I wanted to experience the rail touring since I have been on several coach tours. This rail tour stoped in large cities. The coach trips stop briefly stop at smaller cities.
The Passau to Budapest cycle along the Danube is one of those journeys where the scenery and the locations are forever changing, The journey is a mix of farmland, vineyards and cities, there is always a castle around the next corner mixed with picturesque towns with there churches and basilicas to explore. The standard of accommodation tended to vary depending on location however this was always clean with good amenities. Some of the cycle ways are custom built however there is a bit of navigation work to do in some areas particularly coming into and out of the towns and cities. We undertook this trip in June when the Danube was in flood and some of the cycle ways were underwater this meant a number of diversions, thank goodness for Google maps.
An amazing trip that I would highly recommend and that would suit most individuals as you do not have to be a experienced cyclist. Apart from a few hills at the beginning of the trip the ride is fairly easy. We had the most fantastic guide and the accomodation was overall of a very high standard.
