The whole Danube river can be followed by bike – from the source in Donaueschingen in Germany to the end in the Black Sea on the boundary of Romania and Moldavia – where the delta in one large nature reserve. In 2012 we rode from Passau to Vienna, this time we extended the trip from Vienna to Budapest. In Hungary, according the booklet, the route along the river housed a lot of industry, heavy traffic and less nature, or we had to cross and follow the river on the northern bank, through Slowakia. Our route however, lead us through inland Hungary, on roads with little traffic – but with, at places, very bad surface conditions. Quite some difference in campsites: Very new, or ‘old-style’, dating from the communist years.
We parked our car in Vienna, at a campsite in the city, and in Budapest, we stayed at a camping site in the middle of living quarters; Returned the next day to Vienna to get the car; drove it to Budapest and we stayed a few days to walk around and visit a few interesting places. After that, we drove along the Balaton lake and ended up in a small city in the south, where we stayed a few days. But there wasn’t very much to see, and the weather became rainy so we returned home a few days earlier than expected – with an overnight stop in the South-East of Germany.
The route has been tracked and I took pictures during the route and in Budapest