ruins cycle route
Today, 10.03.2026
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Ruins Cycling Route
Cycling tour Starting from Karlstein
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 48,70 km
- Duration: 3:45 h
- Ascent: 573 m elevation gain
- Descent: 573 m elevation gain
The Ruinen-Rad-Route is a circular cycle route and part of the regional cycling concept of the 6-senses cycle routes ("See") of the Thayaland Future Region.
- Starting point of the tour
- Karlstein
- Tour destination
- Karlstein
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 48,70 km
- Duration: 3:45 h
- Ascent: 573 m elevation gain
- Descent: 573 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:4/6
- Overall experience:6/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point388 m
- Highest point567 m
- Round tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
Description
The route starts in Karlstein an der Thaya with its castle and palace and takes you from there to the ruins of Thayaland. Next you reach the Buchenstein ruins near Liebnitz, where you can enjoy culinary delights at the Hotel Liebnitzmühle. You then cycle on to the Sand excavation and soon afterwards to the largest ruins in the region, the Kollmitz ruins, with magnificent views far beyond the region. Full of energy, you continue to Weikertschlag with its local museum and river bath. You then return to Karlstein via Wetzlas.
Raabs Castle - Kollmitz ruins: the largest ruin complex in Austria - Buchenstein ruins - Karner and Weikertschlag ruins - hazelnut gardens near Raabs - Tut Gut hiking trail into the rock formations of the Moravian Thaya near Raabs
- safety instructions The route has approximately 80% asphalt and 20% gravel, mainly on lightly trafficked side paths.Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your fitness level. Check whether the restaurants you want to visit on the way are open. Pack your mobile phone and map material in your backpack.For cross-border tours, always carry a passport or identity card.
- Equipment We recommend: helmet, suitable clothing and footwear, rain and sun protection, first aid kit, sufficient provisions (snack, muesli bars, fruit, water).The route is suitable for city bikes, trekking bikes, e-bikes.
- Route description Karlstein / Thaya - Münichreith / Thaya - Wetzles - Weikertschlag / Thaya - Süßenbach - Großau - Modsiedl - Kollmitzdörfl - Radl - Aigen - Liebnitz - Speisendorf - Karlstein / Thaya
- Parking Along the route
- Getting there B36
- Public transport Connected to the TOP cycling route Thayarunde and the KTM cycling route.All information about all bus and train lines to the Waldviertel can be found at www.vor.at or at www.oebb.at.
- Editor’s tip Approx. 13 km on the KTM cycling route to the walled town Drosendorf and the ReblausexpressOn Euro Velo13 to the Czech Republic to Písečné Castle and Staré Hobz
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Current weather in Karlstein an der Thaya
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Tomorrow, 11.03.2026
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Association Zukunftsraum Thayaland
3843 Dobersberg, Lagerhausstraße 4
(T) +43 2843 26135
(M) +43 664 2326170
(E) office@thayaland.at
(I) www.thayarunde.eu
Waldviertel Tourism
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43 2822 54109
(E) info@waldviertel.at
(I) www.waldviertel.at
Letzte Änderung: 25 Feb 2026