CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Guntramsdorf it runs 890 km to Petronell-Carnuntum; allow about 14 h 15 of riding. The stops in between: Purkersdorf, Scenic stretch near Tulln and in Großmugl. The climbs: near Heiligenkreuz and near Sopron. It crosses Austria, Czechia and Hungary - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. Long stretches are under trees.
50 km on Czech South Moravian Wine Route.
Salzkammergut Long Day is where the day begins. Next is High point near Heiligenkreuz.
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Salzkammergut Long Day checkpoint 8.
Purkersdorf sits at the eastern edge of the Wienerwald, where the Vienna Woods roll down into the city, and it is the last stop before the motorway delivers you back to Vienna. The town follows the narrow valley of the Wien river, and the hills around are covered with beech forest, meadows and small villages, a landscape of gentle curves and green shade.
Read the complete Near Purkersdorf write-up.
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The route ends here after 822 km. Next is Scenic stretch near Tulln.
Scenic stretch near Tulln, early in the day. Next is Photo stop in Großmugl.
Photo stop in Großmugl sits at 219 km, early in the day. Next is Vienna / Eastern Alps return.
Vienna / Eastern Alps return comes up about 217 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Hainburg an der Donau.
A break here. Next is Back to Salzkammergut.
This is the heart of the Thermenlinie, the line of hot springs and vineyards that runs south from Vienna along the foot of the hills, and the sunny south-east slopes grow two local white grapes found almost nowhere else, Zierfandler and Rotgipfler. Together they make a heavy, aromatic wine that has been prized since the Habsburg court. In the village centre, a Renaissance castle and a baroque church stand among the half-timbered houses.
Read the complete Salzkammergut write-up.
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Finish at Back to Salzkammergut. That is the ride. Next is Neusiedler See Easy Scenic.
Marcus Aurelius is said to have written part of his Meditations at Carnuntum, while campaigning against the Germanic tribes across the Danube in the second century. The city was then the capital of the Roman province of Upper Pannonia, a sprawling legionary fortress and civilian town of tens of thousands of people on the frontier of the empire. Today, the village of Petronell-Carnuntum sits on part of the site, and the archaeological park has reconstructed a Roman quarter with houses, baths and streets, built using ancient techniques, a remarkable way to imagine life on the frontier.
Read the complete Fuel stop in Petronell-Carnuntum write-up.
South Moravia is the warmest corner of the Czech Republic, and in summer the plains around Hustopeče shimmer in the heat, the vineyards and orchards dusty under a hard blue sky. The point lies near Šakvice, close to the Nové Mlýny reservoirs, a chain of three large artificial lakes on the Dyje river, and on the way back to Vienna it is a natural place to cool off in the water.
Read the complete Near Hustopeče, on the way back write-up.
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Vienna / Eastern Alps return comes up about 465 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Hodonice.
Hodonice lies in the vineyards and fields just east of Znojmo, in the southernmost corner of Moravia, a few kilometres from the Austrian border. The village is small and quiet, with a church and rows of houses, but the surrounding landscape is one of the most famous wine regions of the Czech Republic. The Znojmo area produces crisp white wines, and the cellars in the villages are often open for tasting.
Read the complete Food stop near Hodonice write-up.
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A break here. Next is Photo stop near Wilhelmsburg.
Porcelain with a lily trademark was once found in almost every Austrian kitchen, and much of it came from Wilhelmsburg, a small industrial town in the Traisen valley south of St. Pölten. The Lilien porcelain works were famous for their simple, practical designs, and the town has a museum devoted to the history of ceramics. Today, Wilhelmsburg is a quiet place, with a church and old factory buildings, set in a valley of meadows and forests.
Read the complete Photo stop near Wilhelmsburg write-up.
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Photo stop near Wilhelmsburg, late in the day. Next is Neusiedler See Easy Scenic checkpoint 8.
Perchtoldsdorf lies on the very edge of Vienna, where the city's southern suburbs meet the first hills of the Vienna Woods, and it has the relaxed atmosphere of a wine village rather than a suburb. The hills behind the town are covered in vineyards, and the old streets are lined with Heurigen, the traditional wine taverns where producers serve their own new wine with simple cold food. When a Heuriger is open, it hangs a bunch of pine branches over the door, a sign that has been used for centuries.
Read the complete Near Perchtoldsdorf write-up.
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Neusiedler See Easy Scenic checkpoint 8 closes the day. Next is Scenic stretch in Bad Sauerbrunn.
Bad Sauerbrunn is named after its acidic mineral spring, which has been used for healing since the nineteenth century, and it remains one of the smaller spa towns of Austria. It lies in northern Burgenland, at the foot of the Rosalia hills, a wooded range that marks the border between Lower Austria and Burgenland. The town is quiet and green, with villas, parks and a spa centre, and it has an air of gentle relaxation.
Read the complete Scenic stretch in Bad Sauerbrunn write-up.
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Scenic stretch in Bad Sauerbrunn comes up about 798 km into the recorded legs. Next is High point near Sopron.
Sopron calls itself the most loyal town, Civitas Fidelissima, because in 1921, when the region was being handed from Hungary to Austria after the First World War, its people voted in a plebiscite to remain Hungarian. The town became a Hungarian peninsula reaching into Austria, and its medieval centre, with the Firewatch Tower rising above the old walls, is one of the best-preserved in the country. The tower offers sweeping views over the rooftops and the surrounding hills.
Read the complete High point near Sopron write-up.
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High point near Sopron tops the climb. Next is Back to Neusiedler See.
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Despite the label, you are not on the lake. This point lies on the right bank of the Danube, about thirty kilometres east of Vienna, in Petronell-Carnuntum, and the lake is a good half hour's ride further south. What you have instead is something that most riders miss: the ruins of Carnuntum, once the capital of the Roman province of Upper Pannonia and a military base of the Danube frontier. In its time it held a legionary fortress, an amphitheatre and a city of tens of thousands, and several emperors passed through. Marcus Aurelius is said to have written part of his Meditations while on campaign here.
Read the complete Neusiedler See write-up.
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Back to Neusiedler See closes the day.
Fuel stop near Guntramsdorf → High point near Heiligenkreuz is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Heiligenkreuz → Near Purkersdorf is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Scenic stretch near Tulln → Photo stop in Großmugl is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Photo stop in Großmugl → Near Hainburg an der Donau, on the way back is 78 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Hainburg an der Donau → Back to Salzkammergut is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Back to Salzkammergut → Fuel stop in Petronell-Carnuntum is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fuel stop in Petronell-Carnuntum → Near Hustopeče, on the way back is 109 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Hodonice → Photo stop near Wilhelmsburg is 137 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Photo stop near Wilhelmsburg → Perchtoldsdorf is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Scenic stretch in Bad Sauerbrunn → High point near Sopron is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Sopron → Back to Neusiedler See is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.