Why this ride
From Innere Stadt it runs 289 km to Innere Stadt; allow about 3 h 33 of riding. On the way it passes Traismauer - Kastell Römertor, Ybbs - Kleinkastell and back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Historic Centre of Vienna and Ybbs - Kleinkastell
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 289 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 33
- 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. Historic Centre of Vienna
Vienna's historic centre has been rebuilt many times, but it never lost its sense of itself as the capital of an empire. The medieval city grew around the cathedral of St Stephen, whose patterned tile roof and soaring south tower have dominated the skyline since the fourteenth century, and later the Habsburgs added the Hofburg palace, the baroque palaces of the nobility and the grand squares. In the 1850s, the old city walls were pulled down and replaced by the Ringstrasse, a wide boulevard lined with the Opera, the Parliament, the university, the city hall and the museums, all in historic styles, which is itself a part of the listed ensemble.
Read the complete Historic Centre of Vienna write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Historic Centre of Vienna is where the day begins. Next is Traismauer - Kastell Römertor.
2. Traismauer - Kastell Römertor
A Roman gate still stands in Traismauer, a small town on the Traisen just before the river reaches the Danube, and cars and bicycles pass through it every day. The Römertor, as it is called, is one of the best preserved Roman gates in Austria, part of the fort of Augustianis, which guarded the Danube frontier, the Limes, here. The fort was modified and reused in later centuries, and towers and walls survive in the town's fabric. Since 2021, the Danube Limes has been a piece of the World Heritage property for the frontiers of the Roman Empire.
Read the complete Traismauer - Kastell Römertor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Traismauer - Kastell Römertor comes up about 74 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 144 km into the recorded legs you reach Ybbs - Kleinkastell. Next is back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor.
4. back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Traismauer - Kastell Römertor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor, late in the day. Next is Historic Centre of Vienna.
5. Historic Centre of Vienna
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic Centre of Vienna write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Historic Centre of Vienna. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Historic Centre of Vienna to Traismauer - Kastell Römertor
Historic Centre of Vienna → Traismauer - Kastell Römertor is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Traismauer - Kastell Römertor to Ybbs - Kleinkastell
Traismauer - Kastell Römertor → Ybbs - Kleinkastell is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ybbs - Kleinkastell to back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor
Ybbs - Kleinkastell → back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor is 71 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor to Historic Centre of Vienna
back through Traismauer - Kastell Römertor → Historic Centre of Vienna is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.