Of ancient Romans and modern restaurants
The final stage of the Danube Cycle Path leads from Petronell to Bratislava. Along the southern bank, the route passes through Hainburg, with its well-preserved fortress complex, past the first foothills of the Carpathians over the Austrian-Slovak border to the Slovak capital.
Medieval fans can be enchanted in Petronell by the St. John the Baptist Chapel, whose Romanesque rotunda dates back to the Knights Templar. And a visit to the Roman city of Carnuntum lets you experience antiquity live. Unique worldwide, the essential architectural types of a Roman neighborhood have been reconstructed in their historical context: a townhouse, a magnificent city villa with furniture, underfloor heating, a functional stove, and a public bathhouse.
You will also encounter the ancient Romans in the spa town of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. And not only in the Carnuntinum Museum, which with its ancient Roman statues and reliefs, mosaics and coins, weapons and jewelry pieces represents the core of the Roman city of Carnuntum. But also in the Carnuntum Thermal Baths, where rheumatism has been treated since antiquity.
The nearby town of Hainburg is endowed not only with the old city gates, the Wienertor, Ungartor, and Fischertor, but also an extensive castle ruin of medieval charm. In addition to the Schlossberg in the town, the Hundsheimer Berg and the Braunsberg also dominate the landscape. The latter offers the best view of the Danube, the Theben Hill with Devin Castle located already in Slovakia, as well as the neighboring Bratislava, whose suburbs you will reach shortly after the border at Wolfsthal.
The Slovak capital offers you – at the end of your cycling trip – numerous sights: such as the four-towered castle, the city’s landmark, or the Slovak National Theatre, the old town with the Hviezdoslavovo Namestie Boulevard, or the New Bridge, on whose bridge pillars a futuristic restaurant ("UFO") offers comprehensive views.
