Vienna to Wachau: Scenic Danube Valley Day Trip

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Experience the beauty of the Danube Valley on a scenic day tour from Vienna. Explore medieval castles, grand monasteries, and breathtaking landscapes. Don’t miss the guided tour of the magnificent Melk Abbey!

Duration: 9 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Wachau Valley - See many mediaval castles, grand monasteries and a breathtaking landscape.
Durnstein Castle - See the wonderful castle Dürnstein.
DDSG Blue Danube Schiffahrt GmbH - Take an impressive boat trip on the Danube from Spitz to Melk (only in summer). On the dates with no boat ride, we invite you for lunch.
Melk Abbey -…

What's Included

Visit of Krems/Dürnstein (depending on the season)
Boat tour (only included in summer)
Bus trip in a modern coach from Vienna to the Danube Valley
Admission Melk Abbey (depending on which option you choose)

What's Not Included

Food and drinks
Boat tour (not included in Winter)

Additional Information

This day trip takes you from Vienna to the Wachau, a picturesque valley along the Danube. You will see many medieval castles, grand monasteries and a breathtaking landscape. Passing the small town of Krems and the ruins of Dürnstein castle, we continue to the village of Spitz on the Danube river. From here you will have an impressive boat trip on the…

Location

Operngasse 8

Operngasse

Meeting point is 15-10 minutes before departure in front of the Opera Fountain at the Vienna State Opera. Take the lines U1 (red), U2 (purple) or U4 (green) to station "Karlsplatz". Follow the exit "Oper" and walk left along the Vienna State Opera to get to Operngasse.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Charles_c

Oct 3, 2025

Tommy was great! He was... - Tommy was great! He was very informative & professional! All of the stops and the boat trip were great!

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Z2803ojdonnaj

Sep 24, 2025

Lovely day out of Vienna - We really enjoyed the convience of using this tour to see Melk Abbey, Durnstein and have a cruise on the Danube. Our stop at Durnstein was short but it is a very small town and unless you want to climb up to the ruins it is adequate. The cruise on the Danube was just the right amount of time and we were able to get seats on the top deck. In Melk, we had time to have a delicious lunch just outside the abbey and the guide inside was excellent. Tommy our tour guide and the driver did an great job of keeping us together. I would highly recommend this tour.

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Michal_g

Sep 23, 2025

Very entertaining and interesting - It is really worth taking the tour . Good restaurant at the monastery. Very enjoyable boat trip and excellent guide

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Sqrt12024

Sep 9, 2025

Relaxing Day Trip from Vienna - We thoroughly enjoyed this day trip which included a boat ride down the Danube and bus to Melk. The bus was a double decker,so easily accommodated our large group. Lots of leg room, though the overhead shelf is a little too small to hold our backpacks. We had great weather for our boat ride, so most of our group sat on the upper deck. There was time for some of us to have lunch/drinks on the boat. We opted to have lunch at Melk abbey during the 1.5 hours prior to our tour. The Melk tour was informative, but the best part was at the end of the tour, where we saw the libraries and the church. Unfortunately, we had only 15 minutes after the tour to see the church as the tour went longer by 15 minutes. Tour guide was good and it was well organized, so I would recommend this tour as a relaxing day trip away from Vienna.

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498colleenm

Sep 9, 2025

Danube and Abby tour. - Lovely trip. Our group of 7 really loved this trip. The Abby was beautiful. The tour was very organized and the staff were very kind and helpful,

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Vibha_r

Sep 8, 2025

Excellent tour! - Excellent guide - very informed and knowledgeable though he could be a bit louder and more enthusiastic. Had great knowledge of history of Vienna. We were about 35 people so at times it was hard for us to hear him speak when we were at the back of the crowd. Else, we really enjoyed the experience.

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Steven_m

Sep 7, 2025

Worth the trip - The entire tour was very good. The guy who was in Spanish and English was amazing and was a constant source of knowledge. They really made sure about the logistics to get you out to about 100 km away from the city of Vienna. The first stop was a small little village, which was quaint, and then we took the boat tour, which gave you a little bit of a feeling of what it might be like to take a river cruise down the Danube the boat tour was about an hour and a half And with beautiful scenery and finally we ended up in the area called MELK. Which is close by the melk abbey which was worth the trip. The Abbey is spectacular and looks like a palace in a beautiful setting with amazing history and culture. The Abbey is a working Abby and a working school. Just the Abbey alone was worth the trip because it would’ve been really hard to rent a car just to go travel by yourself out there to see the Abbey it’s a world heritage site

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Sharon_k

Sep 18, 2025

Too many issues - There are a lot of stairs and the boat ramps are steep I use a cane and can walk but these made it difficult. Also time was allocated badly. Everyone was hurrying to get back to bus on time

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Abdul_k

Aug 31, 2025

Vacation - Beautiful scenery, amacing church and monastery. I would like to go ba k there and stay a few days. Good time.

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Genene_r

Sep 19, 2025

If you’re only in Vienna... - If you’re only in Vienna for a few days then I wouldn’t recommend this tour. Although it was enjoyable, I don’t think the main attraction which was visiting the abbey ( 2.5 hours out of a 10 day trip) is worth it.

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