Danube Trail

From Freiburg it is a one-day ride to Donaueschingen, the official source of the mighty Danube River. It is in this town that we join the Danube Cycleway, a 1,357 km dedicated bicycle path that runs along the banks of the Danube River. Occasionally isolated entirely from vehicular traffic, we will bike across picturesque Bavaria to Ulm, the birthplace of Albert Einstein. From Ulm we shall cycle to Linz, and then to Vienna, with its monumental palaces dating to the Hapsburg Empire. While in Vienna you can visit cathedrals, museums and opera houses, and/or tantalize your taste buds with Austrian-style schnapps, beer and pastries.

Then, we are off to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, and Budapest, once dubbed the 'Pearl of the Danube.' Anyone who has not visited Eastern Europe recently will be enchanted by Budapest's latest Parisian fashions, an impressive array of international cuisine and majestic Austro-Hungarian architecture. Hungary's centuries-old spas will relax you after your journey. Visit one of the large public spas and you will observe a slice of local life in this city unlike any other.