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Mostviertel River Bike Route, Stage 1: St. Pölten - Melk
Cycling tour Starting from St. Pölten Main Station
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 34,02 km
- Duration: 2:15 h
- Ascent: 43 m elevation gain
- Descent: 102 m elevation gain
The multi-day cycle tour and therefore also the first stage starts in St. Pölten. This stage is very flat, leading west out of the provincial capital and then downstream along the Pielach to the confluence with the Danube at Melk.
- Starting point of the tour
- St. Pölten Main Station
- Tour destination
- Melk
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 34,02 km
- Duration: 2:15 h
- Ascent: 43 m elevation gain
- Descent: 102 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:2/6
- Overall experience:4/6
- Scenery:3/6
- Lowest point210 m
- Highest point312 m
- Stage tour
- Accessibility by train and bus
Description
If you love variety, enjoy combining gentle hills with the alpine mountain area and trying out new things, you will be thrilled by the Mostviertel River Cycle Tour. This tour combines the Mostviertel's cycling delights, the brand new with the tried and tested, let yourself be surprised!
The varied tour starts and ends in the provincial capital of St. Pölten. First you cycle along the Pielachtal cycle path to Melk, then along the Danube cycle path to Ybbs. Here the tour turns onto the Ybbstal cycle path, into the heart of the Mostviertel - the Moststraße.
At the next stop - one of the cider barons - you can taste the specialties of the Mostviertel and, of course, the region's namesake - cider. From here, the tour leads into the alpine areas of the Mostviertel.
The next stage destination is Waidhofen an der Ybbs. This is where the new section begins, the heart of the Ybbstal cycle path - built on the former railroad line. It promises undisturbed cycling pleasure all the way to Lunz am See.
The next day begins with a relaxed bus ride. Cyclists and bikes comfortably negotiate the incline of the Zellerrain to reach the famous pilgrimage site of Mariazell. After a visit to the basilica and Pirker's gingerbread world, the tour continues along the Traisental cycle route to St. Aegyd am Neuwalde.
The final stage is a relaxed ride down the Traisen river from St. Aegyd back to the starting point in St. Pölten.
- Route description Our route starts at the main station in St. Pölten.From the station forecourt, you follow the "Meridian Cycle Path" signs along Julius Raab Promenade, then at the "Aquacity" indoor pool switch onto Schießstattring and cross to the other side of the street here.Here (directly in front of the City Hotel) begins Andreas Hofer Street, which you follow up to the city forest, then turn left onto Hötzendorfer Street heading south, and follow it until after a sharp left curve where you turn right into Lagerhaus Street and follow it to Alpenbahnhof. Alte Reichsstraße then leads you past Alpenbahnhof to Haflinger Weg.You continue following the "Meridian Cycle Path" signs through Nadelbach, Pummersdorf, and Völlerndorf to Ritzendorf, where you switch to the Pielachtal cycle path.From here you follow the "Pielachtal cycle path" signs to the confluence of the Pielach into the Danube, from where you join the Danube cycle path (south bank) heading towards Melk.
- Getting there A1 West Motorway - Exit St. Pölten South
- Public transport ÖBB West Railway Line - St. Pölten Main StationWestbahn - St. Pölten Main Station
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