Make more from your time in Austria with these great day-trip motorcycle routes

The divine Nockalmstraße really is a road to write home about

56 Hohenwerfen & Postalmstraße

This relaxed ride heads past the imposing Hohenwerfen Castle (there’s time for a short visit) then loops through the Salzkammergut lakes.
Start/finish: Altenmarkt
Distance: 200 miles
Riding time: 5 hours
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57 Wolfsberg

This route twists its way to Deutschlandberg (an impressive castle... have we mentioned that Germany and Austria have castles?) before cutting its way through the Hirshegger Alps.
Start/finish: Wolfsberg
Distance: 215 miles
Riding time: 5.5 hours
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58 Burgenland borders

There are some stunning roads on the border with Hungary – as this flowing day’s ride demonstrates. Hartburg also makes a good base for a day trip to Graz.
Start/finish: Hartburg
Distance: 175 miles
Riding time: 5 hours
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59 Silvretta Strasse

Another one of Austria’s brilliant toll roads, the Silvretta Hochalpenstraße hugs the Swiss border. If you want a bit of lakeside chic, this route can be easily adapted to run from Bregenz.
Start/finish: Argenau
Distance: 175 miles
Riding time: 5.5 hours
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60 Linz links

From the fascinating city of Linz, this route follows the Danube before romping through Germany and the Czech republic in a flurry of fantastic corners. It's a guaranteed great day on two wheels.
Start/finish: Linz
Distance: 185 miles
Riding time: 5.5 hours
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Please note: This page contains the motorcycle touring routes for The RiDE Guide To Germany and Austria which came free with RiDE magazine in August 2019. These website pages are not regularly updated, so please check all critical information before you travel. All route files are in .gpx format. Garmin and BMW users can download the main file, which contains all the routes. TomTom users can either download the individual routes or use the MyRouteApp (depending on the age of your device). For many routes we also have Google Map links. However, as Google Maps will not plot routes over seasonally closed roads, such as high Alpine passes when they’re shut, so these may not work for every route all year round.