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Melk Slideshow
Top Hotels in Melk
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Best Western Landhotel Wachau Melk
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Hotel Wachau Melk
8 reviews
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Wachauerhof Melk
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Gasthof Goldener Stern Melk
32 reviews
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Hotel Moser Melk
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Hotel Restaurant zur Post Melk
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Hotel Stadt Melk
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Junges Hotel Melk
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Travel Blogs from Melk, Austria
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Beaten by broken shoes and head winds
This is a top pick! ... top of our planned 50. 3 campsites were closed. Headwind continued to pound us. 67 miles we finally made it to Melk. We decided that was it for one day and treated ourselves to meal out. Grand Pizza followed by Apple Strudel, ...
Melk, Wine Tasting, and the past few days
... 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
... 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 ...
Following the Danube
... 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 ...
The Dessert Cities
... get 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 ...
Trip to Melk Abbey
... 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
... 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
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 ...
Wachau Valley and Melk - Abbey & Town
... 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 ...
Still Cruising....
Hi again Still cruising on the Danube and we started in Melk this morning. Just docked in Krems another pretty town on the river. The cruise so far has been great, lots to see, lots to do and lots of nice people. Of course the majority are Americans and ...
Visiting the Austrian Countryside
... ;We decided to get out of Vienna for a day and see the countryside. We hopped on a morning train to the town of Melk. Besides a sleepy little Austrian town, Melk is most famous for its Abbey. The Abbey was founded in 1089 and has been ...
Dear Abbey
... 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, ...
On The Road again
It was brilliant to be on the road again, in charge of where, when and which direction. Dave was simply glowing as the repairs had come in well under budget which meant that Disneyland was back on the cards again. The budget has been ...
Camped on the Danube River
We picked apples and pears off the trees in the camp ground. There was a little playground where we met a girl. There was a festival but we had to wait a long time for it to begin, we decorated cookies and did some spray ...
Our cruise takes us to Melk and on to Durnstein
Our Cruise takes us to Melk and then to Durnstein. 13-07-11 We awoke this morning in Melk and after breakfast were taken in busses to the magnificent Benedictine Abbey which is situated above the town and is one of Europe's largest ...
Pictures!
See "First Full day in Austria" blog for Melk blog...but the pictures of Melk Monastery are ...
Melk, another Abbey, another wine tasting
... the city center. The only interesting thing on the way was a hugh church at the waterfront. The Short and Sweet on Melk. Best known for the massive Benedictine monastery named Stift Melk (Melk Abby). Rathaus or ...
Durnstein/Wachau Valley/Melk
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 ...
Milk & Crumbs
... ; I also discovered that to be able to truly capture the scenery, a zoom lens is the only way to do so. When I first went to Austria in 2002, I was struck by how green the countryside was. At the time, I thought it might have been a result of having ...
Le Danube et l'abbaie Melk
... region de Wachau. On s'est rendu en autobus jusqu'a Spitz ou on a pris un bateau sur le Danube jusqu'a l'abbaye de Melk. C'est un abbaye superbe qui a ete construit et qui appartient encore aux moines benedictins. Encore une fois, la vue ...
MELK ABBEY
... the monastery a valuable setting for the piece of the Cross of Christ they had received from the Babenbergs. The "Melk Cross" (1362) remains the monastery’s most valuable treasure. ...
Danube cycle path Grein to Melk
... potatoes, corn and apple orchards. By early afternoon we could see our destination in the distance, the towering abbey at Melk. Our limited instructions recommended taking the second "new" bridge ....over the powerhouse and soon we were in the small ...
Wanna a bike ride anyone?
... guided tour of Melk's Benedictine Abbey, one of the world's most famous monastic sites. Located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube, it hasthe rare distinction of surviving as an active Benedictine monastery continuously since ...
Melk Abbey
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 ...
Day 7
... of Vienna last week was kind enough to take some of the group on an excursion to Melk (http://www.planetware.com/austria/melk-a-n-melk.htm). Melk is about 100km (60ish miles for those of us who can't do metric!) west of Vienna. The main ...
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