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Following in the footsteps of the Habsburgs

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau and Vienna, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes.

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Bratislava

Following in the footsteps of the Habsburgs

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau and Vienna, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes.

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Linz

Following in the footsteps of the Habsburgs

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau and Vienna, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes.

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Regensburg

Following in the footsteps of the Habsburgs

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau and Vienna, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes.

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Discover the Danube – Route of Emperors and Kings

‘The Danube – Route of Emperors and Kings’ is an international working group which includes ten tourism organisations and river cruise lines. These members work to promote their common European heritage and let visitors today travel in the footsteps of Marcus Aurelius, Frederick I, the Habsburgs and many others.

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The Danube - Music along the blue Danube

With his famous composition „On the beautiful, blue Danube“ Johann Strauss has left a piece of music with the highest popularity, giving the Danube an important focus as a lifeline of Central Europe. Every year on New Year’s Eve, the famous “Danube Waltz” has been ringing for over 150 years, making us dance into a happy new year.

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History along the Danube - The Romans conquer the Danube

The world empire of the Roman emperors is still present on the entire route of the holiday road. For more than 450 years, the Danube (Danubius) formed the northern border of the Roman Empire as the “Nasser” Limes.

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The Imperial Crypt in Vienna

The Master of Ceremonies at the gate of the Capuchin Monastery explains three times. Tweakly while together, why where you read only together. “A small, mortal man”, opens a Capuchin brother of the gate of the monastery and the coffin is laid to rest in the Imperial tomb.

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The Danube region

Royal journeys from Regensburg to Budapest, via Linz and Vienna

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau, Linz, Vienna and Bratislava, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes. This is where the history of Central Europe was written, and this history remains very much a part of life today. From Roman times onwards, kings and queens travelled on and along the Danube with their royal entourages. Over the centuries, this age-old route therefore came to be known as the ‘Route of Emperors and Kings’ – and it has lost none of its appeal to this day.

The German Danube

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The Upper Austrian Danube

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The Lower Austrian Danube

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Vienna

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The Slovakian Danube

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The Hungarian Danube

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