From the Kurpark to the Proksch-Hütte through the Vienna Woods

The route suggested by Baden's tourist office for getting from the spa into the woods: you climb through the Kurpark, pass the Beethoven temple and enter the Vienna Woods as far as the Proksch-Hütte hut, and return. It is 8.3 km and about 2 h 40 on foot. If you prefer flat terrain, the Helenental valley, west of the town, has paths beside the River Schwechat below the ruins of the Rauhenstein and Rauheneck castles.