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2025
Lafnitz Valley Frontier Route
A warm, sunny spring hike into the Lafnitz Valley to an artistic Easter market in the moated castle of Burgau. Past golf courses and along the meandering Lafnitz.
Panorama Route Ybbs
A historic tour through the medieval old town of Ybbs with a visit to alpacas, horses and goats on the pastures at the foot of the Hengstberg.
2024
Hofarnsdorf - Rossatz
A Roman path takes me into the autumnal Kupfertal and further to the Dunkelsteinerwald with a stop at the Seekopf viewing tower. Downhill through the Steinige Ries.
Mühldorf – Spitz
An autumn hike up the Jauerling. Fantastic views of the Wachau and descent via the Hinterhaus Ruin to Spitz an der Donau.
Muehlberg Course
A short and steep mountainbike tour in the Strudengau. Perfect for a scenic detour of the Danube Cylce Path
Predigtstuhl Trail
From Sarmingstein to the Predigstuhl and afterwards via Nöchling into the Gloxwald to Einsiedlerstein and the quarry.
Small Erlauf Cycling Path
Between cow pastures 🐮 and factories 🔨 A journey by bike along the Small Erlauf. A tour report.
Spitz – Mühldorf
I enjoy the fantastic panorama of the Spitzer Graben across emerald-green vineyards and look for the green lizard. Stage four of the World Heritage Trail.
Kaiser Route
Rapid descents, strenuous climbs over rough granite, flat gravel sections along the Danube, travelling by mountain bike in the southern Waldviertel.
Emmersdorf – Melk
Hiking on the flat, eighth stage of the World Heritage Trail in the Wachau to Melk Abbey through the Danube wetlands and crossing the Danube at Melk hydroelectric power station.
Spitz – Aggsbach Markt
The apricot trees are in bloom! A wonderful hike through the gardens during the apricot blossom in the Wachau on the first stage of the Jauerling circuit.
Leiben – Maria Taferl: Death and Afterlife
Die zwölfte Etappe des Lebensweg befasst sich mit dem Leben nach dem Tod, dazu wird die Basilika Maria Taferl und die Gruft im Schloss Artstetten besucht.
2023
Autumnal Vogelbergsteig
Breathtaking, airy hike from Dürnstein via the Vogelbergsteig in autumnal splendour with a return via the Dürnstein ruins.
Mautern – Krems
A walk through the town. The short, 14th and final stage of the Wachau World Heritage Trail through the medieval towns of Krems, Stein and Mautern.
Krems – Dürnstein
The starting stage of the World Heritage Trail. Across autumnal vineyards, through the medieval old towns of Krems and Stein to Dürnstein. A wonderful start.
Aggsbach Dorf – Hofarnsdorf
Late autumn hike to the Christmas market at the Aggstein ruin, the Maria Langegg church and the Hoher Stein. One of the most beautiful tours in the Wachau.
Weißenkirchen – Spitz
Wow. A breathtaking hike on the third section of the World Heritage Trail. Autumnal forests and vineyards and magnificent panoramic views over the Danube valley.
Dürnstein – Weißenkirchen
The second stage of the Wachau World Heritage Trail takes me to the Dürnstein ruin and I enjoy the view of the Danube valley from the Dürnsteiner Kanzel.