St. Michael circular route

Starting from the well-known wine-growing town of Spitz, we begin our seven-km-long hike through the wine-growing town of Spitz. We walk through the famous vineyards already within the town (Pluris, Achspoint, Singerriedel) down to the legendary "Red Gate" into the Miesling Valley. From there, it goes through beautiful natural oak and hornbeam forests to bizarre rock formations with rustic old pines (partly deadwood) over the Michaelerberg to the old fortified church and Wachau original parish of St. Michael and along the Danube back to Spitz.

The Michaelerberg holds a special surprise for us: a beautiful, gently sloping dry grassland that offers a habitat to unique plant and animal species. Now it goes past blackthorn, downy oaks, and acacias to the old fortified church and Wachau original parish of St. Michael and along the Danube back to Spitz.