
A Spring Walk from Vienna into the Vienna Woods
How to reach the Vienna Woods from the city by public transport, which marked city hiking paths to use, and what early spring does to the…
Austria is where Trail & Ride started, and this page brings together everything we have published there. The articles range from the Vienna Woods, where good walking starts almost at the end of a tram line, to the Wachau, the Pielach valley, Lake Ossiach, the Semmering railway and the Hohe Tauern. Some routes we walked ourselves and some we researched from official sources; each article says which, and shows the date we last checked the facts. You will find train and bus access, route notes, seasonal cautions and credited photographs. We add new places only when we have real content to share, so there are no empty pages here. Check current local information before you travel and pick routes that suit your experience.

How to reach the Vienna Woods from the city by public transport, which marked city hiking paths to use, and what early spring does to the…

A gentle one-way walk from the restored Bleistätter Moor on Lake Ossiach to Feldkirchen, with bird notes, protected-area rules and bus…

A moderate ridge walk from the Falkertsee in the Nockberge down to Sankt Oswald, with bus links, safety notes and checked facts about the…

Greetings, shared benches and the written rules behind friendly hiking in the Vienna Woods, from the city's tips to Austrian forest law.

A one-way walk down the upper Mölltal from Heiligenblut to Döllach, past the water mills of Apriach, the Jungfernsprung falls and Tauern…
Fit, trail shoes versus boots, waterproof membranes, socks, break-in and care: a practical guide to choosing hiking footwear.
How to choose a hiking T-shirt: synthetic, cotton or merino, rough price levels, fit, layering, sun protection, odour and washing.

A train-friendly 8.8 km loop to the 1,535 m Kampalpe, with the route facts, the right regional ticket and the safety notes most write-ups…

A 13.65 km loop from Kirchberg station through Lower Austria's Dirndltal, with Dirndl blossom and harvest seasons, train access and…
Compare the lake walks around Nassfeld in the Carnic Alps: the Zollnersee Geotrail, the Wolayersee and the Lago di Pramollo at the pass.

A forest climb from Ossiach up the ravine trail to the Tauern pond, with official figures for the circuit, bus links and safety notes.

A walk to the Pasterze glacier below the Grossglockner: dams, a suspension bridge, the Gamsgrubenweg tunnels and what the retreating ice…

A Welterbesteig walk from Spitz into the Spitzer Graben: our hot summer outing, turned back after 10 km, with checked trail facts, times…

A photo-led look at how spring climbs through the Vienna Woods, from primroses on the forest floor to blossom and young green on the slopes.

A guide to Austria's smallest national park on the Czech border: rare plants, the returning wildcat, Iron Curtain history and how to visit.

How the Ötschergräben gorges formed, which waterfalls are where, how a railway power plant shaped the valley, and the four main ways in.

Which viewpoints near Vienna you can reach by public transport, how to read the weather from them, and how to behave around wild boar.

A practical guide to the Wachau between Melk and Krems: when to go, how to arrive by train, bus and ferry, what to see and where to walk.

A one-way walk of about 11 km from the Ötscher-Basis through the Lassing and Ötscherbach gorges to the Erlaufstausee, with the…