Austrian Alps & the Danube — 12 nights

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This two-week route is our oldest friend.  Our very first itinerary and perhaps still our best.

Austria is a relatively “off-the-beaten-track” Discovery destination:  a backwater during the Cold War, surrounded on three sides by the Iron Curtain, her capital well to the east of Prague.  And today’s nation is only the nucleus of the far larger country that held the name before World War I.

But a turbulent past has left behind the rich, multi-layered history; fascinating and sumptuous cultural heritage; and varied cuisine of that far larger nation.  Modern Austria is the repository, or at least the hub, of much of Central Europe’s past.  Classical music fans will be amazed at the vibrancy of the classical scene.  Baroque monasteries and palaces surrounded by French gardens line our route.  And the country has found a modern role as commercial and diplomatic crossroads between Eastern and Western Europe.

Days of glorious biking complete the picture.  Pedal around opal lakes and beneath terraced vineyards on quiet bike paths.  Tip your helmet to the Austrian ecology movement, one of Europe’s strongest.  And then admire the flowered villages, magnificent mountains, and beautiful rivers which result.