Kamp-Thaya-March cycle route

At the start of the route you can enjoy beautiful cycling along the Kamp, then steep sections await you in the Waldviertel. Through the Weinviertel it mostly goes downhill, and in the end you cross the gently rolling landscape to the Danube. The route mostly runs on traffic-free farm roads and secondary roads. The stretch in the Waldviertel is mostly paved, in the Weinviertel you will also encounter gravel farm roads. The Kamp-Thaya-March cycle path is consistently well signposted. Along the route you also come across cycle signs marking smaller regional circular routes (e.g. Pond-Tarn Route) and routes named after grape varieties (e.g. Welschriesling). Information about the smaller routes can be found in the cycling maps Weinviertel East and Weinviertel West.

Thanks to the perfect KTM route guide, orientation on the route is easy; the infrastructure for two-wheel fans includes bike-friendly restaurateurs and accommodation providers as well as service stations and the connection of the KTM route to the transport network.

The route should be planned as a week-long tour or longer (e.g. for culinary discovery tours or tours by nostalgic train and bike to the Thaya Valley, Austria’s smallest national park). Highlights along this route include: the wine & grape world Poysdorf, Loisium in Langenlois, the Renaissance castle Rosenburg, the monasteries in Altenburg, Zwettl and Geras, the Retz adventure cellar, ringing station Hohenau, Jedenspeigen castle or the Laa thermal spa.

Suggested stages:

The 420 km long cycle route can also be divided into smaller stages. This makes cycling easier.

Stage 1: Krems – Rosenburg 41.5km
Stage 2: Rosenburg – Friedersbach 43km
Stage 3: Friedersbach – Waidhofen/Thaya 53.3km
Stage 4: Waidhofen/Thaya – Drosendorf/Thaya 57km
Stage 5: Drosendorf – Retz 43km
Stage 6: Retz – Laa 48.3km
Stage 7: Laa – Herrnbaumgarten 40km
Stage 8: Herrnbaumgarten – Angern 59km
Stage 9: Angern – Hainburg 40.2km

The route is suitable for trekking bikes.
We recommend: helmet, appropriate clothing and footwear, rain and sun protection, first aid kit (blister plasters), sufficient provisions (snacks, muesli bars, fruit, water).

Make sure when choosing the route that it suits your fitness level. Check whether the gastronomy businesses you want to visit on the way are open. Pack your mobile phone and maps in your backpack.

Between Gars am Kamp and Rosenburg there are closures due to danger spots - follow the local detour!

ÖBB northern connection from Hohenau/ March to Angern/ March

Waldviertel Tourism
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43 2822 541090
(E) info@waldviertel.at
(I) www.waldviertel.at 

Weinviertel Tourism
2170 Poysdorf, Wiener Straße 1
(T) +43 2552 3515
(E) info@weinviertel.at
(I) www.weinviertel.at