Passau Tourism
Passau – a paradise for cyclists at three rivers
Passau offers a wide range of many different bicycle paths: short and long distance paths, theme trails such as the Austrian Romans Trail all the way to the five lakes in the Salzkammergut, the long distance Danube Cycle Path on the Austrian Danube from Passau to Vienna, the Inn bicycle path from Salzburg to the Tauern via Kufstein all the way to Switzerland and the cycling path on the German Danube from Donaueschingen to Passau.
For further information we recommend our brochure Wandern & Radfahren (Hiking & Cycling, PDF, 1.5 MB, German)
All about cycling
Cycle Paths
The following cycle paths along Danube or Inn are starting, ending or crossing in Passau:
Roman Cycle Trail (Bayer.-Oberösterr. Römerradweg), Passau - Enns (A)
German Danube Cycle Path (Deutscher Donauradweg), Passau - Regensburg - Donaueschingen
Danube-Ilz-Cycle Trail (Donau-Ilz-Radweg), Niederalteich - Hutthurm/Kalteneck
Inn Cycle Trail (Innradweg), Passau - Maloja (CH)
Lower Bavaria Cycle Tour (Niederbayerntour), Passau - Regensburg
Austrian Danube Cycle Path (Österreichischer Donauradweg), Passau - Vienna (A)
Tauern Cycle Trail (Tauernradweg), Passau - Salzburg (A) - Krimml (A)
Trans Bayerwald, challenging route for mountainbikers
Along the Danube and Inn Cycle Trails you can reach cycle paths along the rivers Iller, Lech, Altmühl, Naab, Regen, Laaber, Isar, Vils, Rott, Salzach and Moldau/Vltava via Passau.
Bike & E-Bike Rentals
Providers in Passau:
Rent a bike, BIKEHAUS BIKEAMBULANZ®
E-Bike Chargers:
For list of e-bike chargers in Passau's restaurants click here (German, 300 KB)
Bicycle Stands & Luggage Storage
While sightseeing or shopping in Passau, you can leave your bike and luggage here:
6 public boxes at Obere Donaulände (free of charge): get the key in the store Fahrradladen-Passau only on working days during opening hours
Donau-Schiffs-Reise-Center Helmut Eckerl, Kastnergasse 1 (opposite of moorings A11 and A12)
Train station Passau: lockers and bicycle stands
Service & Repair
Bike & Boat
Bicycles are allowed on every excursion boat of Donauschifffahrt Wurm & Noé.
Starting from mooring A11/A12 and A7/A8
Providers of bike-cruises can be found here.
Organised Cycle Tours
Suggestions for cycling tours
Distance: 19.5 km | Duration: 1:00 h | Challenge: easy | ↑ : 173 m
Starting e.g. from Innstraße: turn right (upstream) on the promenade at "Innsteg". On the right side are the buildings of the university located. Follow the signs to the Inn Cycle Path. As soon as the path leads back onto the road, keep half right and follow "Innstraße" passing the hydropower plant and the buildings of the rowing club. At the hiking car park "Ingling" ride inside the "Neuburger Wald". Continue about 4 km along the river and cross it at the pedestrian bridge "Mariensteg". In Wernstein (Austria) are plenty of places for rest and refreshments. Back along the Inn on the Austrian side until the barrage. Cross it and ride back to the city centre.
Distance: 25 km | Duration: 1:40 h | Challenge: average | ↑ : 268 m
Starting from Passau central station upstream on the right side of the Danube until the barrage "Kachlet"; cross the river here and continue on the Danube Cycle Path. Before the small river "Gaißa" turn right at the bridge and follow the landscape protection area "Gaißatal" uphill. On well-developed forest roads, the route leads through the forest area around "Dachsberg". Shortly before the B85 (A-road 85) turn left and cross it on the cycle path. Continue via "Patriching" and "Jägerreuth" to "Ries" in direction to "Neue Rieser Straße". At the junction Veste Oberhaus/Stadtmitte (city center) turn right downhill towards "Hacklberg" past the "Schönblick-Kurve" (parking lot) with a great view on Passau's old town. Over "Schanzlbrücke" and then turn right into "Bahnhofstraße" back to Passau central station.
Tip: Instead of turning right to "Hacklberg"/city centre, turn left at "Gasthof Weissbräu Andorfer" into "Rennweg" to the fortress "Veste Oberhaus" with museum and observation tower.
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Distance: 168 km | Duration: 11:10 h | Challenge: average | ↑ : 629 m
Stately homes and monasteries line the adventure bike tour "Herrschaftszeiten" between Passau and Pfarrkirchen in the Bavarian Golf and Spa Country. Those who cycle the adventure tour "Herrschaftszeiten" move on the existing cycle paths Danube Cycle Path, Inn Cycle Trail, Rottal Cycle Path, Bockerlbahn Cycle Path and Vils Valley Cycle Path. These Bavarian cycle paths unite here to form a new adventure circuit.
Six more adventure bike tours as well as family and pleasure bike tours of the Bavarian Golf and Spa Country can be found online here or in the brochure "himmlisch radfahren" (heavenly cycling, German).
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