Danube Cycle Path 2020

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RIGHT BANK
LINZ TO ARDAGGER
// A CULTURAL BREAK IN THE SHADOWS OF THE CITY TOWER
The Old Town with its Main Square and the
»Landstraße«, the Castle Museum, the Botanical
Garden, the Music Theatre at the »Volksgarten«,
the Lentos Museum, the Ars Electronica
Centre, the Pöstlingberg Experience
– there is so much to visit in Linz… If leaving is
difficult for you, comfort yourself with the thought
that this stage is going to have a »cultural (inte)rest«
for you in Enns.
Before that you share the way with the north trail of
the Danube Cycle Path until you reach Steyregg.
After you crossed the river to the south bank by
the power station Abwinden-Asten, you have two
promising possibilities for a side trip: One leads you
to the beautiful choir monastery St.Florian with
its world famous Bruckner – organ and the Altdorfer
altar. The other possibility (near Enghangen) leads
you to Enns: This little city is full of history and is
one of Austria’s oldest cities, whose guided tours
are a perfect way of discovering every part of the
city. The remains of the old city fortification, the
60 meter high city tower built in the age of the
reformation (16th century) and the baroque and
renaissance houses on the main square enchant
even-handedly. And maybe you can even pay a
short visit to the Roman Museum and the Castle
Ennsegg.
Shortly after Enns, you reach the lower Austrian
»Mostviertel« (= cider district), thus you will find
inns offering this special cider - a perfect opportunity
for a break. Once you reached Wallsee, you
are invited to look at another Roman Museum
which is showing how long the history of this region
really is. An eventful history, in which the Castle
Wallsee, once inhabited by the Habsburger- archduke
Franz Salvator, was playing an important
role. Until you reach Ardagger, the destination of
this stage, the Mostviertel is showing you its most
beautiful side.
Danube Cycle Path in Grein
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