Danube Cycle Route Stage 7 South Bank: Klosterneuburg - Petronell

You should spare some time for a guided tour of Stift Klosterneuburg, which was founded in the 12th century. At least to take a look at the abbey's treasure chamber or the four-storey cellars of Austria's oldest winery. The Klosterneuburg Opera House is also worth a visit. Vienna is just a stone's throw away from the monastery.

If you don't want to cycle around the Danube metropolis via the north bridge, you will soon reach the so-called "Danube Canal" on the south bank, which will take you directly into the old town. Once you have freshened up in the cyclists' hotel of your choice (see also www.wien.info), nothing stands in the way of an extensive tour of the city.

Schönbrunn Palace with its palace, zoo, palace park and Gloriette, Vienna's old town with St. Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg Palace (Imperial Apartments, Sisi Museum, Treasury, Spanish Riding School), Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Albertina Graphic Arts Collection and the MuseumsQuartier await you. Belvedere Palace, the Prater with the Giant Ferris Wheel, Art Nouveau, coffee houses and winetaverns also await you ...

If you leave the city on the north bank, you will reach the Lobau - part of the Donau-Auen National Park. This unique habitat for beavers, kingfishers and even white-tailed eagles is one of the largest intact floodplain landscapes in Central Europe. You can find out more at Orth Castle, which you reach soon after Schönau. This pretty moated castle is home to the schlossORTH National Park Center (exhibition, excursions, boat tours and museumORTH with a local history museum well worth seeing). On the castle island you will find the Au adventure area including an underwater observation station.

After a ferry ride across the Danube, you will reach Petronell-Carnuntum. Shortly before you reach the municipality, you will pass Austria's largest Roman monument and landmark of the region, the Heidentor, the remains of a 4th century throne monument. The Roman town of Carnuntum with its faithfully reconstructed Roman quarter is particularly worth seeing. city quarter.

Klosterneuburg - Vienna - Schönau - Haslau - Scharndorf - Petronell-Carnuntum

Route description:

You start your route in Klosterneuburg and follow Donaustraße to the Nordbrücke. Here you change the riverbank and enjoy the beautiful Vienna riverside promenade. In between, you stop at one of the cozy Viennese cafés and enjoy a melange with a piece of Sacher Torte. 

At the central tank depot in the Lobau, turn left and ride along Lobgrundstraße through a long right curve. Then it goes straight for a short distance, still along Lobgrundstraße, until you turn left at the second right curve. You leave the nearby Danube bank and travel through the unspoiled Donau-Auen until you see a bridge on your left to cross over.

Shortly before Schönau, the path branches off to the east. After about seven kilometers, you reach a small industrial area. Here, you continue south. Alternatively, you have the option to turn left here to visit the picturesque Orth Castle. The castle is open almost year-round and offers guided hikes through the Donau-Auen. You cross with the ferry, leave the Danube bank, and pass through Haslau. 

After a short time, you reach B9, along whose south side a cycle path runs, which you follow for about four kilometers. This takes you southward to Scharndorf and from there further east. You pass the remains of the Heidentor and finally reach Petronell-Carnuntum. The market town has its secondary name due to a Roman fortress located nearby, whose ruins can be visited in the local Roman district (open-air museum).

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