Melk, Austria Travel Blogs

Melk, Wine Tasting, and the past few days
Sep 16, 2006 (11 photos)

... trip to Melk, a town about an hours drive up the Danube from Vienna. The trip had 3 parts. We first went to a Monastery in Melk called Mount Abbey. This monastery is on top of a large hill and overlooks the Danube, as well as the town of Melk. Please see ...

Austria
Aug 28, 2009 (4 photos)

... has been for more than 900 years) It is definitely worth the stop .. abbey,church and gardens are beautiful.  The journey from Melk to Vienna is one of the most scenic on the Danube river. Every passenger was on deck as we left Melk to  ...

Following the Danube
Aug 7, 2005

... where I will be heading next. The big guns.. Dom and its intricate mouldings High street where Mozart was born Austria's lake district 29 July, Friday Start point: Salzburg End point: Altmunster, Near Gmunden, Lake Traunsee Via: ...

Melk
Jun 17, 2008

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Wachau
Aug 15, 2006 (13 photos)

This is where Laura went to primary school

The Dessert Cities
Nov 4, 2009 (46 photos)

... our barrings and know what we all wanted to see.  On Wednesday Amy and I spent her last day here sightseeing around Melk and Krems, which always make me think of dessert.  These 2 cute towns west of Vienna are apparently very popular with the ...

Trip to Melk Abbey
Jun 1, 2007 (9 photos)

... back to the hotel.  We could barely crawl up the stairs to our room and collapsed after we got inside! View from the town.   Courtyard   Enjoy the pictures. Melk is somewhere on here... Actually it is by Durnstein.

Beautiful countryside
Oct 1, 2009 (5 photos)

... terraced slopes of the mountains rising on both sides of the river. There have been vineyards here since Roman times. When we arrived at Melk, the Captain announced that due to low water (20 cm below keel) there would be a change in plans. While we are ...

Melk Abbey & Town
Jun 11, 2009 (30 photos)

... bit cold and because we are going through the gorge it is very windy.  About lunch time we arrived in a little place called Melk.  It has a very old monastry there and after lunch were driven up the hill to visit this beautiful place.  Once again this is ...

Melk
Apr 14, 2007 (26 photos)

This part of the trip was really nice. We went off the trail and visited the Benedictine Abbey which had spectacular views. The biking is still pretty flat so no complaints.

Burgruine Aggstein
Sep 13, 2009 (10 photos)

Continuing our tour of the Wachau valley, we visited a castle on the very edge of the Danube (Schloss Schönbühel) but it appeared to be closed to the public. We walked around the exterior a bit and stood on the riverbank, admiring the river ...

Danube tour
Sep 13, 2009 (34 photos)

... hotels in Melk but one very nice hotel we tried called a few nearby hotels and found us rooms. It is located out of Melk but only a short distance along the river. We arrived and were greeted by one of the very friendly owners who had no problem with ...

Dear Abbey
Jul 29, 2008 (24 photos)

... like an oven inside!  I dropped off my bag, bought one of those apple sodas that is so popular in Germany and Austria (this stuff really isn't all that refreshing), and walked into town.   Change of plans today - originally, I  ...

Linz to Vienna - Wachau Valley
Sep 24, 1977

Mauthausen concentration camp Grein Danube - Wachau Valley

Melk
May 16, 2006

Melk

Durnstein/Wachau Valley/Melk
Oct 2, 2008

Thursday 2nd October. We left the big cities behind today to enter the picturesque countryside of Austria.  From the dock a local guide took us for an hours stroll through one of Austria's smallest towns Durnstein only 931 inhabitants.  There we ...

Melk
Nov 7, 2006

Durnstein

Melk Abbey
Oct 9, 2008

The entire group took a day trip to Melk to visit the Abbey and spend some time in the small town of 5,000. We took a tour of the Abbey, sat at a cafe for a while, and just enjoyed the small gift shops and cobblestone streets. More about the Abbey later ...

Servus St. Johann
Dec 15, 2007

Servus! Så er jeg endelig kommet til St. Johann - Mit nye hjem! Så starter muligheden for at jeg kan begynde at blogge lidt regelmæssigt, så i der hjemme også kan holde lidt styr på mig, og hvad jeg går og laver! Vi er kommet igang med vores arbejde på ...

Where in the world is Melk?
Aug 30, 2008 (5 photos)

... leaving gorgeous Vienna, we took another beautiful train ride about 2 hours through the Austrian country side to a little town called Melk. The town is famous for biking along the river and lucky for us, the hotel had plenty of bikes...unfortunately, we ...

the Mcgraw's invade Austria
Oct 21, 2008 (8 photos)

... in the car to explore the Austrian countryside. We drove to Melk, the home of one of the largets and most beautiful monasterys in Austria. We were too late to get on the last tour of the inside of the monastery so we just walked around the town, window ...

Austrian Countryside
Sep 13, 2007

... a hute Abby or church. These places have been here since Lionhearted was held prisoner in 1192. On to Melk ....... Melk had been important in Austria for over 1000 years. There is a huge Benedictine Monastery here, founded by Leopold II. For ovr 900 ...

Durnstein to Melk
Jun 12, 2008 (6 photos)

... various liqueurs and of course the wines.   After leaving this pretty little town, we sailed through the valley onto Melk. This town is over 1000 years old.  Visited another Abbey St. Benedict's', the monks have been here for 900 years. ...

Nov 05, 2009
Sep 10, 2002 (20 photos)

Melk
Jun 23, 2009

... . After supper we went back to the hotel for a quick nap and then back to the restaurant for desert. During our time in Austria we tried many of their desserts and pastries. We were overall very disappointed. We'd give them a D+ on their desserts and ...

Day 4 - Melk Abbey
Sep 19, 2004 (1 photos)

Melk Abbey