the for rent for events. We will see it from
the waltz. During the tour we will also visit Danube River. We will visit the Cathedral the outside and take pictures before
the Belvedere Palace gardens. of the Immaculate Conception; we will continuing our tour to Mauthausen.
Founded by the Babensberg dynasty
as a border crossing point to pay
customs, it became infamous in World
War II for housing the concentration
camp. Possibility to visit the camp. Also
Krems in Mauthausen we find the Pragstein
Emmersdorf Castle, which currently houses the only
Linz Grein Pharmaceutical Museum in Austria.
Vienna Continue to Perg, in the heart of the Au
an der Donau valley. Here we can stop for
lunch and recharge your batteries in one
of its cafes or restaurants and enjoy some
free time before resuming the march.
AUSTRIA We continue to Grein passing through the
Celtic village of Mitterkirchen and the 12th
century Baumgartenberg Abbey, whose
later reconstructions show the three main
styles in one building - Romanesque,
Gothic and Baroque. Arrival at the
accommodation in Grein and rest.

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