Passau
THREE RIVERS FROM THREE DIREcTIONS
- City at the confluence of three rivers: Danube, Inn and Ilz
- Brilliant baroque Old Town
- Enchanting flagships of the Baroque period, especially St. Stephen‘s Cathedral
- Largest cathedral organ in the world
- Veste Oberhaus - view of the city and the confluence of the three rivers
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Category | About | Place |
River Danube by ship | The three-river city of Passau | Passau |
Special activity | Make your own pralines | Patisserie Simon |
Extraordinary hotel | Spend the night in empress Sissi's bed and King Ludwig's wedding bed | Hotel Wilder Mann |
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The Three-River City
- Passau is also called „The Three-River-City“, because of the confluence of the rivers Danube, Inn and Ilz
- Discover the historic old town of Passau by ship from different rivers on the „Three-Rivers-City-Tour“, 45 minutes, departing every 30 minutes depending on the season
- Further boat trips to neighboring Austria, e.g. to the Englhartszell monastery or to Linz are also possible
Open SUNliner in front of Passau Cathedral – © Donauschifffahrt Wurm & Noé
Patisserie Simon
- Traditional coffee house with home-made chocolates in the historical old town of Passau
- Tourist groups can learn how pralines are made and make their own pralines in a 45-minute seminar
Passau Confiserie Simon – © Stephan Moder
Hotel Wilder Mann
- The Hotel Wilder Mann in the center of Passau forms a building complex with the Glass Museum Passau
- Its collection of 30.000 glasses offers the world‘s largest collection of European crystal
- In the hotel, guests can sleep in a bed that Empress Sissi has already slept in, as well as in the wedding bed of King Ludwig II.
- After completing a major renovation, the hotel was reopened in 1985 in presence of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
Room number 422 with Empress Elisabeth's bedroom suite – © Hotel Wilder Mann