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40 Along the 1 Passau
Just inside the German
border, Passau’s pastel-
Danube
shaded Altstadt (old
town) sits atop a narrow
peninsula jutting into the
Immortalised in the stirring Blue Danube waltz confluence of three rivers:
the Danube, the Inn and
by Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, this the Ilz. Christianity gen-
magnificent river ripples with the reflections erated prestige as Passau
of green forests, hilltop castles, and ribbons of evolved into the largest
bishopric in the Holy Ro-
vineyards, particularly on its prettiest stretch, man Empire, as testified
the Wachau, between Melk and Krems an der by the mighty cathedral
Dom St Stephan (www.
Donau. Along the river’s course are plenty bistum-passau.de; Domplatz;
of surprises too, including the cutting-edge h6.30am-7pm).
Stroll the old town,
city of Linz, and two monasteries producing, which remains much as
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