Details for: Vintage car route - "The Bucklige Welt and its neighbors"
Brief description
Set off on a grand drive to the paradise of views in a vintage car - through the Bucklige Welt.
Description
Hardly any landscape in Austria impresses with as many beautiful viewpoints as the Vienna Alps region. What makes these views even more special is seeing them from a different perspective – for example from the driver's seat of a vintage car! The thermal spa communities in Lower Austria offer many inspirations for enthusiasts in this area and thus turn the trip into nature into a very special experience.
Starting point of the tour
Katzelsdorf
Destination point of the tour
Katzelsdorf
Route description Vintage car route - "The Bucklige Welt and its neighbors"
From Katzelsdorf, you drive into the neighboring Burgenland via Neudörfl on L 4085 passing the spa town Bad Sauerbrunn and continue via Wiesen to Forchtenstein Castle. Crossing the state border back to Lower Austria, the journey continues through the gently rising hilly landscape via Hochwolkersdorf, Wiesmath, and further on L 149 to Hollenthon and Kirchschlag. Then you drive a short stretch on B 55 before reaching L 146 towards Hochneukirchen and arrive at the Hutwischwarte lookout. On clear days, the panoramic view extends over Lake Neusiedl, Schneeberg, Wechsel, and as far as the Steiner Alps in Slovenia. Afterwards, the drive continues on L 146 into Styria and B 63 to Pinggau and Schaueregg. Via the Wechsel federal road B 54, you reach the spa town Mönichkirchen and return over the Wechsel to Seebenstein, Pitten, Lanzenkirchen back to the starting point Katzelsdorf.
Directions
Take the South Motorway A2 to the Wr.Neustadt junction -> S4 towards Eisenstadt -> exit Katzelsdorf · Coming from Burgenland on the S4 -> exit Neudörfl
Parking
Parking available in town.
Katzelsdorf is easily accessible by train and bus. Take the Southern Railway to Wr.Neustadt, from here connecting trains to Katzelsdorf or by bus.
More information at www.vor.at and www.oebb.at.
Author's tip
Particularly worth seeing along the route are attractions such as the Rosarium Bad Sauerbrunn, Forchtenstein Castle, or the Hutwischwarte lookout in Hochneukirchen. Also worth a visit is the Mönichkirchen water park.
