WORLD-CLASS BICYCLE TOURS

The Itinerary:

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Day 1 - Vienna

Individual arrival and welcome. We meet in Vienna a city full of wonderful sights and experiences. Music is the soul of the city with concerts and operas jamming the-schedule. Visit the wine and coffee houses, Beethoven's home, Mozart's house, the Hofburg Imperial Palace and Marie Antoinette's childhood home: Schonbrunn palace. Enjoy the many talented artists entertaining on the street. Top the night off with a delicious Viennese dinner followed by a sinful local pastry.

Day 2 - Vienna - Bad Deutsch-Altenburg/surroundings       (approx. 46 km/29 miles)
On the Danube-cycle-path you bike through the idyllic meadows along the Danube, through the national park "Donauauen"' passing the-castles of Orth and Eckartsau (baroque hunting castle of Prince Eugene) to Petronell-Carnuntum, the site of significant Roman excavations where you can stroll where the Romans did or to the health spa and  resort Bad Deutsch Altenburg. Then spend another night in beautiful Austria.

Day 3 - Vienna - Bad Deutsch Altenburg/surroundings - Bratislava - Mosonmagyarovar/Halaszi  (approx. 63km/40mi)
Still following the Danube-cycle-path you will reach the capital of Slovakia - Bratislava. A quaint old centre with a lovely pedestrian zone. A city of sidewalk cafes, coffee shops, countless restaurants, museums and colorful shops will invite you to an extended stroll. Enjoy a glass of the local Slovakian wine... sit back and watch the people pass by. Then bike on to the border and cross into Hungary... you have just bicycled through three countries in a single day. Now cycle through small typical villages using the dam cycle path (gravel) and country roads to Mosonmagyarovar (don't worry, you don't have to be able to spell it to stay there!l).

This stretch can be extended by an extra night in BRATISLAVA.

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Day 4 - Mosonmagyarovar/Halaszi - Gyor        (approx. 45 km/28 miles)
You bike through the idyllic landscape of the "Little Alfold". Taking side roads, you pass through delightful villages and arrive at the provincial capital of Gyor (nice baroque city center), one of the important cities of the Hungarian lowlands with a glamorous historical city center. For a pleasant walk, the narrow lanes, churches and palaces of the baroque city centre are very inviting.

Day 5 - Gyor - Tata        (approx. 61 kmi38 miles)
Today you bike through a landscape of rolling hills and reach the picturesque town of Tata, situated on two lakes located at the foot of the hill range "Gerecse".  Don't forget to visit the Arabian National Stud in Babolna, this is a historical place of equestrian culture.

 Day 6 - Tata - Region Esztergom        (approx. 55 km/34 miles)
You will leave Tata and bicycle through the lush forests and densely wooded hills of the "Gerecse" mountain range. Some uphill stretches are rewarded with wonderful descents. If you prefer to take it easy, feel free to use the local regional train (not included) on your way to the geographically divided city of Komarom (a border town between Hungary and Slovakia). Along the Slovakian Danube bank you bike through small and quaint farmer-villages through a flat region to Esztergom (also called the Hungarian Rome) where you can admire the impressive and largest Catholic cathedral in Hungary.

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Day 7 - Region Esztergom - Szentendre - Budapest (approx. 59/69/50 km/37/44/31 miles)
From Esztergom, steep mountain slopes frame the pictorial landscape of the Danube Bend up to Szentendre island. Cross to the Szentendre-island by ferry. Return by ferry again from the island and you reach the lively and unusual artist's village of Szentendre. ln the afternoon, you arrive in Budapest. lf you prefer to avoid the traffic of Budapest you may go by boat (boat ride to Budapest is not included). The view on the sun deck is over whelming something you just have to experience on your own..