Retzer Land is a small wine region in Lower Austria.
Cities
Understand
Retzer Land has 6 communities with two small cities Retz and Hardegg; Hardeg is oft called "the Austrian smallest city".
Get in
By car or by train is easy to get in; Retzer Land is only one hour from Vienna.
Get around
See
- Austria's largest historical wine cellar in Retz, ☏ 43 29422700, ✉[email protected]. open every day at 14:00, visit in guided tour. €7.
- National Park Thayatal, ☏ 43 29497005, ✉[email protected].
- Fortress at Hardegg, ✉[email protected]. Adult €7.90."
- Baroque castle Riegersburg with Emperor Maximilian von Mexico Museum, arms display, Riegersburg 1, ☏ 43 02916-400, ✉[email protected]. open 1 April or Easter to 15 November: 09:00-17:00, visit only by guided tour. Masterpiece of Austrian architecture, state rooms are splendidly furnished partly by owners and partly by Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna). In the park there is a private dog cemetery. Adult €9.90.
- The Church of Holy Blood in Pulkau (Hl. Blutkirche in German). with famous altar from the 12th century
- Renaissance Castle Rosenburg.
- Ametystworld Maissau.
Do
Cycling, hiking, Nordic walking, jogging- there are many well marked cycling and hiking trails.There are many local festivals in year, committed to wine and the Pumpkin festival in autumn. Wine celebrations are featured with open wine cellar doors, so you can taste wines from region.Once a year, in Retz, two fountain at Main Square are filled with white and red wine, in stead of water during the celebration "Vine-Week in Retz " (Retzer Weinwoche in German).
Eat
You can taste typical Austrian meals in many wine taverns, restaurants and Hotel Althof Retz.
- Schlosshaus Brand, Retz.
Drink
Typical wine among others for the region is Weinviertel DAC.
Sleep
- Hotel Althof, Retz, Althofgasse 14, ☏ 43 2942-3711, ✉[email protected]. from €70.
Stay safe
Go next
- Vienna
- Bratislava, a capital of Slovakia
- Znojmo, a small town, in Moravia, Czech Republic