Danube Cycle Path from Passau to Bratislava

HIGHLIGHTS
IN LOWER AUSTRIA
// THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE
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Danube Power Plant Ybbs-Persenbeug
The Danube power plant Ybbs-Persenbeug
was the first hydroelectric power plant along the
Lower Austrian Danube and is the oldest in
Austria. | Page 70
18 Art-district Krems | The Comic Museum
Krems and the Art hall Krems – embedded in
the beautiful cultural landscape of the Wachau –
always guarantee an exciting and humorous art
experience. | Page 96
// DELICACIES
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Wine & tastings | From the Wachau region
to the gates of Vienna it is mainly white wines are
produced; the exception is in the east, in Carnuntum
with its strong reds. The Domain Wachau in
Dürnstein or the Wine-experience world wein.sinn
of Krems Vineyards are two top establishments that
offer guided tours and tastings.
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Wachau-Apricot | The EU-protected, plump
fruit with its very fine aroma can be tasted and
purchased each July during the harvest.
21 Marchfelder-asparagus | It is the more than
2,200 hours of sunshine per year and the light
sandy soils of the Marchfeld-region, which give the
excellent white and green Marchfeld asparagus its
incomparable taste..
// CULTURE
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Abbey Melk | Melk Abbey is posed on a large
rock above the city. Highlights include the Kaiserstiegestairs,
the imperial rooms, the magnificent marble
hall and library, as well as the high-baroque collegiate
church with its precious frescoes. | Page 88
23 Abbey Göttweig | The »Austrian Montecassino«
lies south of Krems and impresses with a monumental
Kaiserstiege-stairs and the Paul Trogers’
ceiling fresco from 1739; one of the most beautiful
and largest Baroque staircases in Europe.
| Page 104
24 Abbey Klosterneuburg | The abbey impresses
with a treasury and a four-story cellar of Austria‘s
oldest winery. | Page 121
25 Castle Orth & Castle Eckartsau | Castle
Orth, a four-tower Renaissance moated castle, is
home to the schlossORTH National Park Center. Not
far from the Danube Cycle Path is Castle Eckartsau,
the residence of the last Austrian imperial couple
Karl and Zita. | Page 136/137
HIGHLIGHTS
ALONG THE DANUBE CYCLE PATH
// EVENTS
GREEN ART in Tulln: May to September 2018
Roman festival in the Roman city Carnuntum:
9.–10. & 16.–17. June 2018
Solstice Nibelungengau: 16. June 2018
Solstice Wachau: 23. June 2018
Apricot fest in the Wachau-region:
Alles Marille: 13.–15. July 2018
Apricot-Church day Spitz: 19.–22. July 2018
// NATURAL SPECTACLE & ADVENTURE
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Apricot season in the Wachau-region | Every
year, between mid-March and mid-April, the buds of
around 100,000 apricot trees open up and immerse
the world heritage landscape in soft pastel shades.
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DIE GARTEN TULLN (Garden Tulln) is the first
and only ecological garden show in Europe and a
showcase project in the field of sustainable and environmentally
conscious gardening. Across 7 hectares
visitors can enjoy 65 garden shows, the 30-meter-high
treetop path and numerous colorful events. | Page 111
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National park Danube-Au-plains | The
Danube-Au-plains National Park is home to
numerous plant species, mammals and breeding
birds. In addition, guided hikes, canoe trips can
be made along the old distributaries of the Danube.
| Page 136
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