Tour details
Individual arrival in the 3-river city of Passau. After you have checked into your cabin, the MS SE-Manon departs and you sail through the scenic “Schlögener Schlinge”. Our tour guide will welcome you on board with a glass of sparkling wine.
It's worth getting up early today. Experience the uniqueness of the legendary Wachau at sunrise - one of the most beautiful river valleys and wine-growing regions in Europe. Your ship approaches the imperial city of Vienna around midday. The city of music and joie de vivre, where Sachertorte and Heuriger wine taverns are just as famous as St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Hofburg Palace. In the afternoon, you have the choice between two different city tours (optional). You can experience the most important sights on a classic city tour followed by a walking tour. Alternatively, there is the optional city tour “Vienna for connoisseurs”, which allows you to experience the hidden, beautiful and often unknown corners of the old town.
Even if this is only a short flying visit, you are sure to quickly take the city to your heart.
You reach Melk in the morning. The baroque Melk Abbey towers impressively above the town and is considered one of the most important spiritual and cultural centers in Austria. In the morning, visit the famous abbey together with an experienced tour guide (optional). In the afternoon, learn more about fruit growing and the special features of the apricot fruit on the optional excursion “Expedition into the realm of the apricot”. A tasting rounds off this expedition.
Your next destination is Linz, the city of lights. Today you have the opportunity to take part in an optional city tour of Linz. On the city tour, your guide will take you along Linz's cultural mile into the baroque old town. You will visit the Alter Markt, the Mozarthaus and the beautiful arcaded courtyard of the Linzer Landhaus. In the afternoon, the tour continues to the Pöstlingberg. The Pöstlingbergbahn takes you up the mountain in comfort and a magnificent view of Linz and the surrounding countryside awaits you at the top. On the last evening of your short trip, the captain invites you to a gala dinner.
After arrival in Passau, disembarkation and individual return journey.
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Included services
- River cruise with MS SE-MANON☀☀☀☀ as per itinerary
- 4 nights in the booked cabin category in outside cabins with shower/WC
- Luggage transfer from the pier to the cabin and back
- All-inclusive catering on board: 4 x breakfast, 3 x 4-course lunch, 3 x afternoon coffee/tea with pastries, 3 x 4-course dinner, 1 x gala dinner with 5-course menu, 4 x small midnight snack. Drinks package: house wine, draught beer, non-alcoholic beer, soft drinks, juices, coffee/tea and mineral water from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- 1 x welcome sparkling wine
- On-board musician
- SE-Tours tour guide
Services not included
Arrival and departure, parking fees, drinks outside the included drinks package, personal expenses, tips, insurance, excursions, Wi-Fi.
Embarkation from 16:00 to 17:00
Disembarkation from 9:00 am
Minimum number of participants 80 persons up to 21 days before arrival
Excursion program We would be happy to send you an order form with our offer on excursions prior to departure. The excursions will be held in German language. The excursions can only be booked in English language on request (depending on the excursion agency and the minimum number of participants).
Itinerary or program are subject to change at any time. If due to low or high water levels, or bad weather conditions, a route cannot be sailed, the captain reserves the right to alter the itinerary for your safety. (No legal right shall arise in either situation). The same shall apply for repair or maintenance works on locks and bridges ordered by river and other local authorities with little or no advance.
Important notice Please bear in mind that your ship is not only your “vacation hotel”, but also a piece of equipment that is powered by an engine and has to be operated constantly, even at night (sometimes with lock and bridge passages). We recommend that guests who are particularly sensitive to noise bring earplugs. Disturbances must always be expected when passing through locks. Please note: at low water, the pool may have to be emptied to reduce the draught of the ship and is then not available.
Travel documents EU-citizens (without special situations like dual citizenship, main residence abroad or a limited-validity passport) are required to have a valid passport or ID-card, not expiring within six (6) months of the return of your cruise. We kindly ask non-EU citizens, EU-nationals with multiple citizenship or anybody who has to respect special legal entry requirements for the country to visit, to inform about visa and entry documents at the competent embassy.
This trip is not suitable for guests with reduced mobility.
We recommend that you take out a foreign travel health insurance with repatriation coverage, an accident insurance, a luggage insurance and a travel cancellation insurance.
You can cancel the trip at any time after booking. Cancellation fees can be found in the travel conditions. The travel conditions of the organizer apply: SE-Tours GmbH, Am Grollhamm 12a, 27574 Bremerhaven
With pleasure I will help you with the planning of your journey
Sabine Gövert