Why this ride
From Baden it runs 275 km to Baden; allow about 3 h 45 of riding. The stops in between: Zwentendorf - Kastell, Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad and back through Zwentendorf - Kastell. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Baden bei Wien and Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad · 275 km from Baden
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 275 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 45
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Wachau Danube Road
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 70 km this is Wachau Danube Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 70 km
- Named road
- Wachau Danube Road
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Baden bei Wien
The Romans already knew about the hot sulphur springs at Baden, just south of Vienna, but it was in the early nineteenth century that the town became the summer playground of the Habsburg court. Emperor Franz I spent his summers here, and the aristocracy and the wealthy bourgeoisie followed, building elegant villas, parks and bathhouses in the Biedermeier style. Beethoven came to take the waters too, staying many times and working on his Ninth Symphony in a house that is now a museum. In 2021, Baden was listed by UNESCO as one of the Great Spa Towns of Europe, alongside Bath, Baden-Baden, Karlovy Vary and others.
Read the complete Baden bei Wien write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Baden bei Wien is where the day begins. Next is Zwentendorf - Kastell.
2. Zwentendorf - Kastell
The Danube flows broad and brown past Zwentendorf, a quiet village on the Tullnerfeld plain west of Vienna, and for once the most famous building in the area is not the oldest one. Zwentendorf is where Austria built a nuclear power station in the 1970s and then, after a national referendum in 1978, decided never to switch it on. The plant still stands by the river, complete and unused, now a training site and a curiosity.
Read the complete Zwentendorf - Kastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Zwentendorf - Kastell comes up about 68 km into the recorded legs. Next is Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad.
3. Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad
Pöchlarn is a small town on the south bank of the Danube, a few kilometres upstream from Melk, where the river is broad and slow and the Wachau valley is about to begin. The Romans called it Arelape and kept a fort here on the frontier of the empire, with a civilian settlement, the vicus, and a bathhouse for the garrison. Not much is visible above ground, but the town is part of the Danube Limes World Heritage site, which traces that long line of forts and watchtowers through Austria.
Read the complete Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 138 km into the recorded legs you reach Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad. Next is back through Zwentendorf - Kastell.
4. back through Zwentendorf - Kastell
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zwentendorf - Kastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Zwentendorf - Kastell, late in the day. Next is Baden bei Wien.
5. Baden bei Wien
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Baden bei Wien write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Baden bei Wien. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Baden bei Wien to Zwentendorf - Kastell
Baden bei Wien → Zwentendorf - Kastell is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zwentendorf - Kastell to Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad
Zwentendorf - Kastell → Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad to back through Zwentendorf - Kastell
Pöchlarn - Vicus und Kastellbad → back through Zwentendorf - Kastell is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Zwentendorf - Kastell to Baden bei Wien
back through Zwentendorf - Kastell → Baden bei Wien is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.