{"id":85,"date":"2023-09-18T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T01:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:19:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T02:19:28","slug":"melk-durnstein-1-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/melk-durnstein-1-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Melk &#8211; D\u00fcrnstein Sights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>1 July<\/h2>\n<p>Situated within Austria\u2019s wine\u2013growing region, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melk<\/a> is home to an imposing 900\u2013year\u2013old <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melk_Abbey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benedictine Abbey<\/a>. It features Austria\u2019s finest Italian baroque architecture, ornate gold leaf walls, 640ft Imperial Corridor and fresco ceilings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4LSCiZPXxbY?si=FVQ1VsLWrJvAlp4S\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7522.jpg\" alt=\"Melk dock\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our dock in Melk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Having some free time, we explored the town before the bus trip to the abbey.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7530.jpg\" alt=\"melk\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Massive road works required a detour to get to the town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IWOZWPUynDY?si=4KV8HDfetzFdPnnd\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7537.jpg\" alt=\"Melk abbey dominates the town below\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The abbey dominates the town below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>11:45 &#8211; Bus to Melk Abbey. The bus ride was very brief, but if you get a chance, sit on the left of the bus with the camera ready, as there is a nice river view that you should grab on your camera.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7547.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to Melk Abbey\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance to Melk Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, the abbey is full of the overstated superlatives you can expect from a wealthy church. Hundreds of rooms, lots of gold and paintings.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7560.jpg\" alt=\"Melk exhibits\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Catholic motif<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7603.jpg\" alt=\"The church in Melk Abbey\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The church in Melk Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>13:15 &#8211; Back to the ship for a barbecue lunch.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7613.jpg\" alt=\"bbq\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbecue on another sunny day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>D\u00fcrnstein<\/h3>\n<p>15:00 &#8211; The ship sailed through the spectacular Wachau Valley and stopped at 16:30 at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D%C3%BCrnstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D\u00fcrnstein<\/a>, one of the most enchanting villages of the Wachau Valley wine region. This is the castle site where <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_I_of_England\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard the Lionheart<\/a> was imprisoned after returning from the Crusades in the 12th century.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7634.jpg\" alt=\"Durnstein\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The blue church in Durnstein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7639.jpg\" alt=\"D\u00fcrnstein\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">King Richard I was imprisoned in the castle at the top of the hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-EaBSV_B2g?si=iryBB3wygOzTkQAe\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>16:30 &#8211; There was a tasting session of various apricot products on board &#8211; chocolate, schnapps, liqueurs and jams by Wieser.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7652.jpg\" alt=\"apricot tasting\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sampling Wieser apricot chutney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>17:30 &#8211; 18:45 &#8211; Free time to discover Durnstein. There isn&#8217;t much to see in this town other than its short main street with a handful of shops closed at 6 p.m. We took a wrong turn and had to walk through a busy road tunnel before entering the town.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518192952im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_7660.jpg\" alt=\"Wieser\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wieser apricot specialists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>21:00 &#8211; Aussie Night &#8211; the passengers showed their talents &#8211; and most of the acts were great. As they say, a great time was had by all.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Day by day<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Days -11 to -15 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Days -4 to -10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/uk-12-18-june\/\">UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Days -1 to -3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/paris-escape-18-21-june\/\">Paris Extension<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 1 &amp; 2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/amsterdam-21-22-june\/\">Amsterdam<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/cologne-koblenz-23-june\/\">Cologne<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 4 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/rhine-gorge-rudesheim-24-june\/\">Rhine Gorge &#8211; Rudesheim<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 5 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/miltenberg-25-june\/\">Miltenberg &#8211; Wertheim<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wurzburg-26-june\/\">Wurzburg &#8211; Rothenburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 7 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/bamberg-27-june\/\">Bamberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/nuremberg-28-june\/\">Nuremberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 9 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/kelheim-regensburg-29-june\/\">Kelheim &#8211; Regensburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/passau-linz-30-june\/\">Passau &#8211; Salzburg &#8211; Linz<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 11 &#8211; Melk &#8211; Durnstein<\/li>\n<li>Day 12 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/vienna-2-july\/\">Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 13 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/bratislava-3-july\/\">Bratislava<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 14 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/budapest-4-july\/\">Budapest<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 15 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/budapest-cruise-end-5-july\/\">Homeward Bound<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 July Situated within Austria\u2019s wine\u2013growing region, Melk is home to an imposing 900\u2013year\u2013old Benedictine Abbey. It features Austria\u2019s finest Italian baroque architecture, ornate gold leaf walls, 640ft Imperial Corridor and fresco ceilings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austria","category-river_cruise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}