Danube Cycle Path from Passau to Bratislava

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RIGHT BANK
PETRONELL TO BRATISLAVA
// ABOUT OLD ROMANS AND MODERN RESTAURANTS
Fans of the Middle Ages are enchanted by the chapel
of John the Baptist in Petronell, whose
romantic rotunda dates back to the Templars. The
Roman city of Carnuntum brings the ancient
world alive for you. In this internationally unique outdoor
museum, a city district has been built with reconstructed
versions of the main types of buildings
in historical context: a burgher home, a magnificent
city villa with furniture, in-floor heating, functioning
stove plus public thermal baths.
You also find the old Romans in the health resort
Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, not only in the
Carnuntinum Museum, which is the centerpiece
of the Roman town of Carnuntum with its Ancient
Roman statues, reliefs, mosaics, coins, weapons
and trinkets, but also at Therme Carnuntum, a
thermal springs resort where rheumatism has been
treated since Antiquity.
in town (Schlossberg), two hills dominate the landscape:
Hunsheimer Berg and Braunsberg. The last
one mentioned offers the best view of the Danube,
the Thebener Kogel (in Slovakia) with Devin Fortress
as well as of the nearby Bratislava, whose suburbs
you reach shortly after the national border near
Wolfsthal.
The Slovakian capital has plenty of sights in store for
you – as a fitting conclusion to your bicycle tour. They
include the four-tower castle, the city’s landmark,
or the Slovakian National Theatre, the historical
center with Hviezdoslavovo Namestie-Boulevard or
the new Danube bridge featuring a futuristically
designed restaurant (»UFO«) with a panoramic view.
Old city gates – Wienertor, Ungartor, Fischertor –
as well as the large castle ruins lend a medieval
charm to the city of Hainburg. Besides castle rock
Roman city Carnuntum © Steve Haider
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