Why this ride
A 372 km round trip from Aggsbach - roughly 5 h 03 in the saddle. On the way it passes Ybbs - Kleinkastell, Wallsee - Kleinkastell, Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg and Wallsee - Kastell. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Blashausgraben - Wachtturm and Wallsee - Kastell
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 372 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 03
- 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
For about 34 km this is Wachau Danube Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it — expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 34 km
- Named road
- Wachau Danube Road
Ybbs - Kleinkastell → Wallsee - Kleinkastell
This part of the ride is 42 km of Ybbs - Kleinkastell → Wallsee - Kleinkastell.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 42 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Blashausgraben - Wachtturm
The Wachau is the most beautiful stretch of the Danube in Austria, a narrow valley between Melk and Krems where the river winds between steep hills covered in vineyards and forest, with castles, abbeys and villages on its banks. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site in its own right. Near the village of Aggsbach, on the southern bank, a small Roman watchtower stood in the Blashausgraben, a side valley, as part of the Danube frontier of the Roman Empire.
Read the complete Blashausgraben - Wachtturm write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Blashausgraben - Wachtturm is where the day begins. Next is Ybbs - Kleinkastell.
2. Ybbs - Kleinkastell
Ybbs an der Donau and Persenbeug face each other across the Danube in Lower Austria, connected by a hydroelectric dam that was one of the first built on the Austrian Danube after the war. Persenbeug is dominated by its castle, perched on a rock above the river, which belonged to the Habsburgs and was the birthplace of Emperor Charles I, the last emperor of Austria-Hungary. On the Ybbs side, the remains of a small Roman fort have been found, part of the Danube frontier of the Roman Empire.
Read the complete Ybbs - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ybbs - Kleinkastell comes up about 34 km into the recorded legs. Next is Wallsee - Kleinkastell.
3. Wallsee - Kleinkastell
Wallsee is the kind of Danube town you only notice if you slow down: a market square, a big castle on a rock above the river, and a long, quiet waterfront where the cycle path runs past willows and moored boats. Beneath the streets lie the remains of a small Roman fort, one of the posts that lined the river frontier of the province of Noricum, and archaeologists have also traced a larger fort nearby. Both are part of the Danube Limes World Heritage listing inscribed in 2021, though above ground the medieval and Baroque town has long since taken over.
Read the complete Wallsee - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 76 km into the recorded legs you reach Wallsee - Kleinkastell. Next is Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg.
4. Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg
Linz is a city that has reinvented itself. For much of the twentieth century it was known mainly for its steelworks and its uncomfortable links with the Nazi period; today it markets itself as a city of culture and technology, with the Ars Electronica centre glowing on the Danube bank at night, the Lentos art museum opposite, and a lively music scene. The Schlossberg, the castle hill above the old town, is where it all began: the Romans had a fort here called Lentia, part of the Danube frontier of the empire, and the Danube Limes is now on the World Heritage list. The castle that stands there now dates largely from the Renaissance, built for Emperor Frederick III, who spent his last years in Linz and died here in 1493. It houses a branch of the Upper Austrian state museum.
Read the complete Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg, about halfway. Next is Wallsee - Kastell.
5. Wallsee - Kastell
Wallsee is one of those Danube villages that people cycle through on the long riverside path without guessing how much history sits under their tyres. A castle rises on a rock above the river, and beneath and around the village lie the remains of a Roman fort that guarded this stretch of the Danube frontier. It is part of the Danube Limes World Heritage Site, inscribed in 2021, which follows the river from Bavaria through Austria to Slovakia, a line of forts, watchtowers and towns that held the northern edge of the empire for centuries.
Read the complete Wallsee - Kastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Wallsee - Kastell sits at 168 km, about halfway. Next is back through Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg.
6. back through Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg comes up about 242 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell.
7. back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Wallsee - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 298 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell. Next is back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell.
8. back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ybbs - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell, late in the day. Next is Blashausgraben - Wachtturm.
9. Blashausgraben - Wachtturm
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Blashausgraben - Wachtturm write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 372 km.
Leg by leg
Blashausgraben - Wachtturm to Ybbs - Kleinkastell
Blashausgraben - Wachtturm → Ybbs - Kleinkastell is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ybbs - Kleinkastell to Wallsee - Kleinkastell
Ybbs - Kleinkastell → Wallsee - Kleinkastell is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wallsee - Kleinkastell to Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg
Wallsee - Kleinkastell → Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg to Wallsee - Kastell
Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg → Wallsee - Kastell is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wallsee - Kastell to back through Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg
Wallsee - Kastell → back through Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg to back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell
back through Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg → back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell to back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell
back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell → back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell to Blashausgraben - Wachtturm
back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell → Blashausgraben - Wachtturm is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.