Hello,
We two fit and active 60 year olds have 5/6 days in Vienna in early May. We don%26#39;t like being too organised but fear we will be overwhelmed culturally by so many museums, art galleries, palaces, gardens, music etc. We would love to take a day out to see something of this valley. So many of the towns sound enticing but after reading much in guide books and on this site we are unsure how much we can do in one day and which places we should see. The wine producing towns sound wonderful, but so too does Aggstein castle and the Benedictine abbey at Melk).
Also, as we won%26#39;t have a car, is it possible to get on and off the boat trips we have read about? Or should we use trains? We would prefer to see 1 or 2 (?3) places properly and at leisure rather than gazing at the scenery from a boat or train for hours. Walking is great and we love it - if that helps.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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You can make a nice day trip from Vienna and have a good chance to see some of the many sights in the area of the Danube wachau - melk area.
One of the best methods to do this -
take the combi train - boat danube tour-
www.ddsg-blue.danube.at
the train from Vienna westbahnhof to melk- tour the beautiful and historic Benedictine Melk Abbey.
I would suggest taking the boat down river to Dürnstein passing excelent scenery and villages of Spitz St. Michael, Weissenkirchen.
The boat dock in Dürnstein on the nice promenede along the river and is about in the middle of the historic place.
Just walk upp the steps from the boat dock and you are in the middle of this village- really just one street- beautiful old houses and buildings many 1500- 1600s- above the castle ruins where legend says King Richard of England held for ransom in the 12 th century- climb up there if you wish- fantastic views of the surroundings and danube - great chance for pictures.
several good places to eat in the town and sample varius wines of the region- a short walk away are many vineyards.
Loiben is a 1 kilometer walk away from Durnstein throgh the vineyards passing some nice heurigers ( wine taverns.
Then a short regional train from Dürnstein/Loiben to Krems with an easy transfer to the train krems- Vienna.
The town of krems also interesting but , I think time Melk- Dürnstein is better.
Aggstein is very nice ruin but on the opposite side of the Danube from most places- no train connection- infrequent bus service but the stop some distance and a steep walk up the mountain to find it - Dürnstein more convenient with with better surroundings.
Whatever you choose this makes for a most interesting and diverse day.
This can all be done in a full day excursion-
Trains back to Vienna run until later in the evening to let you spend the time you wish to see things.
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website
www.ddsg-blue-danube.at
a beutiful Church and monastery in Dürnstein too.
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thank you for the excellent advice. I will follow the links and pursue this further.
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