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Kamptal Wine Road: Langenlois Wine Trail

Lined with wine tasting stops and huge wine sculptures, the 7 kilometre long wine trail is a real delight. If you would like to explore the best known sites of Langenlois and taste and learn (almost) everything about wine then this is the place to be!

Weinwanderweg Retz, © Retzer Land/Astrid Bartl

Weinviertel West: Retz Wine Trail

The Retz Wine Trail continues for 6 kilometres along the grapevines. Walking along the circular trail through rolling vineyards, past wine gardens until you get tempted to stop in one of Retz’s many wine taverns.

Hiking the Welterbesteig Wachau, © Donau Niederösterreich / Steve Haider

Wachau Wine Road: World Heritage trail

The 180 kilometre long World Heritage trail is divided in to 14 legs leading through the World Heritage landscape of Wachau. Walk from place to place along the Danube Valley through picturesque winemaking villages, passing magnificent cultural monuments and vineyards.

Gumpoldskirchen, © Niederösterreich-Werbung/Roman Seidl

Thermenregion Wienerwald Wine Road: Beethoven Walk

You will cover a 400 metre ascent on the 14 kilometre long path through the Föhrenberge Nature Park. Your efforts will be rewarded with beautiful panoramic views over the wine regions of Gumpoldskirchen, Traiskirchen and Pfaffstätten.

Wine cellar lane at Wagram, © Weinstraße Wagram/Herbert Lehmann

Wagram Wine Road: Wine cellar lane tour

Ambitious hikers can take this 38-hilly-kilometre tour through the vineyards around Großriedenthal, past the loess formation "Neun Mauna" and through the wine cellar lanes of Feuersbrunn. The start and finish is the Weritas Wagram regional enoteca.

VIA.CARNUNTUM Schättenberg Gumpoldskirchen, © Donau Niederösterreich/Andreas Hofer

Römerland Carnuntum Wine Road: VIA.VINUM.

Wandering through Carnuntum’s beautiful vineyards and cellar-lined streets, you can discover Roman finds, educational wine trails and stories from the past. Romantic wine cellars and gorgeous views at three different stops await energetic wine walkers.

Hauersteig Rohrendorf, © Gemeinde Rohrendorf

Kremstal Wine Road: Hauer trail in Rohrendorf

For vinophile hikers, the Rohrendorfer Hauer trail is a wonderful introduction to Kremstal wine. Along the 5 kilometres, not only famous locations like the Breite Rain or Gebling are passed-by, but also the Rohrendorfer wine cellar lane.

Veltlinerland Wine Road: 3-sister trail from one wine cellar lane to the next

The 23-kilometer-long circular hiking trail leads through the idyllic Poysdorf, past the ruins of Falkenstein to the Nonseum Herrbaumgarten with its crazy inventions and connects the three wine sisters with each other.

Traisental Wine Road: from Jakobsweg to Wetterkreuz

The 8.5 kilometre path leads through idyllic woods, vineyards and orchards. You will also find the Prehistoric Museum of Nussdorf-Traisental along the way. It’s particularly recommended to make a stop at one of the many award-winning wine taverns to taste the Traisental DAC wine.