Cultural and leisure time in the surrounding area:
- Stift Herzogenburg
- Stift Göttweig
- Stift Melk
- Schallaburg
- Events in Festspielhaus St. Pölten
- each June Donaufestival Wachau
- Exhibitions in Krems, Tulln and at the Schallaburg
- Wachau and much more
Sports and outdoor activities:
- Bike paths, especially in the Danube Valley.
- Walks
- Tennis in private courts on the castle grounds
- Swimming in private pool on the castle grounds
- Horse-riding
- Golf course in Goldegg (25 mins by car)
- Trampolin
- Boating
- Fishing
- Inlineskating
Skiing:
- Lilienfeld (30 mins)
- Türnitz (45 mins)
- Annaberg, Josefsberg (50 mins)
- Ötscher (30 mins)
- Mariazell (60 mins)
- Cross-country skiing in the beautiful Faden Valley (60 mins)