With some great day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to enjoy everything that Krems an der Donau, 19 miles away, has to offer. Among your first stops here ought to be Gottweig Abbey, Beethovenhaus Gneixendorf and Karikaturmuseum. Locals are also likely to point you toward Sankt Polten, 30 miles away. If you only have time for one attraction here, let it be St. Polten Cathedral. (But we’re also huge fans of Sankt Polten Town Hall and Institut der Englischen Fraulein.)