The popular holiday destination also has attractive cycling routes. A well-known classic is the Danube Cycle Path between Passau and Vienna. The topography presents the cyclist with some challenges every now and then. The type of signposting of the routes is determined by the respective federal state.
National routes
- Ciclovia Alpe Adria bike path - approx. 450 km from Salzburg to Grado in Italy
- Danube cycle path: Passau - Vienna (or Bratislava) 325 km (or 434 km); Difference in altitude 118 m. The route is divided into sections Danube Cycle Path (Passau - Vienna) and Danube Cycle Path (Vienna - Budapest). For the second section there is also a description upstream as a Hungarian cycle route starting in Budapest (see Budapest-Vienna route).
- Drau cycle path: Sillian - Lavamünd 250 km; Difference in altitude: 540 m (Sillian-Spittal), 210 m (Spittal-Lavamünd), continuation in Slovenia.
Enns cycle path near Radstadt
- Enns Cycle Path: Flachau (Gasthofalm) - Enns (Connection to the Danube Cycle Path) 250 km; Often runs on local roads that still exist in the valley of the Enns except for the railway line and the federal road 115. In some cases, the federal road is also used directly. The route is signposted as R7 in Upper Austria. The train escort enables you to change trains at any time. Height difference 930 m
- Grenzlandradweg: Kramesau an der Donau - Neustift / Upper Austria or Arbesbach / Lower Austria (connection Waldviertelweg) 194 km
- Inn cycle path: Maloja / Engadin - Passau 517 km (with connection to countless cycle routes in Engadin, Tyrol, Bavaria and Upper Austria); Height difference 1,500 m
- Kamp-Thaya-March bike path: Krems - Marchegg 420 km; Height difference 850 m
- Mozart cycle path: Salzburg - Salzburg (circuit!) 450 km; Total difference in altitude 1,400 m
- Murradweg: Muhr - Bad Radkersburg 340 km (with bike tour to Sticklerhütte 365 km); Height difference 1,000 m from Muhr (1,700 m from the Sticklerhütte)
- Neusiedler See - bike path: e.g. Neusiedl am See or any other place along the cycle path - 135 km circuit (38 km of which are on Hungarian territory)
- Roman way: Passau (or Schärding) - Attersee 130 km; Difference in altitude 370 m
- Tauern bike path: Krimml - Passau 325 km; Height difference 750 m
- Via Claudia Augusta: Donauwörth (Bavaria) - Altino near Venice or Ostiglia on the Po ~ 700 km; Elevation difference 1,450 meters
Regional routes
Ennstal with the local road on the left
- 1 Biedermeier cycle path.
Lower Austria - a 60 km long, continuously paved cycle path through the Piestingtal, opened in 1999. (max. 15% gradient).
- Hintergebirgsradweg R9 - Upper Austria - approx. 50 km circuit, partly on the trail of a forest railway starting from Reichraming (connection to the Enns cycle path). 14 tunnels and over 20 bridges in a ravine with waterfalls compensate for the sometimes moderate path quality and inclines
- Kremstal cycle path R10 - Upper Austria - 57 km from Traun to Klaus at the Phyrnbahn along the Krems
- Jubilee cycle path - Burgenland - 300 km from Kittsee to Kalch
- Mühltal Cycle Path R26- Upper Austria - 28 km uphill: 459 m, downhill: 195 m - Obermühl an der Donau - Rohrbach - Schlägl am Grenzlandradweg, further via Aigen in the Mühlkreis to the Vltava reservoir in southern Bohemia, from there via Budweis and Prague to the Elbe. If the ascent is too difficult for you, you can use the train from Linz to Schlägl / Aigen. · Description R26
Piesting and Biedermeier cycle path to Gutenstein
- Traisental cycle path- Route: Wachau an der Donau to the pilgrimage site of Mariazell. The line was expanded at great expense until 2007. The return journey can be made with the Mariazeller Bahn (bike can be taken) official link without info
- Raabtal cycle path: 104 km through Eastern Styria
- Salt lakes tour: Circuit through the Tennengau and the Salzburg Lake District 170 km; Height difference 620 m, sporty variant an additional 660 m (several climbs!)
- Salzburg Sports World: 1,000 km, including 500 km for mountain bikers
- Salzkammergut cycle path: (e.g. Salzburg, Bad Ischl, Gmunden or any other place along the cycle path) 345 km
- Steyrtal cycle path R8 - Upper Austria - 39 km in the valley of the river Steyr
- Red wine cycle path - Burgenland
- Wildlife Park Cycle Path in Burgenland
Bike transport
By train
In Austria, you can take bicycles directly with you on regional, regional express and S-Bahn trains that are marked accordingly and on many IC and EC trains. As a rule, a separate ticket must be purchased and shown on request.
- The Minimax ticket is available for 2 to 5 people for journeys in Austria (except private railways) for 1st and 2nd class. This ticket is particularly cheap if at least 2 fellow travelers have a VORTEILScard.
- Regio-Biking is a day bike pass for € 5 for all of Austria, which is valid for taking with you on regional, regional express and S-Bahn trains.
- Individual federal states have bicycle day tickets for their area, e.g. Tyrol for € 2.50.
- In Upper Austria, bike tickets cost from € 2
- At Intercity / Eurocity biking The price of € 10 (abroad: € 12) also includes the reservation of a bicycle parking space and a seat. As the space available for taking bicycles with you is very limited, sometimes only 8 bicycles, an early reservation is recommended.
- This is a day network ticket for 2 to a maximum of 5 people Simply get out of the way bike ticket to 36 € (2015) , including bike transport. The ticket is valid in all trains of the ÖBB-Nahverkehr (these are regional and REX trains, trains of the S-Bahn, the regional S-Bahn as well as in EURegio trains and adventure trains) and in the trains of the ROeEE (Austrian route section) Observe bicycle transport symbols). Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. the following day, Saturday / Sunday and public holidays all day from midnight to 3 a.m. the following day. The ticket is issued for 2nd carriage class.
By bus
- Bike-Shuttle 2012: Landeck → Pfunds → Nauders (info timetable) in Tyrol to the Reschenpass.
Cities
- St. Pölten: 140 km
- Vienna: Vienna has around 1000 km of cycle paths, cycle lanes and cycle routes through low-traffic areas.
MTB routes and other cycling routes
Here MTB routes and local cycling routes are described. However, some are not signposted.
