growing wellness trend and persuade younger and more active people to try a river cruise. On this Danube cruise from Budapest to Vilshofen, a walking tour in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava took us to a fortress some 144 steps and a gentle incline above town. So far, fairly easy. Not so in


Durnstein, where a challenging uphill climb leads to a ruined castle where Richard the Lionheart was held captive some 850 years ago while he was on his way back from the crusades. Storyboards (in English) along the way explain what happened, and are a great excuse to stop for a breather. For those keen on pedal power,


there are guided bike tours along the river from Vienna and around Linz, and a 20-mile ride from Weissenkirchen to Melk that’s mostly flat apart from one fiendish uphill stretch. How often have your clients


told you river cruising is only for old people? It’s time to tell them to get with the times. Book it: From £2,733 per person cruise-only for a seven-night Melodies of the Danube cruise from Budapest to Vilshofen on AmaLea, sailing on April 26. amawaterways.co.uk


Z ART


Amid all those perfect baroque cupolas in Vienna, there is an eye-catching, slightly misshapen golden dome made from 2,500 gilded laurel leaves atop a white building. It’s called Secession, after a


movement co-founded in 1897 by the Viennese artist Gustav Klimt in protest against the trend, then prevalent in the city, for building in neoclassical and neo-Renaissance styles. Vienna is known for its music,


ornate palaces and coffee houses, but I was in the town on


In Durnstein, a climb leads to castle ruins where Richard the Lionheart was held captive 850 years ago


Danube


LEFT: Castle ruins, Durnstein


RIGHT: Leopold Museum, Vienna


day three of a river cruise along the Danube with Titan Travel to check out its credentials as a city of art.


It might not be up there with the Louvre in Paris or Hermitage in St Petersburg, but its museums and palaces are packed with masterpieces by Klimt, his protégé and fellow


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