Travelpack

Vienna (overnight) • Durnstein • Melk • Mauthausen • Linz • Passau • Grein (overnight) • Krems • Vienna
Experience the charm of Europe on a captivating Danube River cruise beginning in Vienna, where grand palaces, rich musical heritage, and elegant coffee culture set the tone for your journey. Sail through the picturesque Wachau Valley, stopping in storybook towns like Dürnstein and Melk, home to stunning abbeys and vineyards. Discover history and culture in Linz and Passau, known for their architecture and riverside beauty, and reflect at Mauthausen. Enjoy unique stops like Grein and Krems, rich in tradition, wine, and heritage. With scenic cruising, cultural highlights, and seamless travel from London, this journey offers the perfect blend of relaxation, history, and unforgettable European elegance.

Day 1 & 2: Vienna
Flight from London Heathrow to Vienna, Schwechat Airport
Shared Transfer Airport to Port
Vienna is a city that defies simple description. Over the centuries, it has been an imperial city, seat of the Holy Roman Empire, capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and capital of sovereign Austria. Today, Vienna retains the grand Baroque architecture, historic style, and Lebenskunst (art of living) that attracted famous composers like Mozart and Strauss. It's a wonderland of lavish palaces and cathedrals, world-class museums and music venues, atmospheric coffee houses, and romantic fiakers (horse-drawn carriages) clip-clopping past it all.

Day 3: Durnstein
If ever a town was the embodiment of quaint, it's Drnstein. Sitting right at the entrance to the celebrated Wachau Valley, everything about this village is hospitableeven the vineyards extend right to the riverbanks to greet visitors. Highlights include the striking blue and white Stiftskirche, and the castle ruin looming over town that once imprisoned King Richard the Lionheart, according to legend. Welcoming shops and wine taverns serving up the Wachau's delectable wines and sweet apricots make this a wonderful place to spend time.

Melk
No visit to the Wachau Valley is complete without visiting Austrias prettiest abbey. Built on a rocky promontory overlooking the Danube, Melk Abbey's origins date back to 1089. Today, it is one of Europe's finest examples of Baroque architecture, where Benedictine monks still farm the land and operate what is now the oldest school in Austria. Highlights include the library of ancient manuscripts, frescoed ceiling, stunning spiral staircases, and the ornate abbey church.

Day 4: Mauthausen
After the Third Reich's annexation of Austria in 1938, the tiny market town of Mauthausen became home to a Nazi concentration camp. Today, the former camp serves as a memorial to the 200,000 men, women, and children who were imprisoned and perished thereand a site committed to political and historical education.

Linz
Austrias third largest city, Linz is a European Capital of Culture worth exploring. Highlights include the Feichtinger House with its Glockenspiel, Castle Museum, Lentos Art Museum, and the Neo-Gothic Mariendom with its impressive stained-glass windows and 20,000-person seating capacity. A hike up Pstlingberg Hill delivers outstanding views over the Danube and is best followed by a coffee and piece of scrumptious Linzer Torte, invented here as the world's first cake!

Day 5: Passau
Situated along the Route of Emperors and Kings where the Danube, Inn, and Ilz Rivers meet, Passau was settled as early as the Neolithic Age. During the Renaissance, this City of Three Rivers was a major manufacturing center of swords, crafting bladed weapons stamped with the Passau wolf, which legend claimed would grant invulnerability. Today, the most famous sights lining the narrow cobblestone streets of the Old Town are the artistic Town Hall and the Baroque St. Stephen's Cathedral with its green-domed towers and one of the largest organs in the world.

Day 6 & 7: Grein
Grein is primarily known for its castle, which has been towering over the river for 500 years. The former hunting castle features a knights' hall, stone theater lined with Renaissance-era pebbles from the river, and diamond vault. Grein is also home to Austria's oldest still-active theater, which is filled with oddities, like locking front-row seats, a curtained-off toilet right in the theater so audience members wouldn't miss the performance, and a "jail seat" where prisoners could watch the show through a window!

Krems
First mentioned in 995 AD, Krems became prosperous as a trade center for salt and wine. Its cobblestoned Old Town is home to well preserved buildings, like the 15th-century Steiner Tor (city gate), symbol of the city. Also worth seeing: the Krems Art Mile with Austria's only caricature museum and the State Gallery of Lower Austria; 11th-century Gttweig Abbey; and wine! Surrounded by vineyards, Krems produces some of the country's best wines!

Day 8: Vienna
Vienna is a city that defies simple description. Over the centuries, it has been an imperial city, seat of the Holy Roman Empire, capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and capital of sovereign Austria. Today, Vienna retains the grand Baroque architecture, historic style, and Lebenskunst (art of living) that attracted famous composers like Mozart and Strauss. It's a wonderland of lavish palaces and cathedrals, world-class museums and music venues, atmospheric coffee houses, and romantic fiakers (horse-drawn carriages) clip-clopping past it all.'
Shared Transfer Port to Airport

No fees payable locally

Total price inclusive of all charges:

b53264 Stansted from £3139pp
b52442 Heathrow from £3199pp
b52456 Manchester from £3199pp
b52461 Glasgow from £3199pp
b52463 Dublin from £3249pp
b53261 Edinburgh from £3359pp
b55049 Leeds/Bradford from £3399pp
b53249 Birmingham from £3425pp
b53246 Southampton from £3455pp
b53241 Bristol from £3549pp

Based on solo occupancy:

Total price inclusive of all charges:
B52443 Heathrow from £3,199pp

Deposit: £430pp

What is included in the offer
• Return flights from Heathrow with 23kg baggage
• 7 nights full-board cruise on-board Riverside Mozart
• All-suite staterooms
• Butler service
• Full-board meals
• Water, tea & coffee with meals
• Wi-Fi
• Gratuites
• All overseas transfers

Terms & Conditions
Based on 2 adults sharing

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