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Experience a Benedictine abbey overlooking the splendid Wachau Valley and enjoy dinner with a wine tasting. Göttweig Abbey is home to a community of Benedictine monks that was founded in 1083. Your local guide will take you on a tour of the centuries-old abbey and give you insights into the daily life of the monks community. Learn about its 900-year history as a center of religious life and admire the heavenly ceiling fresco above the Imperial Staircase. Afterward, enjoy free time to explore the abbey´s museum, the grand imperial apartments, the gift shop and the panoramic terrace with its views of the scenic Wachau Valley. Or, you may choose to step outside to take in the panoramic view of the Austrian countryside from the terrace. After dinner, you will have the privilege of receiving a unique Viking traveler blessing from a monk of Göttweig Abbey, before rejoining your awaiting ship.
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