You will depart Durnstein around 1:30 PM and head to Melk. Grab a comfortable seat as your Cruise Manager will be detailing everything you are sailing by on the way to Melk. Of course some hearty souls are biking the distance. Your staff will be passing out onion tarts on deck for your enjoyments. This idyllic landscape characterized by rolling hills is dotted with steep vineyards, apricot trees, and a succession of delightful villages with small wine towns and scattered castles. This is memorable highlights of any cruise on the Danube. You will pass by Durnstein “The Pearl of the Wachau”, Spitz, Willenbdorf, Aggestein and Wosendorf while you sail out towards Melk. You will pass the Scholbulel Castle a product of 19th Century Romanticm with a single round tower , the ruined fortress of Aggstein (15th Century) is 85 yards long with walls nearly 20 feet think, and Weissenkuch which is the main center for the wine growing trade.
You will arrive in Melk at Km 2037 before departing for you Melk Tour.