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Cycling in the Waldviertel
Pictures:© Waldviertel Tourismus/Reinhard Mandl
Waldviertel Tour
The Waldviertel tour crosses the entire Waldviertel in a wide arch taking in the most attractive sites on the way.

Length: 261 km
Start: Krems an der Donau
Finish: Klein Pöchlarn
Road status: tarmac country roads
Signposting: signposted throughout, in both directions
Tip: 3-4 day tour, only suitable for children in parts

Waldviertel Uplands Tour
The Waldviertel uplands tour takes the biker to the easternmost edge of the Weinsberg Forest. One section runs right through the middle of the Weinsberg Forest.

Length: 68½ km
Start: Kottes
Finish: Kottes
Road status: tarmac country roads
Signposting: well signposted
Tip: 1-2 day tour, only suitable for children in parts due to several steep gradients.
Around Litschau
This tour, which takes the cyclist through woods and past numerous secluded fishing lakes in the surrounding of the northernmost town in Austria, can be comfortably completed in one day.

Length: 33½ km
Start: Litschau
Finish: Litschau
Road status: quiet country tarmac roads; one short section on unsurfaced forest tracks
Signposting: signposted “Waldviertel-Radweg” as far as Leopoldsdorf only; thereafter no signposting
Tip: Day tour; ideal for children due to lack of gradient.
Pictures:© Otto Böhm & Waldviertel Tourismus/Robert Herbst
The Waldviertel Railway Tour

Details:
Height above sea-level: approx. 260 m
Length: Groß Gerungs - Weitra (26 km)
Groß Gerungs - Gmünd (42 km)

The tour is signposted from Groß Gerungs to Gmünd and almost exclusively uses quiet country tarmac roads and dirt tracks making it particularly attractive for families with children and hobby cyclists. It is possible to end the tour at any station between Gmünd and the “Fassldorf” (barrel village).

Route description
After leaving from either Groß Gerungs or Langschlag, the trail gently climbs up through the typical Waldviertel landscape to the European watershed which you cross at Nonndorf. From here the trail descends into the Lainsitz Valley. Just before you reach the station at Steinbach you will meet up the cyclists who started the tour in Bad Großpertholz.
The trail takes you alongside the railway line in the direction of St. Martin where you leave the railway to your right to continue through the Lainsitz Valley. After a short ascent in Schützenberg you cross the main road from where you can already see the ancient Kuenring town of Weitra. The route takes you across the lovely main square of Weitra, past the former textile factory, to “Unserfrau-Altweitra” church and back to the sweeping fields and meadows of the Lainsitz Valley, past Unterlembach, Wielands and Ehrendorf and on to Gmünd, the starting point of the Waldviertel narrow gauge railway.
Monastery Tour
This tour links the monasteries of Geras, Pernegg and Altenburg, the three cultural highlights of this one-day tour.

Length: 28½ km
Start: Geras Monastery
Finish: Altenburg Monastery
Road status: tarmac country roads for the most part
Signposting: signposted throughout in both directions
Tip: one-day trip, suitable for children; links up with the Waldviertel Tour in Horn and with the Kamp Valley Tour in Altenburg
Thaya Valley Tour
This tour takes the cyclist through the entire northern part of the Waldviertel. It starts at the source of the River Thaya and passes impressive fortifications, castles and sites of natural beauty such as the Thaya Valley Nature Park on the way.

Length: 165½ km
Start: Zwettl
Finish: Retz:
Road status: tarmac country roads and smaller side roads
Signposting: signposted throughout in both directions
Tip: can also be started in Schweiggers; 2 to 3-day tour, suitable for children
Pictures:© Waldviertel Tourismus/Reinhard Mandl
Kamptal Tour

This route takes the cyclist alongside the River Kamp on its way through the Waldviertel to where it flows into the Danube.

Length: 115½ km
Start: Altenwörth
Finish: Zwettl
Road status: tarmac country roads; dedicated cycle route, tarmac for the most part
Signposting: signposted throughout in both directions
Tip: can also be started in Krems an der Donau; 2 to 3-day tour, suitable in parts for children; steep descent around Krumau; links up with the Thaya Valley Tour in Zwettl in the direction of Schweiggers, and in the direction of Rapppottenstein, with the Waldviertel Tour.

Prehistoric Tour
This route traces the geology of the earth and crosses the “Manhartsberg” on its way from Horn to the wine town of Langenlois in the southern Kamp Valley.

Length: 66 km
Start: Horn
Finish: Langenlois
Road status: small tarmac country roads and dirt tracks for the most part; short sections on unsurfaced tracks through fields and woods
Signposting: well signposted in both directions
Tip: one-day tour; suitable for children if you avoid the steep ascent to Rodingersdorf by taking the train from Horn to Sigmundsherberg.
Through the Weinsberg Forest
The gradients of this demanding route are rewarded by wonderful views across the rolling hills of the Waldviertel.

Length: 132½ km
Start and finish: Altenmarkt/Ysper
Road status: tarmac country roads
Signposting: well signposted
Tip: 2 to 3-day tour, suitable only to a limited extent for children due to its considerable gradient in parts; the Ysper Tour directly links the Danube Valley with the Weinsberg Forest.
Krems Valley Tour
This tour takes the cyclist from the historical wine town of Krems up to Kottes on the plateau. In Els you can make a round trip via Albrechtsberg and back to Krems.

Length: 72½ km
Start: Krems an der Donau
Finish: Kottes or Krems an der Donau
Road status: small tarmac country roads
Signposting: well signposted in both directions
Tip: one-day tour; suitable for children; in Kottes links up with the Waldviertel Uplands Tour


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