• Stift Göttweig mit Weingärten im Vordergrund
  • Römisches Stadtviertel, Römerstadt Carnuntum
  • Ruine Aggstein © Steve Haider

TOP Excursion Destinations

The biggest and best known excursion destinations in Lower Austria have joined together as “TOP Excursion Destinations.” Their goal is to offer guests special quality. We have marked all TOP excursion destinations for you.

Melk Abbey in spring

Melk Abbey

An eventful history and a vibrant present: the baroque Melk Abbey has been inhabited and managed by Benedictine monks since it was founded in 1089. Today it is known worldwide as a...


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Amphitheatre Military City

Directly on the main road, around 3 km outside Petronell-Carnuntum and 500 m from Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, the world of gladiators comes to life in the amphitheater of the military...


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Artstetten Castle

Artstetten Castle

Artstetten Castle with its characteristic seven towers stands in the middle of an idyllic park in the southern Waldviertel, not far from the Danube. The castle looks back on an...


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Göttweig Abbey

The Benedictine Göttweig Abbey towers majestically at 422 m above sea level on the eastern edge of the world-famous Wachau region. It has been a proud UNESCO World Heritage Site...


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Caricature Museum Krems

Caricature Museum Krems

The Caricature Museum Krems - Austria's only museum for caricature, satire, comics and cartoons - is just a 5-minute walk from the Krems-Stein boat landing stage and the Danube and...


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Aggstein castle ruins

Castle Aggstein

Presumably founded by the Kuenringers at the beginning of the 12th century, it was given its basic form, which has been preserved to this day, a good three centuries later. It...


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Family experience

DIE GARTEN TULLN

DIE GARTEN TULLN is not only a Top Excursion Destinations in Lower Austria, but also Europe's first and only ecological garden show. Here, in the midst of 70 impressive show...


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Dürnstein Abbey and Castle

Abbey Church of Dürnstein

Dürnstein Abbey was founded in 1410 as an Augustinian canonry, underwent a magnificent Baroque reconstruction 300 years later under Provost Hieronymus Übelbacher and was abolished...


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Herb spiral in the Kittenberg adventure gardens

Kittenberger Erlebnisgärten

Between vineyards, harmoniously integrated into the hilly landscape in Schiltern near Langenlois, Reinhard Kittenberger, his family and his team have created one of the most...


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Klosterneuburg Abbey

Klosterneuburg Monastry

One place.a thousand storiesThere is no other place in the entire German-speaking world where spiritual and secular life are so closely intertwined as in Klosterneuburg Abbey.This...


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Krems Art Gallery

Kunsthalle Krems

The Kunsthalle Krems in the historic tobacco factory is the international exhibition venue for modern and contemporary art in Lower Austria. With over 20 years of history, it is...


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Carnuntinum Museum

Museum Carnuntinum

Built in 1904 in the style of a Roman country villa, the building is Carnuntum's treasure house. In the current exhibition "Cosmopolitan City on the Danube Limes", visitors can...


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Roman city of Carnuntum

Römerstadt Carnuntum

Roman city quarterUnique in the world, part of a Roman quarter in Carnuntum has been reconstructed on its original site. Completely reconstructed houses with Roman underfloor...


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Barrique cellar

Sandgrube 13 Wein.Sinn

The SANDGRUBE 13 wein.sinn experience invites you on a fascinating journey in the footsteps of the juice of the vine. A guided tour through eight exciting stations offers...


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