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By car
Melk Abbey
Abt-Berthold-Dietmayr-Straße 1, 3390 Melk
There is parking in the large Abbey carpark. From here, Melk Abbey can be reached by a set of steps or a footpath (a few minutes’ walk); there is access for those with reduced mobility via the new lift.
Melk Abbey offers access to all those with reduced mobility. However, the Baroque Garden Pavilion can only be reached by steps.
If the route from the Abbey carpark is nevertheless too difficult, it is possible to arrange access in advance by driving directly to the delivery yard. Please inform us when buying tickets if you need to use this option. Please note that your vehicle must be parked elsewhere after arrival.
From Vienna or Linz
Journey time approx. 60 minutes
- A1 motorway, Melk exit
- At the roundabout, take the second exit onto road B3a towards Melk. Drive for 1.7km.
- Bear right and take road B1 in the direction of Melk Nord/Pöchlarn/Schönbühel/Wachau Rechtes Donauufer/Industriegebiet. Drive for 313m.
- Turn right onto road B1 in the direction of Pöchlarn/Melk West/Stift Melk. Drive for 165m.
- At the roundabout, take the third exit onto Dietmayrstraße in the direction of Stift Melk. You will reach the main Abbey carpark after 898 m.
From the left bank of the River Danube (Wachau, Waldviertel)
- Take the road B3/B3a over the Danube bridge, then follow the signs for Stift Melk.
Wheelchair access
Please use the small Abbey carpark (Abt Berthold Dietmayr Straße 1, 3390 Melk, a side road off Wiener Straße).
When you reach the barrier, please ring the bell for "Stiftspforte".
Pielach Castle
Auf der Schön, 3390 Melk
Access via Pielacherstraße 50 (cul-de-sac). Free parking next to Gugler brand-digital-print (5 minutes’ walk). Shuttle service from Melk Abbey (see the information at the concert)
The concert hall in the historical Castle Pielach can only be reached by steps.
From Vienna or Linz
- A1 motorway, Melk exit
- Take the road B3a in the direction of the B1. At the roundabout, take the second exit in the direction of Pielacherstraße.
- Access via Pielacherstraße 50 (cul-de-sac).
From the left bank of the River Danube (Wachau, Waldviertel)
- Take road B3/B3a over the Danube bridge towards the B1.
- At the first roundabout, take the third exit.
- At the second roundabout, take the third exit towards Pielacherstraße.
From Melk Abbey
- At the first roundabout, take the first exit towards the B1.
- At the second roundabout, take the third exit towards Pielacherstraße.
By train
From the railway station, you can walk (approx. 10 minutes) or take a taxi to Melk Abbey.
In order to make it easier for our guests to attend events on Fridays and Saturdays, we are now offering a night train on these days from Melk to Vienna in partnership with Austrian Federal Railways, the Transport Association for the Eastern Regions and the State of Lower Austria.
Friday and Saturday Nights
Toward Vienna: Depart Melk 11:34pm / Loosdorf 11:39pm / St Pölten 11:55pm / connecting Railjet to Vienna: 12:02am
Toward Linz: Depart Melk: 11:57pm (via Amstetten)
Route to the Abbey (approx. 15 min. walk)
- Take Lindestraße eastwards towards Hummelstraße.
- Turn left onto Hummelstraße towards Jakob-Prandtauer-Straße.
- Continue along Jakob-Prandtauer-Straße until you reach Wiener Straße.
- At the bakery Teufner GmbH, take the second road on the left onto Abt-Berthold Dietmayr-Straße
Taxi: Zwölfer Reisen Melk
Daily from 7.30 a.m. till 9.30 p.m. (outside hours by appointment)
Telephone: + 43 664 / 606 74 606
E-mail: office[at]wachautaxi.at
