{"id":36840,"date":"2019-04-14T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T19:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/?p=36840"},"modified":"2019-04-14T15:53:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T19:53:53","slug":"amaviola-active-excursions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/2019\/04\/amaviola-active-excursions\/","title":{"rendered":"AmaViola, Active Excursions In Passau And Durnstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent my second day aboard AmaViola in Passau, where I signed up for a bike tour. One thing that I love about river cruising is the option to be active – and it seems like most people on this sailing would have agreed with me.<\/p>\n

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A few of my fellow passengers and I enjoyed a bike tour in Passau.<\/p><\/div>\n

The sailing was a bit of an anomaly because many of the guests were young – meaning that more than 50 percent appeared to be in their 40s, 50s, and early 60s. That was fine with me. I do not necessarily prefer certain age groups to others. It is always more about people\u2019s mindsets and spirits than it is their demographic.<\/p>\n

Having a group of young people on this trip did change the feel of the cruise, though. In this case, there were more people who signed up for active excursions than other types of excursions. I was curious to see how the active excursions were executed. Were they genuinely active? What skill level is needed to participate in a guided bike tour or hike? How fit do you have to be to enjoy AmaWaterways’ active excursions? With those questions in mind, I signed up for my first active excursion, a bike tour in Passau.<\/p>\n

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Although advised not to take out our phones while biking, I was confident in my selfie taking abilities. \u00a9 2019 Britton Frost<\/p><\/div>\n

There is no one size fits all excursion – and even within the same excursion, people are going to take in different sites and pace themselves differently. Active excursions are no different. These excursions come in the form of bikes or hikes, and I will tell you that as long as you know how to either hike or bike, you will be fine.<\/p>\n

My bike tour in Passau was a little bit slow for me in the beginning. It seemed like many people that signed up for the tour didn’t have a lot of confidence on bikes, or that maybe it was something that they hadn’t done in a while. As we progressed, our pace picked up, and half of our group even sped up to take a quicker ride while the slower riders stayed behind.<\/p>\n

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There were plenty of opportunities to stop for water, or to take photos. \u00a9 2019 Britton Frost<\/p><\/div>\n

On each AmaWaterways bike tour, there are at least two guides. One in the front and one in the back. This allows\u00a0passengers to stop and take photos while they bike, or to take things slowly when biking harder parts of the path. This is why I say that as long as you know how to bike, you should be okay. You can stop to catch your breath if you need to.<\/p>\n

The only thing to be wary of, though, is the distance. The bike tour I did was 13 miles, and there was a longer one another day that was 20. If you think that stamina is going to be an issue, you may be better off doing a walking tour.<\/p>\n

I would highly recommend doing the bike tour, though, if you are able. Especially in Passau. We did half the tour in Germany, and the other half in Austria, as Passau is near the Austrian border. A cool story to tell your friends back home.<\/p>\n

Here is a quick timelapse of our bike tour:<\/p>\n