SALZBURG – VIENNA

ca. 510 km

Salzburg: ca. 500 m above sealevel
Vienna: ca. 160 m sealevel

The tour starts in one of the most bicycle friendly cities of Austria, in Salzburg. Numerous important long range bicycle tours as e.g. the Mozart Roundtrip, the 10-Lake-Tour and the Tauern-Roundtrip start here. Salzburg has even appointed an own coordinator to look after the signposting and creating as many cycle paths as possible. As an absolute highlight the World Championships of Street-Cyclists for Profis and Amateurs will be held in 2006!
Online booking of a guided city tour and/or accommodation in Salzburg

You can reach Salzburg ideally by air (no-frills-airways as Ryan Air and Flybe), by train or by car via the highway A8 from Munich or A10 coming from Italy.

You start on the Tauern Cycle Path along the rivers Salzach and Inn, reaching the Three-River City of Passau. Tittmoning, Burghausen and Schärding are testimonies of the rich past on your way to Passau.

The Danube Metropolis Vienna was centre of a world empire during 7 centuries. This long and splendid history breathes in many monuments, as e.g. the famous Stefans-Dome, the Karls Church, the famous Ringstraße with the Burg Theatre and the Operahouse as well as the Museums Quarter - there is no loss for cultural heritage as the splendid castles of Schönbrunn and Belvedere.

Nowadays Vienna has a reputation for cultural activities and music. Typical Viennese hospitality can be found in the special wine-inns called "Heuriger" and the Vienna Cafés.
Online booking of a guided city tour of Vienna

For more information please click to the site Danube Cycle Path II.

The entire route leads level or downhill along rivers. This is especially comfortable during the warm season, as the water of the rivers cools down the temperature of the surroundings.