Why this ride
A 221 km round trip from Enns - roughly 3 h 03 in the saddle. On the way it passes Wallsee - Kastell, Ybbs - Kleinkastell, Blashausgraben - Wachtturm and back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Enns - St. Laurenz and Blashausgraben - Wachtturm
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 221 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Enns - St. Laurenz → Wallsee - Kastell
This part of the ride is 34 km of Enns - St. Laurenz → Wallsee - Kastell.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 34 km
Wachau Danube Road
For about 30 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
- 30 km
- Named road
- Wachau Danube Road
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Enns - St. Laurenz
Enns claims to be the oldest town in Austria, and it has the paperwork to prove it. The town received its city rights in 1212, and long before that, the Romans built a legionary fortress here named Lauriacum, one of the major bases on the Danube frontier. A civilian settlement, the canabae, grew up outside its walls, and the church of St Laurenz stands on part of that ground, with a basilica that has Roman-era origins and layers of medieval rebuilding.
Read the complete Enns - St. Laurenz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Enns - St. Laurenz is where the day begins. Next is Wallsee - Kastell.
2. 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 comes up about 34 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ybbs - Kleinkastell.
3. 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
about 77 km into the recorded legs you reach Ybbs - Kleinkastell. Next is Blashausgraben - Wachtturm.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell.
5. 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 sits at 130 km, about halfway. Next is back through Wallsee - Kastell.
6. back through Wallsee - Kastell
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Wallsee - Kastell comes up about 188 km into the recorded legs. Next is Enns - St. Laurenz, 32 km on.
7. Enns - St. Laurenz
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Enns - St. Laurenz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Enns - St. Laurenz closes the day.
Leg by leg
Enns - St. Laurenz to Wallsee - Kastell
Enns - St. Laurenz → Wallsee - Kastell is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wallsee - Kastell to Ybbs - Kleinkastell
Wallsee - Kastell → Ybbs - Kleinkastell is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ybbs - Kleinkastell to Blashausgraben - Wachtturm
Ybbs - Kleinkastell → Blashausgraben - Wachtturm is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Blashausgraben - Wachtturm to back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell
Blashausgraben - Wachtturm → back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell to back through Wallsee - Kastell
back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell → back through Wallsee - Kastell is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Wallsee - Kastell to Enns - St. Laurenz
back through Wallsee - Kastell → Enns - St. Laurenz is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.