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The best excursion tips for families in the Waldviertel❤
The Waldviertel offers many amenities for all age groups. Many indoor activities allow for a varied excursion, where you are wonderfully independent of the weather. Many adventures are just waiting to be discovered by you!
Family trip in the Waldviertel
Whether you want to have fun bathing in the Sole-Felsen-Bad or immerse yourself in the past in the SONNENWELT museums or the Waldviertel art museum , the Waldviertel is an absolute excursion tip for young and old!
Sole-rock bath: Experience the healing power of the brine. Whether it's a bath, sauna or hotel - life is easy in the Sole-Rock World in the Waldviertel. Fun and adventure for the whole family are guaranteed here.
The water has brine concentrations of 1.5% to 3%. Well-kept lawns invite you to relax outside. The brine rock pool also offers free water aerobics, baby and children's swimming courses and the opportunity to hold a birthday party .
The little bathers experience exciting water adventures in the children's pool , whizz down the adventure slide and practice on the climbing wall. This is pure bathing fun!
The sauna team will pamper you with guided infusions. Relax in the agate, pine or crystal sauna, enjoy the steam bath and rock hammam or pay a visit to the rustic forest sauna. The sauna relaxation lagoon and the natural lake also invite you to refresh yourself.
SUN WORLD: The indoor adventure world takes you on a thrilling journey through time. Visitors immerse themselves in the history of humanity and energy and discover ways to achieve a sunny future.
The SONNENWELT Großschönau has plenty of sustainable surprises in store for your trip to the Waldviertel.
The interactive museum has many exciting hands-on stations where visitors become researchers. In the experience world, knowledge comes alive and is tangible.
A trip through 12 time zones that takes you to the beginnings of our planet. Currently, in the special exhibition "Powerchanger" you can learn about electricity and its use as well as its production.
Embark on a journey through a turbulent past to an electrifying future.
Kittenberger Adventure Gardens: In the wonderland of garden fantasy, Asia borders vineyards, Portuguese fire art meets Celtic power, from the rainbow you go on to the steppe, from the giant slide to the raft. Alpacas, ponies and goats greet you.
On an area of over 60,000 m² there are 50 themed gardens , which with their unique spaces, creative garden design ideas and colorful flower spectacles inspire visitors at any time of the year, from the awakening of spring to the magic of Advent.
The large adventure garden with its animal farm garden is particularly unique. There is a family slide and an adrenaline slide , water fun is provided by the raft rides and the stream, the little ones can have fun in the gnome garden, and much more. Animal friends such as alpacas, Waldviertel kangaroos, ponies and dwarf goats are also an integral part of the daily program.
High Moor Nature Park - Schrems Underwater Kingdom: Whether you look out over the moor from a height of 20 metres on the ladder to heaven or experience it up close in the moor wading pool, discover fascinating plants or observe the animal world - there is always something to experience in the Schrems High Moor Nature Park!
An interactive exhibition awaits you indoors and the water garden with otter enclosure outdoors.
The Schrems High Moor Nature Park offers the opportunity to enjoy the charm of the Waldviertel moor landscape. From the 20 m high ladder to heaven you have a breathtaking view over the treetops of the nature park and the hidden, romantically glittering water surface of the peat basin.
Afterwards, treat yourself to coffee specialties, pastries and delicacies in the "Cafe UnterWasseRreich".
The entire area in the UnterWasserReich is barrier-free and the destination is worth a visit even in bad weather .
THE WORLD OF CHEESE MAKERS: Go on a journey of discovery together in the world of cheese makers' show factory. An exciting insight into the production of countless delicacies.
The KÄSEMACHERWELT in the northwestern Waldviertel is the adventure world of the cheese and antipasti pioneers DIE KÄSEMACHER and houses a show factory, restaurant and shop. With around 40,000 visitors every year, it is one of the TOP excursion destinations in Lower Austria.
During guided tours you have the unique opportunity to look over the shoulders of professional cheesemakers and see how delicious cheese is made from milk.
Of course, a tour like this also includes a tasting of the specialties . Indoor and outdoor play areas and a petting zoo round off the offer for families.
The Waldviertel Art Museum: Discover one of the most extraordinary museums in Lower Austria. With exciting exhibitions, creative offers and exciting activities, a visit to the museum becomes a unique excursion. The Waldviertel Art Museum is an experience for the whole family and whatever the weather.
Every year, new experiential exhibitions with hands-on art are shown on 12,000 m².
The large sculpture park invites you to play and explore.
Groups can bake fresh bread according to old recipes in the large outdoor oven .
The creative workshop offers a wide range of workshops for children, young people and adults. The ceramics workshops for young and old are particularly popular. And the painting academy for 12-19 year olds is also a well-attended part of the museum's program.
Other highlights at the art museum include the Punch and Judy show, children's birthday parties, family celebrations, puzzle rallies and family tours.
kids space - indoor playground: A gigantic indoor playground that extends over several floors. Ready to go gold digging and search for precious stones? Or have fun on the slides? There's something for everyone in the kids space.
The heart of the indoor playground is a climbing tower , surrounded by numerous play stations. As soon as you reach the top of the tower, you have to ask yourself the difficult question of how to get back down again. With the spiral tube slide , the wave slide or perhaps the 65-degree free fall slide?
Or you can become a treasure hunter in the gemstone camp . Like gold diggers, you can wash gemstones out of the gravel.
Absolute highlights include the bouncy castle and the ball pit.
Museum Horn - Höbarth and Mader Museum: Head to the Horn Museum for one of the prehistoric exhibitions in Lower Austria. Ideal for a trip with children to experience archaeology and prehistoric times up close.
The Horn Museum offers a deep insight into the past. The individual exhibits date back to the Paleolithic period . The museum offers a child-friendly program for its youngest visitors - for example, after the tour, you can model your own clay pot in a prehistoric workshop. Or you can build the town of Horn together using building blocks. Technology fans can use their smartphones to go on a digital treasure hunt through the museum for the treasure of the robber chief Grasel .
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