The Waldviertel is the largest mountain biking region in Austria - the wide variety of routes covers a total of 2,000 km over hill and dale! One of the highlights is the demanding “Waldviertel granite trail” which starts in Gmünd and ends in Persenbeug. It is the perfect introduction for a tour of the Alps and, passing granite boulders and small streams on the way, takes the biker over a total distance of 150 km in three days. The difference in altitude amounts to 3,000 metres.

The landscape, hewn out of granite over millions of years to form the gentle hills characteristic of the Waldviertel, and the extensive forests to be found in this region hallmark this “beginners' section” of the Alps tour.

The granite trail begins on the border to the Czech Republic in the very north of Austria, crosses the entire Waldviertel on sometimes very isolated tracks and finishes at the River Danube after a steep descent.

For further information see www.mbike.at/mbike/wv