The Open-Air Art Mile is a free outdoor sculpture trail through Melk town, complementing a visit to the Benedictine Melk Abbey (1702-1736), one of Austria’s finest High Baroque buildings. Always accessible; no booking required. 45-60 minutes on foot. Melk is 1 hour from Vienna Westbahnhof by train and is a main stop on the Wachau Danube cycle route.
hiking trail in Melk
Open-Air Art Mile
Melk is best known for its Benedictine abbey on a cliff above the Danube, but the Open-Air Art Mile threads through the town below the abbey as a free outdoor sculpture trail, turning the approach to Austria's most visited religious building into something more than a car park queue.
- Type
- hiking trail
- Destination
- Melk
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Address
- 3390 Melk
- Coordinates
- 48.2272, 15.3370