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HIKING ALONG THE DANUBE

(Vienna - Krems - Dünrstein - Weissenkirchen - Spitz - Melk - Krems - Vienna)

DAY 1 VIENNA through the historical center, which will grill-shape model of the Escorial Church
Arrival in Vienna and meeting with the take us to St. Stephen’s Cathedral, in Madrid.
guide Transfer to the hotel and check Mozart’s residence and the old Jewish Continue to Krems, starting point for the
in formalities. At night, we will enjoy a quarter. We will finish the tour in a typical trekking route. After a short walk through
welcome dinner at a local restaurant, like Viennese coffee shop enjoying a coffee the historic center where we will see
“Wiener Rathauskeller” or “Huth” or and the famous Sacher Cake. the old walls, the Und convent and the
similar, where we will have a typical Afternoon at leisure, where you will have gothic houses of the “Gozzoburg” and
viennese menu. the opportunity to visit Schönbrunn “Göglhaus”, we will visit some vineyards,
Palace or enjoy a Viennese evening at a where we will be informed about the
DAY 2 VIENNA concert with the most famous musical types of grapes that are grown and enjoy
In the morning we will discover the city on pieces by Mozart and Strauss, two of the a tasting. Rest of the day at leisure.
a panoramic tour around the Ringstrasse, city’s most famous residents.
Vienna’s main boulevard, passing the DAY 4 KREMS – DÜRNSTEIN (1st
Hofburg Palace, the State Opera, the DAY 3 VIENNA – KREMS hiking day, approx. 13km and 4,5 hrs)
twin museums of Fine Arts and History After breakfast we will depart for the Today we will start our hiking route
of Natural Sciences, the Parliament and Danube Valley, our trekking area. passing by a breathtaking escenery
City Hall, the Votive Church, St. Charles Surrounded by vineyards and fruit trees of fortresses ruins, small villages and
Church, the Musikverein where the New - especially apricots - the valley offers picturesque wineries until we arrive in
Year’s Concert is broadcast and the endless activities for all tastes. Dürnstein.
monument to Johann Strauss, father of Upon arrival we will visit Göttweig Abbey. Accommodation.
the waltz. During the tour we will also visit Founded in the 11th century by the The hotel will prepare us a packed picnic
the Belvedere Palace gardens. Benedictine order, it was rebuilt in the lunch to take away, which we will enjoy
Afterwards we will take a guided walk 18th century after a fire, following the on the way to Dürnstein, in a stop in the
middle of the landscape.

DAY 5 DÜRNSTEIN – WEIßENKIRCHEN
(2nd hiking day, approx. 17km and 6 hrs)
After breakfast at the hotel we will
departure to visit Dürnstein on a walking
Dürnstein Krems tour, visiting the old church with its
Weißenkirchen famous blue bell tower, the City Hall and
Spitz the old walls. We will then ahead up to
Melk the hill to visit the ruins of the Dürnstein
Vienna
Fortress, where King Richard Lionking
was made prisoner from December 1192
to February 1193.
AUSTRIA The Danube region is well known for its
apricot trees and all the products they
prepare with this fruit: from jam to juices
to cakes to “Schnaps” ( liqueur ). We will
enjoy the visit of an apricot farm and will
have a tasting of its products.
We follow the path up to the hill to the
fortresses ruins of Starhembergwarte and

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