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The Baroque abbey of Göttweig above the Wachau and, to the north, the Kamp valley: 900-year-old cellars in Langenlois, the vineyards of the Heiligenstein and Rosenburg castle.
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Benedictine abbey · 2 h · €14 with audioguide · every day from March to December
Cellars · 1 h 30 · €17.50 with tasting · every day · audioguide in several languages
Castle · 3 h · €17 with a falconry display · April to October · 20 min on foot from the station
Itineraries
Days and weekends already planned out, with how to get between each stop and who to book with.
Plan the trip
Each choice narrows the next: the season shapes how best to travel, and how you travel decides where you stay and where you eat.
When to go
From April to October everything is open, including Rosenburg castle. September and October are the grape harvest, the best time for the vineyards and the Heurigen. The Göttweig museum is open from 21 March to 23 December, with an Advent market from 28 November to 6 December 2026. In January and February only the Loisium cellars remain, Thursday to Sunday.
How you travel
Choose how you're travelling and we'll tell you where to stay, how to get around, where to eat and which services you'll need. We only show the ways of travelling that make sense here.
By car is the best way to bring it all together: Göttweig is about 60 km from Vienna via the A1 and the S33, or about 85 km via the S5, and Langenlois is about 20 km to the north, past Krems. With a car you do the abbey in the morning, the Loisium or the Heiligenstein in the afternoon and dinner at a Heuriger, and in season you can fit in Rosenburg.
You can do it without a car, but over two days: one for Göttweig, reached by the Westbahn from Wien Hauptbahnhof or Meidling to St. Pölten and a regional train to Furth/Göttweig, with a 2.8 km walk uphill; and another for the Kamptal, with a train from Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to Hadersdorf and the Kamptalbahn to Langenlois or Rosenburg. Neither route depends on the central stretch of the S-Bahn closed until October 2027.
Göttweig and the Kamptal are a good hour from Vienna-Schwechat airport (VIE), with direct flights from Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish cities. With a hire car from the terminal you get there by the A4, the S1 and the A1 or by the S5; by train, go through Vienna and continue by the Westbahn or from Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof.
Who you're with
A trip with a toddler is not the same as one with a teenager. Pick yours to see what works and what to bear in mind.
The Kamptal does not look like a destination for children, but it has two visits they love: the falconry display at Rosenburg and the tour of the Loisium cellars with a children's audioguide. Göttweig works with older children, for the staircase and the views.
Where to stay
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Why we like it: The Göttweig Abbey guesthouse: 35 simple or renovated rooms, some with a view of the Wachau, from €145 for a double with breakfast.
Why we like it: A 3-star superior hotel in a little palace in Langenlois, with 45 rooms, a sauna, breakfast included and free cancellation up to eight days before.
Why we like it: A 10-room family guesthouse at the foot of the Sauberg, 300 m from the centre of Langenlois and 400 m from its street of cellars, with breakfast, a terrace and bikes.
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Where to eat
From set lunch menus to Michelin stars. We mark the price level and what to order at each place.
What to order: an Austrian midday dish on the terrace and, for dessert, some Marillenknödel, the Wachau's apricot-filled dough balls.
What to order: a riesling or a grüner veltliner from the winery by the glass, with the Heuriger's seasonal dishes in the courtyard.
What to order: on weekdays, the midday menu with soup; Thursday to Saturday evening, the regional menu with a Langenlois wine.
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Tips
Göttweig opens at 10:00 and the Loisium cellars accept the last entry at 16:30.
Langenlois is full of wineries: if you are driving and want to drink, stay the night.
The castle is open from April to October and not every day: check the calendar.
East of the Wachau, where the Danube leaves its valley for the Krems plain, Göttweig Abbey dominates the landscape from its hill, and to the north opens the Kamptal, the valley of the River Kamp, one of Austria's great white wine regions. They are two very different visits that fit into a day by car or a one-night getaway: in the morning, the imperial staircase of a Benedictine monastery; in the afternoon, cellars dug beneath Langenlois, terraced vineyards and dinner at a Heuriger, the taverns where wineries serve their own wine.
By car, Göttweig is about 60 km via the A1 and the S33, or about 85 km via the S5, and Langenlois about 20 km further north, past Krems. Without a car, each half has its own train, and neither goes through the central S-Bahn stretch that is closed until October 2027. To Göttweig: Westbahn from Wien Hauptbahnhof or Meidling to St. Pölten and a regional train to Furth/Göttweig, from where you walk up 2.8 km. To the Kamptal: train from Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to Hadersdorf am Kamp and there the Kamptalbahn to Langenlois or, further up, to Rosenburg.
At Göttweig Abbey, founded in 1083 and rebuilt in Baroque style after 1718, the tour of the imperial wing starts with the Kaiserstiege, the largest Baroque staircase in Austria, under Paul Troger's fresco, and ends on a balcony above the Danube. Have lunch on the terrace of the Stiftsrestaurant. In Langenlois, the Steininger LOISIUM WeinWelt takes you down into cellars up to 900 years old with an audioguide and tasting, every day of the year except Monday to Wednesday in January and February. In the late afternoon, climb among the vineyards to the Heiligenstein and the Kamptalwarte, the riesling hill. If you go between April and October, keep half a day for Schloss Rosenburg, the Renaissance castle with a falconry display, further up the valley.
From April to October everything is open; September and October, with the grape harvest, are best. In November and December Göttweig stays open daily until 23 December, with an Advent market from 28 November to 6 December 2026, but Rosenburg has already closed. Many Heurigen open only from Thursday to Sunday: it is a weekend plan.
The Stiftsrestaurant Göttweig has a terrace over the valley and hot food from Wednesday to Sunday. In Langenlois, the Heurigenhof Bründlmayer serves the wines of one of the best-known wineries in the valley from Thursday to Sunday, and the Schloss Haindorf restaurant serves lunch every day. To sleep, the abbey guesthouse, with rooms from €145 for a double with breakfast; the Hotel Schloss Haindorf, with a sauna; or the simple Pension Brandl, a short walk from the Heurigen.
Questions
By car, about 60 km via the A1. By train, via St. Pölten and a regional train to Furth/Göttweig, plus a 2.8 km walk uphill.
€14 with an audioguide in German or English; reduced €9 and families €25.
A winery tavern where the house wine is served with simple food. In Langenlois many open Thursday to Sunday.
Yes, but over two days: Göttweig by the Westbahn and the Kamptal via Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof and the Kamptalbahn.
From April to October; in 2026, from 4 April to 26 October, with days depending on the month.
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