Austria
Cycling in Austria
7 routes · 19 food stops · 2 bike-friendly stays.
Routes
Danube Cycle Path — Wachau Segment
Melk to Krems along the Donau: baroque abbey, apricot orchards, and a Heuriger bench at dusk.
Lake Neusiedl Loop
A flat, wind-swept circuit of the steppe lake — reeds, fried fish, and cellar lanes at sunset.
Salzkammergut Lakes Loop
Three lakes, two ferries and a cheese dairy on the way to St. Gilgen.
Tauern Cycle Path — Pinzgau Segment
Downhill-all-day valley riding from the Krimml waterfalls to Zell am See.
Inn Cycle Path — Innsbruck to Schwaz
A flat, fast riverside line out of Innsbruck, with speck, honey and cake stops.
Mur Cycle Path — South Styrian Segment
Pumpkin-seed oil country: Graz to the thermal border town of Bad Radkersburg.
Kamptal Wine Terrace Loop
A short, steep-sided loop through Riesling terraces around Langenlois.
Food stops
Almkäserei Wald im Pinzgau
Pinzgauer Bierkäse with dark bread and a beer, 200 m off the path
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
- Bottle refill
Bäckerei Leopold Kirschner
A family bakery with shops across the Kamp Valley, including one right in Gobelsburg.
- Cyclist-friendly
- Quick service
- Bottle refill
Bäckerei-Café Ruetz
A bakery-café on Schwaz's Andreas-Hofer-Straße, made for a mid-morning pause.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
- Quick service
- +1
Fish'Inn Zell (Hotel Fischerwirt)
A hotel restaurant in Zell am See's pedestrian zone, with the lake barely thirty metres away.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
Gasthaus Hotel Zur Schonenburg
A village inn in Schönberg am Kamp cooking Austrian classics with regional, sustainably sourced produce.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
Gasthof & Hotel Fürberg
A lakeside inn on the Wolfgangsee near St. Gilgen, cooking with natural rock salt, organic produce and fish from its own fishery.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
- Quick service
Gasthof Gutmann
A village inn on Mureck's Griesplatz, known locally for the best Backhendl far and wide.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
- Quick service
- +1
Gasthof Stubacher Hof
A family inn on the Tauernradweg beside a bathing lake, run for generations by the Altenberger family.
- Secure bike parking
- E-bike charging
- Cyclist-friendly
- +1
Heuriger Graf
A "Top Heuriger" in Unterloiben, serving homemade specialities in a 300-year-old cellar and a Mediterranean-style courtyard.
- Cyclist-friendly4
- Secure bike parking3
- Quick service2
- +2
Hotel zur Post
A family-run hotel and restaurant in Illmitz since 1927, inside the Neusiedlersee-Seewinkel National Park.
- Cyclist-friendly4
- Secure bike parking3
- Quick service2
- +2
Imkerei Baumkirchen
Alpine forest honey and warm honey-bread on the terrace
- Cyclist-friendly
- Bottle refill
Marillenhof Aufreiter
A family apricot orchard around the Göttweiger Berg, making spirits and jams from very old fruit trees.
- Cyclist-friendly4
- Secure bike parking3
- Quick service2
- +2
Mondseeland Käserei
An alpine cheese dairy at Oberhofen am Irrsee, in the lake country between Mondsee and Irrsee.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
- Bottle refill
Seecafe Mondsee
A café directly on Mondsee's lakeside promenade, beside the Meindl boat dock.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
- Bottle refill
Speckkeller Hall in Tirol
Tiroler Speck cut to order in a vaulted salt-town cellar
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
- Quick service
Stammhaus Dreisiebner
A family-run Buschenschank and winery in the Sulztal valley, serving farm snacks or a 3- to 7-course menu with wines to match.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
Weingut Bründlmayer
One of Austria's best-known wineries, renowned for its Riesling and Grüner Veltliner from the Heiligenstein vineyard.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
- Bottle refill
Weingut Franz Schindler
A winery with guest rooms in Mörbisch's historic Kellergasse, a lane of old wine cellars.
- Cyclist-friendly4
- Secure bike parking3
- Quick service2
- +2
Zöbl
A pumpkin seed oil producer in Wildon, twice winner of the Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil Championship.
- Secure bike parking
- Cyclist-friendly
- Bottle refill
Bike-friendly stays
Seewinkel Radhaus
Simple pension on the lake loop with a full workshop corner, twelve charging points and 5:30 breakfast for sunrise rides.
- Locked bike storage5
- E-bike charging2
- Early breakfast2
- +3
Weingut Ferdl Denk
A family winery in Weißenkirchen since 1861, running a Heuriger and eleven guest rooms plus an apartment since 2007.
- Locked bike storage5
- E-bike charging2
- Early breakfast2
- +3