Bavaria · Germany
Where to stay in Passau
Passau is a city in Bavaria, Germany, home to about 54,000 people. This guide covers 2 aparthotels and 1 hotel in Passau, with about 47 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 3
- Best months
- September
- Nearest airport
- LNZ66 km · Linz-Hörsching Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Passau
Passau is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers"), as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.
Passau has a population of around 50,000, and an additional 8,000 when university is active. The city is situated at the point where the river Inn and the river Ilz meet the Danube (Donau), and therefore is often called the "Three River City" (Dreiflüssestadt). It is approx. 2,000 km (1,200 mi) upstream from the estuary of the Danube, at the Austrian border, and enjoys a small but thriving local tourist trade.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Passau
See
- Fortress Veste Oberhaus
- Glass Museum
- Mediaeval Pillory
- Old City Hall
- St. Michael's Church
- St. Stephen's Cathedral
- Three Rivers Confluence Point
- Mariahilf Monastery
Do
- Beer festival
- Danube Bike Path (EV6)
- Ilztalbahn
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Passau
3 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Holiday Inn - the niu, Flux Passau hotel | |
| Passau Angerstraße aparthotel | 25 |
| Passau Bahnhofstraße aparthotel | 22 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Passau
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Passau are September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 120 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Passau: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ), about 66 km from the city centre in a straight line; České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport (JCL, 82 km) and Salzburg Airport (SZG, 93 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Passau is a little spread out, but most places you will want to see are within walking distance, and buses run frequently (until 23:00) and are fairly cheap. On the other hand, if you walk 20 min from the city center in the right direction you are in Austria. You can catch taxis, but they can be a little pricey.
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LNZ · Linz-Hörsching Airport
JCL · České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport
SZG · Salzburg Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Passau
Eat
Passau has quite a lot of restaurants in the city and the competition means that you are unlikely to get a bad meal. You can regularly find some good deals (like pizza or pasta and a glass of wine for €5.50). It is, however, much more expensive than eating at home, so locals don't eat out every night. The breweries and pubs often serve food as well as beer. See the Drink section below.
Drink
Passau has 5 breweries. Every pub or restaurant seems to be associated with one of them. The beer is delicious and cheap. Like the rest of Germany, buying alcohol out is more expensive than buying it at the supermarket. Service has a big price tag here. The student pubs are almost as cheap as a supermarket, though. There are a few beer gardens in Passau, and a couple that pass the "real beer garden test". That being, you can bring your own food to them regardless of whether they sell food themselves or not.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Passau
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 3 places
of 3 places
Questions
Passau: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Passau?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Passau are September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 120 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Passau?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ), about 66 km from the city centre in a straight line; České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport (JCL, 82 km) and Salzburg Airport (SZG, 93 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Passau?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Passau
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.