Individual arrival to Passau. Check in, pick up/hand out of rental bike and travel information.

You can find our suggestions for the nicest bike tours in the surroundings below. It is up to you, which ones you choose and combine...or if you do something completely different. The Wachau is one of Austrias nicest and most famous regions - and you can plan this homebase tour however it suites you best.

Tour 1: Ship ride to the Danube Loop + bike ride, approx. 35 km

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.

Tour 2: Inn Cycle Path – Bike ride to the baroque town of Schärding, approx. 33 km

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

Tour 3: Ancient Bavarians routing to Abbey Engelszell, approx. 54 km

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 center until we reach the one and only trappist abbey of Austria in Engelhartszell, which we can reach by ferry. On the other river bank we cycle back to Passau.

Tour 4: Danube Cycle Path to Monastery Schweiklberg, approx. 50 km

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.