A wonderful way to spend sometime outside the city center of Vienna…Comfortable and short bus ride ( one hour) , charming visit to Durnstein ( not a lot of time there , but the village is small) , lovely boat ride along scenic parts of Danube which was so relaxing and enjoyable ( food and drinks can be purchased on the boat) , and interesting visit to Melk Abbey and time to explore the village of Melk as well….I would highly recommend this outing and it is a good value ….You should not miss this day trip!

My group of 3 adults showed up at the meeting spot about 30 minutes early, and met with the tour coordinator. She informed us that due to high water and dangerous conditions, the boat portion was canceled. We were slightly disappointed, but she said we could cancel if we wanted and that the tour would still be the same overall length of time. We went, and soon saw that the flood conditions were no joke! The Danube was nearly flooding the road in some places! We stopped by Krems but had to turn back because the bus parking area was flooded! We continued on to Durnstein, which was not flooded (but almost!). The tour does not include tickets to anything in town, so it's mostly just shopping similar shops. We then continued on to Melk Abbey. We had plenty of time for lunch in the town (a short walk down from the Abbey proper) and walking the grounds. The guided tour was great, and we left after 4:30 making it back to Vienna at 6. A very nice day!

The guide was very knowledgeable, his Spanish and English are quite fluent to be narrating stories in the bus. The Danube boat was very comfortable, however, extremely slow service. The drinks came at the end of the ride, I expected I didn’t have to pay for the drinks since it arrived so late. The servers had 1.5 hr to serve and was inefficient. I’d not recommend ordering anything on the boat.