For those who enjoy an active vacation, we have lots of suggestions in Lower Austria. Use our Travel Guide as a source of inspiration for planning your next adventure and browse through descriptions and route details of the most beautiful hikes.
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The 10 most beautiful hikes in Lower Austria
Hiking route
· Wiener Alpen
Zustieg zur Edelweisshütte von Losenheim (Waldweg)
recommended route
Difficulty
easy
1.8 km
1:00 h
381 m
1 m
Einfacher kurzer Zustieg zur Edelweiss-Hütte von der Busstation Puchberg am Schneeberg Sesselbahn Talstation.
Hiking route
· Mostviertel
Gipfelstein und Brandstetterkogel von Wiesen
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
7 km
3:00 h
429 m
428 m
Schöne Rundwanderung südlich der Donau im Strudengau. Zwei Gipfel, der 503 m hohe Gipfelstein und der 532 m hohe Brandstetterkogel, auf dem die Viktoria-Adelheid-Schutzhütte des Österreichischen Touristenklubs steht, werden besucht.
Hiking route
· Wiener Alpen
Hutwisch-Rundwanderung
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
13.1 km
4:05 h
510 m
510 m
Der Hutwisch-Rundwanderweg kombiniert die schönsten Wanderwege zum und vom Hutwisch, ist sehr gut beschildert und besteht aus flacheren und steileren Stücken.
Hiking route
· Mittelburgenland-Rosalia
Melindas Way
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
17.5 km
5:05 h
600 m
595 m
This hike starts in front of Forchtenstein Castle and takes you along the sights of one of the most beautiful places in Austria. You walk along the lime kiln, the Heuberg University of Natural Resoures and Applied Life Sciences, the Rosalia chapel, the bathing reservoir, the Achazium, the pilgrimage church of the Virgin Mary with its carillon and the hausberg with the Stations of the Cross.
Hiking route
· Mittelburgenland-Rosalia
From Wiesener strawberries to Kobersdorfer mineral water - Zentralalpenweg 02
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
24 km
6:25 h
481 m
470 m
This section of the Burgenland long-distance hiking trail takes you from the community with the sweetest strawbeeries to the place with the smoothest mineral water. You hike through two nature parks: Rosalia-Kogelberg and Landseer Berge.
Hiking route
· Mittelburgenland-Rosalia
Accompanied by natural beauty and historical buildings - 01A Nordalpenweg Zagersdorf- Rosalia-Hochwolkersdorf
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
29.9 km
8:10 h
753 m
319 m
The Burgenland route 01 loads from Rust on Lake Neusiedlersee via Rosalia Mountains to Hochwolkersdorf. We continue the Preiner Gscheid towards Semmering.
Hiking route
· Mittelburgenland-Rosalia
From the Rosalia via "Toter Mann" and Geißspitz to the reservoir and back via the Eichenweg trail
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
10.1 km
3:05 h
367 m
373 m
Once upon a time, the local councillors and farmers of Forchtenau went together to check the rights of their forest and hotter borders. The path led them from Paradies over the Geißspitz to the Lower Austria border.
Hiking route
· Gutenstein Alps
Kammwanderung über den Großen Neukogel nach Gutenstein
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
14.5 km
5:30 h
800 m
700 m
Das Piestingtal ist für seine tolle Biedermeierlandschaft berühmt. Bei dieser Kammwanderung über den Großen Neukogel ist man durch wunderbare Föhren- und Laubwälder unterwegs und endet im Sommerfrische-Städtchen Gutenstein.
Hiking route
· Wienerwald
Von Baden über den Sooßer Lindkogel zum Blunzenkirtag nach Großau
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
15.2 km
4:40 h
546 m
448 m
Interessante Wienerwaldwanderung von der Kulturstadt Baden zum Weinort Großau - natürlich auch lohnend wenn gerade kein Blunzenkirtag ist!
Hiking route
· Mostviertel
On tour in the hikeable Pielach Valley: Spitzmauer (817m) and Geißbühel (849m)
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
11.1 km
3:45 h
530 m
549 m
Varied half-day hike in a charming landscape - very convenient and easy to reach with the Mariazell railway
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