"Duernstein during pre-Euromeet in Vienna 2010" Top 5 Page for this destination Dürnstein by gubbi1

Dürnstein Travel Guide: 115 reviews and 359 photos

During the pre-Euromeet in Vienna we had two excursions to places outside of Vienna. One was a trip to Bratislava and one was a trip to Melk, from where we took the boat into the Wachau to Duernstein and afterwards the train via Krems back to Vienna.
We arrived in Duernstein with the boat which gave us a great view on the beautiful blue church standing on a rock above the river Danube. Once on land we started our town walk along the Danube where we found markings showing how high the water had been in the past during floodings. Leaving the river we entered the center of town to find the way into the blue church. The church is part of a monastry and has an amazing interior. After the church we continued our walk through town. At a high point at the far end of the town, the view over the river Danub was perfect. Heading back we finally stopped in a very nice restaurant, speciallised on wine and light food (food which fits to wine). We all enjoyed our stay very much. After tasting some wine and filling the stomach, we left Duernstein by train towards Krems. I can recommend this town very much.

Duernstein, AT

Links:
Official webpage of town Duernstein
Webpage of monastry Duernstein (German only)

Duernstein, AT

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Pros:Very nice town

Last visit to Dürnstein: May 2010
Intro Updated Jun 8, 2010
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A Heurigenlokal (Wine restaurant) Restaurants (1)

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Comments (8)

yumyum Oct 9, 2011 at 6:31 AM Report Abuse

I've never been to this area yet. Very pretty! Lovely page.
hunterV Jan 8, 2011 at 11:16 AM Report Abuse

It was good you visited that nice place...
amsor Aug 14, 2010 at 3:46 PM Report Abuse

nice page !
globetrott Jun 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM Report Abuse

a great page bringing back a lot of nice memories !
Kathrin_E Jun 19, 2010 at 4:35 AM Report Abuse

Nice page on this pretty place. Thank you for bringing back the memories. LOL - I have very similar photos, how come?
HORSCHECK Jun 19, 2010 at 3:49 AM Report Abuse

Lovely little page with great photos. I must admit that I have never heard of Dürnstein before.
white_smallstar Jun 10, 2010 at 7:13 AM Report Abuse

An interesting place to spend a day in. Thanks for sharing, Christian ! *N*
ranger49 Jun 9, 2010 at 2:21 PM Report Abuse

I was so sorry not to have time in Durnstein on our Danube holiday 2 years ago. Thanks for filling the gap - a lovely page.