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From Sillian to Hainburg
From Sillian to Klopeinersee:
Highlights along the route:
Sillian:
Main resort of the Hochpuster Valley. Heinfels castle, large 13th century fortress, Austria's oldest roofed-over wooden bridge.
Lesach valley:
Pristine valley at the Italian border, characterized by the romantic river Gail (1996 award "Landscape of the year").
Kötschach-Mauthen:
Climatic health resort located in the Gailtal stretch of the Carnic Alps; Gothic parish church with sumptuously decorated filigree vault.
Mauthner Gorge with suspension bridges and impressing trails; side-trip to Plöcken pass leading to Italy
Hermagor:
Main resort of the Gail Valley, late-Gothic parish church with carved winged altarpiece;
Presegger See, small beautifully located bathing lake with waterlilies;
Side-trip to to Nassfeld (1,550 m) - popular skiing area
Faaker See:
Bathing lake in splendid surroundings at the foot of the Mittagskogel
Ferlach:
Tscheppa gorge - wild, romantic gorge at the foot of the imposing Karawanken mountain range forming the border to Slovenia
Klopeiner See:
Carinthia's warmest bathing lake, popular summer-holiday region for families
From the Carinthian-Styrian border to Eisenstadt:
Highlights along the route:
Southern-Styrian Wine Road:
Vineyards and taverns characterize the Styrian hill country also called the "Styrian Toscana".
Leibnitz:
Popular wine resort on the Styrian Wine Road with nearby Seggau Castle (findings of the Roman town "Flavia Solva")
Side-trip to Kitzeck, Austria's highest-lying wine resort
Güssing:
Fortress dating from the 12th century. Built on a vulcanic rock.
Castle plays, special exhibitions.
Stadtschlaining:
Fortress - impressing medieval construction, baronial hall, state rooms, special exhibitions.
"Peace Center" in the castle founded in 1987, the world's smallest university town.
Bernstein:
Fortress - oldest defence construction of Burgenland, vastly destroyed in the 17th century and reconstructed in renaissance style; today housing a castle hotel.
Knights' hall with stucco works.
Lockenhaus:
Amidst the Geschriebenstein Nature Park; the last existing "Knights' Castle", picturesque baronial hall, frescoes with subterranean apsidal hall, watching haunt for birds of prey, special exhibitions, famous for the annual International Chamber Music Festival directed by Gidon Kremer
Forchtenstein:
Mighty fortress (14th century) near Mattersburg, among Austria's most famous castles, privately owned by the Esterhazy family; extensive armoury, hunting chamber, trophies from wars against the Turks, gallery
"Koryphaeum" - original display of famous paintings by means of life-size figures
Eisenstadt:
Capital of Burgenland, principal domicile of Joseph Haydn.
From Eisenstadt to Hainburg:
Highlights along the route:
St. Margarethen:
Roman quarry - limestone quarry west of Rust, used already by the Romans, today domicile of internationally renowned sculptors. Every 5 years venue of Passion Plays and annually in the summer of the Opera Festival.
Rust:
Wine resort at Lake Neusiedl with nice houses from the renaissance and baroque periods; parish church (Fischerkirche) of Romanesque origin, most important medieval frescoes of central Burgenland.
Rohrau:
Birthplace of Joseph Haydn (thatched roof), today Haydn Museum
Petronell:
Archaeological park "Carnuntum" - former Roman quarter; important excavations
Hainburg:
Easternmost town of Lower Austria, close to the Slovakian border; town gates from the 13th century, castle ruins (11th century), town museum.
Highlights along the route:
Sillian:
Main resort of the Hochpuster Valley. Heinfels castle, large 13th century fortress, Austria's oldest roofed-over wooden bridge.
Lesach valley:
Pristine valley at the Italian border, characterized by the romantic river Gail (1996 award "Landscape of the year").
Kötschach-Mauthen:
Climatic health resort located in the Gailtal stretch of the Carnic Alps; Gothic parish church with sumptuously decorated filigree vault.
Mauthner Gorge with suspension bridges and impressing trails; side-trip to Plöcken pass leading to Italy
Hermagor:
Main resort of the Gail Valley, late-Gothic parish church with carved winged altarpiece;
Presegger See, small beautifully located bathing lake with waterlilies;
Side-trip to to Nassfeld (1,550 m) - popular skiing area
Faaker See:
Bathing lake in splendid surroundings at the foot of the Mittagskogel
Ferlach:
Tscheppa gorge - wild, romantic gorge at the foot of the imposing Karawanken mountain range forming the border to Slovenia
Klopeiner See:
Carinthia's warmest bathing lake, popular summer-holiday region for families
From the Carinthian-Styrian border to Eisenstadt:
Highlights along the route:
Southern-Styrian Wine Road:
Vineyards and taverns characterize the Styrian hill country also called the "Styrian Toscana".
Leibnitz:
Popular wine resort on the Styrian Wine Road with nearby Seggau Castle (findings of the Roman town "Flavia Solva")
Side-trip to Kitzeck, Austria's highest-lying wine resort
Güssing:
Fortress dating from the 12th century. Built on a vulcanic rock.
Castle plays, special exhibitions.
Stadtschlaining:
Fortress - impressing medieval construction, baronial hall, state rooms, special exhibitions.
"Peace Center" in the castle founded in 1987, the world's smallest university town.
Bernstein:
Fortress - oldest defence construction of Burgenland, vastly destroyed in the 17th century and reconstructed in renaissance style; today housing a castle hotel.
Knights' hall with stucco works.
Lockenhaus:
Amidst the Geschriebenstein Nature Park; the last existing "Knights' Castle", picturesque baronial hall, frescoes with subterranean apsidal hall, watching haunt for birds of prey, special exhibitions, famous for the annual International Chamber Music Festival directed by Gidon Kremer
Forchtenstein:
Mighty fortress (14th century) near Mattersburg, among Austria's most famous castles, privately owned by the Esterhazy family; extensive armoury, hunting chamber, trophies from wars against the Turks, gallery
"Koryphaeum" - original display of famous paintings by means of life-size figures
Eisenstadt:
Capital of Burgenland, principal domicile of Joseph Haydn.
From Eisenstadt to Hainburg:
Highlights along the route:
St. Margarethen:
Roman quarry - limestone quarry west of Rust, used already by the Romans, today domicile of internationally renowned sculptors. Every 5 years venue of Passion Plays and annually in the summer of the Opera Festival.
Rust:
Wine resort at Lake Neusiedl with nice houses from the renaissance and baroque periods; parish church (Fischerkirche) of Romanesque origin, most important medieval frescoes of central Burgenland.
Rohrau:
Birthplace of Joseph Haydn (thatched roof), today Haydn Museum
Petronell:
Archaeological park "Carnuntum" - former Roman quarter; important excavations
Hainburg:
Easternmost town of Lower Austria, close to the Slovakian border; town gates from the 13th century, castle ruins (11th century), town museum.
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