Seitenstetten Monastery and the Moststraße Fruit Wine Trail
Gentle hills, alleys of pear trees, proud Vierkanthof farms (four adjoining buildings that enclose a square) and amidst it all the Baroque Seitenstetten Monastery: The western part of the Mostviertel district presents itself like a gigantic garden where people dedicate their lives to fermented perry. This is unique in Europe, since elsewhere the apple is the preferred fruit for fruit wines. Thanks to the favourable climate south of the Danube, different sorts of pears can ripen on hundreds of thousands of knobby trees along the 200km-long Moststraße Fruit Wine Trail.There are culinary stations in abundance: “Mostbarone” fruit wine taverns, homey “Moststraße” guesthouses and wine taverns invite to enjoy a break along the Fruit Wine Trail. Accommodation is provided by “Moststraße” hotels and guesthouses and by the hosts of “Mostviertler Genießerzimmer”. There are also quite a few farm shops.
Sights along the Fruit Wine Trail
- The Baroque Seitenstetten Monastery with its historic courtyard that is also referred to as “God’s Vierkanter” because of its grand arrangement.
- The former Ardagger Monastery with its famous glass windows.
- The MostBirnHaus Adventure and Culinary Centre at Ardagger Monastery. There visitors can enjoy an entertaining journey through the life of a pear from the tree to the glass.
- The “Mostelleria – the secret world of the fruit wine pear” in Oed-Öhling. Guided tours of the cellar, schnapps and fruit wine tastings and cooking courses are offered there.
- The lovingly compiled collection of the Mostviertl Farmers’ Museum in Gigerreith near Amstetten. Some 17,000 exhibits tell of the rural history.
- The Ostarrichi-Kulturhof cultural centre in Neuhofen/Ybbs. There you can admire a facsimile of the foundation charter of Austria dating back to 996.
Information, competent advice and brochure service
Mostviertel Tourismus GmbH (Tourist board)
Adalbert-Stifter-Straße 4
3250 Wieselburg
Austria
Tel.: +43 (0)7416 521 91
E-Mail: office@most4tel.com
http://www.mostviertel.info
http://www.moststrasse.at
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