Donauradweg
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The Danube Bike Trail (also called Danube Cycle Path; German: Donauradweg; Slovak: Dunajská cyklistická cesta) is a bicycle trail along the Europe's second longest river the Danube. The trail is situated in the following European countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.
The Danube Bike Trail (Donauradweg) is divided into four sections:
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[edit] Part I
Part I of the path begins in the foothills of the Black Forest in Donaueschingen and continues 550 km to the scenic Passau, a town on the Germany-Austria border where three rivers meet. Guidebooks for Part I are available from BikeLine but only in German.
[edit] Part II
Part II of the path begins in Passau, Germany, near the Austrian border, and continues for 300 kilometers to Vienna. This is the most popular section.
On this section there are paved paths for all but 100 meters on either the north or south banks with bridges, ferries and some dams linking the two banks. The trail is typically traveled from west to east as it is down-hill and the winds are typically from west. All along the way there are delightful small towns, placid scenery, castles on the hills, monasteries, and excursions into woods and farm country. The most scenic areas are on the north or "left" bank in the Wachau wine valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
[edit] Part III
Part III begins in Vienna goes through Bratislava and continues 330 km until Budapest.
[edit] Part IV
Part IV of the path begins in Budapest and continues over 1000km to the Black Sea in Romania.
