Description
Romantic Danube Valley - Wachau
A full-day excursion, which will show you the beauty
of the Wachau. Through this romantic scenery full of
history and legends the Danube winds his way past
charming old villages and steep vineyards. The old
castles tell us about the former importance of this
trade- and traffic-way, one of them -Dürnstein-
especially famous, because here King Richard
Lionheart was imprisoned, while waiting for his
ransom to arrive from England, raised by his true
minstrel Blondel. During a romantic boat-trip the
history comes alive. The heart of the Wachau is the
old vine-merchants town Krems. To complete this day
of highlights you will visit Melk, the "Cradle of
Austria" , the magnificent Benedictine Abbey, a
pearl of the Austrian Baroque. Possibility for lunch
in the Abbey Restaurant at Melk. The tour finishes
at the Opera House.