At the town hall in Mautern, we pass under the white archway and walk along the wall of the Roman fort Favianis towards the Danube. On the right, past the Roman hall, we pass Mautern Castle, turn left at the roundabout and cross the impressive Danube bridge. On the northern bank of the river, our path leads right through the Linzer Gate into the medieval town of Stein. We follow Steiner Landstraße, keep left at the first intersection, and then shortly afterward turn left into Hintere Fahrstraße (stamp station at the winery and Heurigen Fam. Stagård, Hintere Fahrstraße 3). Here we can take a nice break at one of the Heurigen. The street leads up to Frauenberg, where we turn right towards Frauenberg Church. From here our view stretches over the picturesque Stein to Mautern and Göttweig Abbey.
We pass through the church and descend again via the Frauenberg stairs to Steiner Landstraße. Our path continues left past the Minorite monastery, where the art mile begins. We leave Stein through the Kremser Gate and enter the world of the arts. The Kunsthalle, the caricature museum, and the Lower Austrian literature house lie on our path until we reach Stein prison. We follow Schillerstraße past the monastery to Kremser City Park. Here we keep left and walk through the Steiner Gate into the old town. At the other end of the pedestrian zone, we reach the daily market, turn left, and walk up to the parish church at Parish Square. Turning right uphill through Margarethenstraße, we soon reach our stage destination at Hoher Markt.
