Danube Cycle Path stage 8 southern bank: Petronell - Bratislava

Medieval fans will be enchanted by the Chapel of St. John the Baptist in Petronell, whose Romanesque rotunda dates back to the Knights Templar. And a flying visit to the Roman city of Carnuntum lets you experience antiquity live. The main architectural types of a Roman town quarter have been reconstructed in their historical context in a way that is unique in the world: a town house, a magnificent town villa with furniture, underfloor heating, a functioning stove and a public thermal bath complex.

You can 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 is the heart of the Roman town of Carnuntum. But also in the Carnuntum thermal baths, where rheumatism has been cured since ancient times.

The nearby town of Hainburg not only has the old town gates, the Wienertor, the Ungartor and the Fischertor, but also an extensive castle ruin that lends it 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 views of the Danube, the Thebener Kogel with Devin Castle, which is already in Slovakia, and neighboring Bratislava, whose suburbs you reach soon after crossing the state border at Wolfsthal.

The Slovakian capital offers you numerous sights to round off your cycle tour: for example the four-towered castle, the city's landmark, or the Slovakian National Theatre, the old town with the Hviezdoslavovo Namestie Boulevard or the New Bridge, on whose bridge pillars a futuristically designed restaurant ("UFO") offers a comprehensive view.