Melk-Wallsee-Austria-7-31-14

by | Jul 31, 2014 | Austria, Bicycling Europe-2014, EuroVelo 6 | 0 comments

Melk-Wallsee-Austria

Hunting for a Campground

 41 miles (66 km)

Total so far: 424 miles (683 km)

Route 2,961,778 – powered by www.bikemap.net
It rained all night in Melk. It rained again in the morning time until about 9 o’clock. We were planning to have breakfast at the restaurant at the campground, but the owner of the restaurant died last night so they closed the restaurant. It makes one realize it’s a good idea to get the most out of life every day.
So we started cycling on the right bank (on the same side as Melk) heading north. While riding Melk-Wallsee-Austria on the right bank, we saw very few towns in comparison to the left bank.
The first town, Pochlarn, is very industrial, but after that we started riding through lovely farm country right along the Danube and then coming inland for a little bit and then back to the Danube.
The right bank was very quiet from the traffic as the bike trail was removed a good distance from the main road most of the day. We could see lots of very nice villages on the left bank, but it also looked like the main traffic road and the bike trail could have been very close together hence more traffic noise if you are riding on that side.

 

Riding on the right bank we also had lovely views across river of all these charming towns even though we didn’t go through them.

The bicycle path goes right through the commercial center of its Ybbs. There we found our first real grocery store in many days, and an ATM. The little towns along the Danube have been shy of these amenities.

It rained hard after Ybbs, but we kept on riding as the bicycle path was so incredibly lovely.
Melk-Wallsee-Austria--roads

Melk-Wallsee-Austria–roads-rain

 

 

From Ybbs to Grein on the right bank is awesome riding on the nicest bicycle path and on quiet roads through more towns.

Grein is incredibly picturesque town on the other side of the river as have been so many of the towns all the way along the route. Bikeline mentions that from Grein south the bicycle path is really the busy highway, thus confirming that the right bank is a splendid choice.
We were looking for a campground just south of Wallsee. It was on the map in bikeline. When we got within a few kilometers of Wallsee, we discovered that the campground was a private home up on a hillside. Since we had no food with us or any way to cook, we decided to go on to Wallsee. The map did not show any campground in Wallsee itself. So we thought we might have to stay in a guest house.

It’s a steep hill to get up into the Wallsee where the churches are in the center of the town.

When we got there, we found two guest houses. One appeared to be closed; the other was going to cost about $100 a night. It was a simple room and we did not have the heart to pay that much money for a bed.
Melk-Wallsee-Austria-towns-Wallsee

Melk-Wallsee-Austria-towns-Wallsee

So we rode around town asking about a camping area. Someone told us of the sports club at the bottom of the hill so we followed their directions and found a sports club on the edge of town. There was a bar/restaurant nearby so we pitched our tent.

The sports club was eager to have us as they charge double what any other campground would charge. But at least we had a place to spend the night. It was raining again, so we made it an early night.

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