Highlights: Melk Abbey, wine terraces near Spitz and Weissenkirchen, wine tasting at a winery, Dürnstein with castle ruin, Danube boat ride in season. By minivan with driver from your hotel, guide with you all day.
MEETING POINT | Your hotel in Vienna (or a meeting point by arrangement)
Private tour. You walk with your own people and your guide, never with strangers. More than ten?
An hour from Vienna begins the Danube valley that UNESCO protected as a whole: wine terraces, apricot orchards, castle ruins and Baroque abbeys along 35 kilometres. We drive by minivan with driver to Melk, see the abbey with its library and the view over the Danube, have lunch in Weissenkirchen or Spitz, taste Grüner Veltliner and Riesling from the stone terraces at a winery, and stroll through Dürnstein, where Richard the Lionheart was held captive. In summer we cover one leg by boat, in autumn there is Sturm. Your guide is with you all day, in the van, in the abbey, at the wine.
9 am pick-up in Vienna, drive to Melk (1 hr), abbey tour, drive along the south bank through the Wachau to Spitz, boat to Dürnstein or drive via Weissenkirchen, lunch, wine tasting at a winery, Dürnstein on foot, return via Krems, arrival in Vienna around 5 pm.
Per group: guide fee € 825 (8 hrs) plus minivan with driver € 770 (up to 7 guests), together € 1,595. Per person additionally: wine tasting around € 20, Melk Abbey around € 15, boat Spitz to Dürnstein around € 20 (venue prices, confirmed with your request) and lunch. For four guests that is around € 455 per person excluding lunch.
Included: private Austria Guide for the whole day, minivan with driver, planning and reservations
Excluded: admissions, boat, tasting, lunch (we reserve)
Apricot brandy tasting, Aggstein castle ruin, Danube cycle path with rental bikes instead of the boat (€ 15 per person), Heuriger finish in Krems. Larger groups by coach on request.
All prices net, valid for 2026. Admissions and tastings are set by the respective venues and may change at short notice. You select the add-ons in the booking request; the total is calculated there automatically.
Because the Wachau between Melk and Krems is 35 kilometres long and the best winemakers, viewpoints and villages are not next to a station. The driver waits, the guide tells the stories, you get out where it is worth it.
From May to October several times a day between Melk, Spitz, Dürnstein and Krems. Out of season we drive the whole way along the bank, which is just as beautiful.
Yes, the Danube cycle path between Spitz and Krems is flat and famous. We arrange rental bikes (€ 15 per person); the van takes the luggage.
For private tours our cancellation terms apply: up to 14 days before the tour we charge 20% of the price as a flat fee for organisation, from 14 to 7 days before 50%, after that or in case of a no-show the full amount. If your plans change, please let us know as early as possible and we will look for a solution together. You will find all details in our terms and conditions.
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