Hiking in Lower Austria

Some of the most beautiful circular routes are:

• Around Lake Lunz: An atmospheric loop around one of Lower Austria's most popular lakes .
• Nebelstein adventure hiking trail: Certified, with great views and a highlight for forest lovers.
• 3 Sisters Trail: Gentle Weinviertel landscapes, wine cellar lanes and space for stories along the way.
• Semmering-Zauberblicke-Weg: Hiking in the UNESCO World Heritage Site - accompanied by impressive panoramas.
• Circular hike to the Hussar Temple: Cultural-historical charm and marvellous views over the Vienna Woods.
• Vogelbergsteig Dürnstein: Perhaps the most iconic circular trail in the Wachau - characterised by rocks, vines and views of the Danube.

Yes, on the Wachau World Heritage Trail you hop from castle to castle - for example to the Dürnstein ruins, the Hinterhaus ruins or Aggstein - always accompanied by a view of the Danube. In the Vienna Woods, the towers of the Vienna Woods connect a hiking trail with lookout points, including the Husarentempel, the Rauheneck castle ruins and the Theresienwarte. In the Waldviertel, you can hike from the Hundertwasser Fountain in Hundertwasser's footsteps to colourful architecture and places that bring his work to life. Another highlight is the Semmering-Breitenstein railway hiking trail, which offers impressive views of the viaducts and boldly curved railway lines of the Semmering Railway .

Some of the quietest hikes off the beaten track:

• Buschberg-Runde: Circular trail in the Leiser Berge Nature Park to the highest elevation in the Weinviertel.
• "Pure solitude": 33 km long tour in the Vienna Woods Biosphere Reserve with real seclusion.
• Burgsteinmauer - variant a: Through quiet forests to the impressive viewpoint at 975 metres above sea level.
• Lackenhof - Feldwiesalm - Erlaufsee: Challenging tour over the Riffelsattel past rustic mountain pastures to the Erlaufsee.
• Ferdinandwarte & Römerweg: Probably the most spectacular view in the Wachau high above the Danube valley.
• Hutwisch circular hike: Over the gentle hills of the Bucklige Welt to the almost 900 metre high Hutwisch viewing platform.

If you are travelling with your dog, you will find many suitable tours in Lower Austria: the Zwettler Bierweg offers shady forest paths and access to streams, the loop around Lake Erlaufsee invites you to refresh yourself with numerous bathing spots, and on the Rax-Ausblicke tour, dogs can even take the cable car up to the high plateau. The Kamptal, Blockheide, Jauerling-Wachau and Hohe Wand nature parks with soft forest floors and waterholes are just as dog-friendly.