Europe : Danube
Danube
The Danube basin in Europe extends almost 3000 km from the Alps in Germany and Austria to the Danube Delta and the Black Sea coast of Romania. Covering over 800,000 square kilometres, this region of Europe is the land surrounding the Danube River, its tributaries and flood plains.
Regions
Cities
- Donaueschingen
- Passau
- Bratislava
- Budapest - actually two cities with Danube River between them
- Belgrade
- Bucharest
- Tulcea
Other destinations
Understand
Dominated and both divided and united by the Danube River, the second longest river in Europe, the surrounding lands that form the Danube basin are steeped in history, with evidence that parts of it have been settled since the 5th millennium BC.
Talk
Get in
Get around
See
Itineraries
Do
The Danube Cycle touring path runs the from its source (Donaushinigen) to Budapest and is fully completeable within 3 weeks
Eat
Drink
Stay safe
Get out
This page was last edited at 21:36, on 20 August 2008 by Wikitravel user Domus83. Based on work by Wikitravel user(s) Episteme and Huttite and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.