Private Half Day Wachau Valley Bike Tour
The Route
Itinerary
When starting in the morning
You will be picked up from Krems or Melk train stations or from your accommodation in the Wachau valley and taken to Spitz on the Danube by car. From Spitz that is situated in the middle of the Wachau as you can see on the map you cycle with your guide on e-bikes through the Wachau valley to Weißenkirchen in the Wachau. From Weißenkirchen you take the ferry to the south bank of the Danube and on to Rossatzbach, where you take the ferry across the Danube to Dürnstein.
After a short tour of Dürnstein, you will then taste wines from the best Wachau vineyards in the Domäne Wachau wine shop in Dürnstein. You then cycle a little further to Unterloiben, where you stop off at the Loibner Hof restaurant and enjoy Wiener Schnitzel with a glass of Wachau wine and apple strudel for desert. You can end the tour with your guide at this stop, as you will then be taken back to your pick-up point by car.
Your Itinerary when you start your Wachau valley bike tour in the afternoon
If you start your Wachau bike tour in the afternoon, you will be picked up from Krems or Melk train station or from your accommodation in the Wachau and taken to Dürnstein by car. After a short tour of Dürnstein, you will take the ferry to Rossatzbach and from there ride the e-bikes on the Rossatzer Uferplatte to St. Lorenz. From St. Lorenz, take the ferry back across the Danube to Weißenkirchen in the Wachau and from there through the Wachau valley to St. Michael and on to Spitz on the Danube, where you can sample some of the best Wachau wines in the Maritime Museum. Afterwards, stop off at the nearby Gasthof Prankl, where you can enjoy Wiener Schnitzel with a glass of Wachau wine and apple strudel for dessert. You can round off the tour with your guide at this stop, as you will then be taken back to your pick-up point by car.
Tour Details
Duration: approximately 4 – 5 hours
Cycling distance: approximately 11 km
Ascent: 12 m
Descent: 26 m
Highest point: 220 m
Lowest point: 194 m
The private half day e-bike tour in Wachau Valley for 2 travelers is € 1.525,00, for 4 travelers it is € 1.930,18 and for 6 travelers it is € 2.560,00.
Hotel pick up and drop-off (locations in the Wachau Valley)
Transportation by car to Spitz on the Danube or Dürnstein and from Unterloiben or Spitz on the Danube
E-bike rental
Guided cycle on the Danube Cycle Path from Spitz on the Danube to Dürnstein by 2 local guides when the tour starts in the morning and the other way round when the tour starts in the afternoon
Ferry crossing of the Danube from Weißenkirchen to St. Lorenz and from Rossatzbach to Dürnstein or the other way round
Wine tasting at the wine shop of the Domain Wachau in Dürnstein or at the Maritime Museum in Spitz
Wiener Schnitzel with a glas of Wachau wine and apple strudel for desert in the Loibnerhof – Knoll restaurant in Unterloiben or at the Gasthof Prankl in Spitz.
- Booking is done by phone +43 680 301 7720, whatsapp or email office@radler-rast.com.
- Bookings are confirmed after a 200 € deposit has been transferred to our PayPal business account using the link PayPal.Me/radlerrast.
The balance is due at the end of the tour and can be paid in cash or by card. - This tour is a private tour for 2, 4 or 6 travelers respectively.
- 2 people per booking is required.
- Minimum age is 16 years.
- Exact pick up times will be agreed when booking.
- Most travelers can participate.
- Biking the Wachau Valley requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date.
Booking request
Description of the Tour
In former times, the Wachau stretched from Spitz on the Danube to Weißenkirchen in the Wachau and the valley floor from St. Michael to Weißenkirchen was called Thal Wachau. In St. Michael we get off the bike for the first time to visit the church of St. Michael where Charlemagne had a shrine to St. Michael built instead of a Celtic sacrificial site.
From St. Michael’s we continue through the Kirchweg vineyard. The name of the Kirchweg vineyard goes back to the fact that for a long time the path through this vineyard was the closest route to St. Michael’s. St. Michael’s became the mother parish of the Wachau after Charlemagne, King of the Frankish Empire, donated after 800 the area to the High Diocese of Passau.
The Kirchweg vineyards are characterised by loess and are mainly planted with Green Veltliner. In the Wachau Valley, mainly white wine is grown. Green Veltliner is the main grape variety which is an autochthonous Austrian grape variety that produces a fresh-tasting, fruity wine.
