Page 571 - Lonely Planet Europe’s Best Trips (Travel Guide)

Along the
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Danube 40

Follow the beautiful Danube River as it flows from the German
city of Passau by the Austrian border through farmland, forest and
vineyard-streaked hillsides to Austria’s majestic capital, Vienna.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
2–4 DAYS
205 km 293 km 293 KM / 182 MILES
Dürnstein Vienna
Richard the Lionheart View Vienna by foot, GREAT FOR…
was imprisoned here in horse-drawn carriage
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a now-ruined castle or Ferris wheel

BEST TIME TO GO
Aim for summer:
l L Krems an many places close
between November
Passau # # # der Donau m K and March.
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St Florian’s dazzling
interior.
K BEST FOR
ART
Stift Göttweig Linz’s contemporary
St Florian This Unesco-listed Lentos gallery.
Visit the abbey's abbey serves its own
exuberant basilica monk-made wines
92 km 219 km
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Passau Cruising the Danube River