DEDESTINATIONS IN THE MOSTVIERTEL
Top destinations near Lunz am See
Lake Lunz
Distance: 1 km, a quarter of an hour on foot
Lower Austria’s only natural lake: 1.7 kilometres long, up to 34 metres deep, with a 3-kilometre path all the way round. In summer there’s the lakeside pool, boat hire and stand-up paddling, and in the evening culture on the lake stage.
Haus der Wildnis
Distance: 450 m, 6 minutes on foot
Right in the village, an exhibition shows how the primeval forest in the Dürrenstein-Lassingtal Wilderness Area works. Modern and hands-on, for children just as much as for adults. Our number one tip for a rainy day.
Dürrenstein-Lassingtal Wilderness Area
Distance: 21.5 km, 30 minutes by car
A UNESCO World Natural Heritage site just beyond Lunz. Around the Rothwald, the largest primeval forest in the Alps, nature is left to develop without any intervention. You can explore on your own on the Eulenweg or the Luchs Trail. You can see the primeval forest itself on guided excursions.
Mostviertel Rail Bikes
Distance: 1 km to Lunz station, 13 minutes on foot
On the old tracks of the Ybbstal railway you pedal almost 5 kilometres along the river Ybbs from Lunz station to Klein Großau. There the rail bikes are turned around, and there’s something to drink. Runs during the school holidays.
Ybbstal Cycle Path
Distance: right by the house
111 kilometres from the Danube to Lake Lunz. Everything you need to know is on our cycling page.
Bruckner’s World of Brewing – Erzbräu
Distance: 4.7 km, 5 minutes by car
Between Gaming and Lunz, organic beer is brewed and schnapps distilled. The brewing water comes from a spring right on the mountain. On a beer tour you’ll see how it’s done. If you’d like to come on foot, take the GeBIERgsweg from Gaming, a trail with 18 stations.
Gaming Charterhouse
Distance: 9.6 km, 10 minutes by car
Consecrated in 1342 and once the largest charterhouse in Central Europe. Today the old walls house a hotel, a restaurant and event rooms. Worth seeing: the church, the Baroque library and the Prelates’ Hall.
Ötscher-Tormäuer Nature Park
Distance: 13 km to Lackenhof, 16 minutes by car
Around the Ötscher, the Mostviertel’s “father mountain”, 1,893 metres high. The Ötscher gorges with their ravines and waterfalls aren’t called the Grand Canyon of Austria for nothing. The easy way up is the chairlift from Lackenhof to the Ötscherschutzhaus mountain hut at 1,418 metres.
Ötscher Dripstone Cave
Distance: 19 km to the Schindlhütte, 23 minutes by car
575 metres long, 54 metres deep: stalactites, the Fairy-Tale Hall and an underground lake. From the Schindlhütte it’s a 45 to 60-minute walk to the entrance. Open in the summer half of the year. Pack a warm jacket.
Mendlingtal Adventure World
Distance: 20 km, 17 minutes by car
On the “Auf dem Holzweg” themed trail, wooden walkways take you through the gorge, past a mill, a Venetian sawmill and a log flume that still works. On fixed dates each month they demonstrate how logs were floated down the stream.
Ybbstal Brine Bath
Distance: 12 km, 10 minutes by car
Warm saltwater pools in Göstling, indoors and outdoors. More on our brine bath page.
Hochkar: 360° Skytour and Hochkar Cave
Distance: 28.5 km to the valley station, 29 minutes by car
Take the lift up, then follow the 900-metre circular trail to the highest viewing platform in Lower Austria. It stands at 1,700 metres, juts out 8.5 metres, and below it there’s a 120-metre drop. On a clear day you can count more than 100 peaks over 2,000 metres. Underground, the Hochkar Cave awaits with halls up to 20 metres high.
Wasserlochklamm Gorge, Palfau
Distance: 30 km, 26 minutes by car
Just across the border in Styria. Over the suspension bridge at the gorge entrance and along wooden walkways, it takes about an hour and a half to pass five waterfalls on the way up to the Wasserloch.
Mariazell Basilica
Distance: 34 km, 37 minutes by car
Austria’s best-known place of pilgrimage. Afterwards, gingerbread and a herbal bitters are part of the tradition.
Ötscherland Express Heritage Railway
Distance: 13 km to Kienberg-Gaming station, 13 minutes by car
The heritage train chugs from Kienberg-Gaming along the mountain section of the old Ybbstal railway, past the Gaming Charterhouse. Speed doesn’t matter here.
Museums in Lunz
Distance: 700 m, 10 minutes on foot
The Hammerherren Museum is all about the “Black Counts” and ironworking, the Amonhaus about traditional handicrafts.
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