Salzburg to Vienna via Passau in 4 days on the Donauradweg

Salzburg → Vienna: 4 days, ~470km on the Donauradweg (pics from the first two legs)

A friend and I rode part of the Donauradweg a few weeks ago, starting from home in Salzburg. The route:

• Leg 1: Salzburg → Passau (the "three rivers city")
• Leg 2: Passau → Linz
• Leg 3: Linz → Krems an der Donau
• Leg 4: Krems → Vienna

Daily distances ranged from 90 to 140km. Scenery-wise, the first two legs (Salzburg–Passau, Passau–Linz) were the highlight for us — those are the ones pictured here.

If anyone's planning the same route: the stretch up to Passau is still fairly hilly/winding, but once you're past Passau and heading downriver it flattens out and the km go by a lot easier.

All in all a very beginner-friendly route — could easily be done in fewer/longer days too 🙂