Why this ride
Out of Spitz, one way: 212 km, roughly 3 h 03 in the saddle. It crosses Austria, Czechia and Slovakia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Gesäuse National Park Weekend · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 212 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 03
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Photo stop near Spitz
Spitz stands at the western end of the Wachau, where the Danube bends and the valley opens out a little. It is a small town in name and in size, about thirteen hundred people, but it carries itself like a place that has always known its worth. Painted houses front the main street, a medieval gate called the Rotes Tor stands at one end, and above the town the ruin of the Hinterhaus castle looks down from a wooded crag.
Read the complete Photo stop near Spitz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Spitz is where the day begins. Next is Food stop near Čejkovice.
2. Food stop near Čejkovice
Planning note
Food stop near Čejkovice is where this day stops to eat. Next is Vienna / Eastern Alps.
3. Vienna / Eastern Alps
The border here is the Morava river, which runs through flat meadows and woods, and it forms part of the frontier of the Záhorie, a region of sandy plains and pine forests between the Small Carpathians and Moravia. Until 1993 this was not an international border at all, since Czechs and Slovaks lived in a single state, and the crossing is now invisible, a bridge and a sign.
Read the complete Skalica, on the way back 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 212 km.
Leg by leg
Photo stop near Spitz to Food stop near Čejkovice
Photo stop near Spitz → Food stop near Čejkovice is 176 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Čejkovice to Vienna / Eastern Alps
Food stop near Čejkovice → Vienna / Eastern Alps return is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.