Why this ride
341 km from Traismauer to Traismauer, about 4 h 51 of riding. The stops in between: Blashausgraben - Wachtturm, Ybbs - Kleinkastell, Wallsee - Kleinkastell and Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert and Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 341 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 51
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Wachau Danube Road
For about 40 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
- 40 km
- Named road
- Wachau Danube Road
Ybbs - Kleinkastell → Wallsee - Kleinkastell
The ride follows Ybbs - Kleinkastell → Wallsee - Kleinkastell for 42 km.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 42 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert
Traismauer is a small wine town on the south side of the Danube, just where the Traisen river comes down from the Alpine foothills to meet the big river, and it has been a fortified place for something like eighteen centuries. The Romans called their fort here Augustianis, one link in the chain of camps and watchtowers that guarded the frontier of the province of Noricum. In 2021 the Danube Limes was added to the UNESCO list, and Traismauer is one of the places where you can still see the old walls doing a job.
Read the complete Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert is where the day begins. Next is Blashausgraben - Wachtturm.
2. 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
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Planning note
Blashausgraben - Wachtturm comes up about 40 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
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Planning note
about 74 km into the recorded legs you reach Ybbs - Kleinkastell. Next is Wallsee - Kleinkastell.
4. 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
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Planning note
Wallsee - Kleinkastell, about halfway. Next is Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg.
5. 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
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Planning note
Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg sits at 156 km, about halfway. Next is back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell.
6. back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Wallsee - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell comes up about 228 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell.
7. back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ybbs - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 271 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell. Next is back through Blashausgraben - Wachtturm.
8. back through 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
back through Blashausgraben - Wachtturm, late in the day. Next is Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert.
9. Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert 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 341 km.
Leg by leg
Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert to Blashausgraben - Wachtturm
Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert → Blashausgraben - Wachtturm is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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 back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell
Linz - Befestigung Schlossberg → back through Wallsee - Kleinkastell is 57 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 back through Blashausgraben - Wachtturm
back through Ybbs - Kleinkastell → back through Blashausgraben - Wachtturm is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Blashausgraben - Wachtturm to Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert
back through Blashausgraben - Wachtturm → Traismauer - Kastell südwestlicher Fächert is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.