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Gasthaus Durkowitsch
(Wiener Strasse 7, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg; mains €9-18; 10am-11pm Wed-Sun)
Family inn serving clas-
sics for under €15, along with more-expensive seasonal or game dishes such as venison
ragout or duck. A room for smokers has a rustic, hunter atmosphere.
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Information
Bad Deutsch-Altenburg Tourist Office
(
629 00;
www.bad-deutsch-altenburg.gv.at
;
Erhardgasse 2;
8am-
noon & 1-7pm Mon, to 4pm Tue-Thu, 8am-1pm Fri)
Petronell-Carnuntum Tourist Office
(
02163-337 70;
www.carnuntum.co.at
; Hauptstrasse 1a;
9am-5pm
mid-Mar-mid-Nov)
At the open-air museum.
Getting There & Around
There are hourly S-Bahn departures from Wien-Mitte for Petronell-Carnuntum, Bad
Deutsch-Altenburg (both €9.90, one hour) and Hainburg (€11.50, 70 minutes).
The cycle path from Vienna goes along the north bank of the Danube, crosses to the
south near Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, and continues into Slovakia.
Nationalpark Donau-Auen
Nationalpark Donau-Auen is a thin strip of natural flood plain on either side of the
Danube, running from Vienna to the Slovak border. Established as a national park in
1997, it was the culmination of 13 years of protest and environmentalist action against
the building of a hydroelectric power station in Hainburg. You'll find plentiful flora and
fauna, including 700 species of fern and flowering plants, and a high density of kingfish-
ers (feeding off the 50 species of fish). Guided tours by foot or boat are available; for
more information contact
Nationalpark Donau-Auen
(
www.donauauen.at
; Schlossplatz 1, Orth an der
Donau; adult/child €9.90/5.50; 9am-6pm mid-Mar-Sep, to 5pm Oct)
.
From Vienna, the Nationalpark Donau-Auen is best explored either by bicycle or on
one of the Nationalpark-run summer tours. Contact the
park office
(
01-4000-49495;
10am-6pm Wed-Sun Mar-Oct)
in Vienna for more details.
www.donauauen.at
;
Dechantweg 8, Vienna;
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