Grüner Veltliner is a natural cross between Traminer and an unknown grape variety called St. Georgen. Grüner Veltliner prefers warm climates and produces the best results on the barren primary rock terraces of the Wachau Valley or in the loess-influenced vineyards on the valley floor of the Wachau Valley, which used to be beet fields before they were converted into vineyards.
The Danube cycle path leads partly along the old Wachau road through small picturesque medieval villages, such as Wösendorf, where along the main road running from the church square down to the Danube you will find stately two-storey eaves-mounted vintner houses, some with projecting upper storeys on brackets.
On the Danube cycle path through the valley of the Wachau from Wösendorf further in the direction of Weißenkirchen, we pass the Prandtauer Hof in Joching, a baroque, two-storey, four-winged complex built in 1696 by Jakob Prandtauer with a three-part portal with a round-arched gate in the middle. The building was originally erected in 1308 as the reading room of the Augustinian canons’ monastery of St. Pölten. The chapel on the upper floor of the north wing dates from 1444 and is characterised by a ridge turret on the outside.
After the Prandtauerhof, the country road is leading into Weißenkirchen, where there is a Gothic fortified tower from the 15th century, which is a former fortification tower of the Kuenringer feudal court. It is a massive, 3-storey tower with some partially bricked-up windows and beam holes on the 2nd floor.
From Weißenkirchen we cross the Danube on a ferry to the south side where we continue our ride on the Rossatz shore terrace that contains wine and apple orchards. Towards the end of this Danube shore terrace we can see the blue white bell tower of the Abbey church in Dürnstein.
To get to Dürnstein we use again a ferry this time from the Rossatz side of the Danube. On the boat we have a picture postcard view of Dürnstein with it’s landmark sign, the blue white bell tower of Dürnstein Abbey. In Dürnstein the destination of our Bike the Wachau Valley Tour we walk along the bank of the Danube before we go for a walk on the main street of this old medieval town.
After tasting Wachau wines in the wine shop of the Domain Wachau in Dürnstein we conclude our bike tour through the Wachau valley with Wiener Schnitzel and a glass of Wachau wine and apple strudel for desert in the Loibnerhof – Knoll restaurant in Unterloiben just east of Dürnstein.
If you start your private Wachau bike tour in the afternoon your cycle route is the other way round. Therefore, you taste wine in Spitz and you enjoy Wiener Schnitzel and a glass of Wachau wine and apple strudel for desert at the Gasthof Prankl in Spitz.
This private Wachau bike tour offer is for a private tour for 2, 4 or 6 persons respectively.
The private half day e-bike tour in Wachau Valley for 2 travelers is € 1.525,00, for 4 travelers it is € 1.930,18 and for 6 travelers it is € 2.560,00.
Hotel pick up and drop-off (locations in the Wachau Valley)
Transportation by car to Spitz on the Danube or Dürnstein and from Unterloiben or Spitz on the Danube
E-bike rental
Guided cycle on the Danube Cycle Path from Spitz on the Danube to Dürnstein by 2 local guides when the tour starts in the morning and the other way round when the tour starts in the afternoon
Ferry crossing of the Danube from Weißenkirchen to St. Lorenz and from Rossatzbach to Dürnstein or the other way round
Wine tasting at the wine shop of the Domain Wachau in Dürnstein or at the Maritime Museum in Spitz
Wiener Schnitzel with a glas of Wachau wine and apple strudel for desert in the Loibnerhof – Knoll restaurant in Unterloiben or at the Gasthof Prankl in Spitz.
- Booking is done by phone +43 680 301 7720, whatsapp or email office@radler-rast.com.
- Bookings are confirmed after a 200 € deposit has been transferred to our PayPal business account using the link PayPal.Me/radlerrast.
The balance is due at the end of the tour and can be paid in cash or by card. - This tour is a private tour for 2, 4 or 6 travelers respectively.
- 2 people per booking is required.
- Minimum age is 16 years.
- Exact pick up times will be agreed when booking.
- Most travelers can participate.
- Duration 4 hours approx. The exact duration may vary including pickup and drop off.
- Biking the Wachau Valley requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date.
Booking request
Departure details
- Traveler pick up is offered.
- We pick up guests from all Wachau valley accommodations, from train stations in Melk and Krems and from cruise ships that dock in the Wachau valley.
- If hotel or cruise pier is inaccessible by car due to restrictions, pickup will be held from a nearby location within short walking distance.
Return details
- Returns to original departure point