This walk with a duration of around 1 hour starts at the "Roman Quarter", the museum in Petronell-Carnuntum and will lead you to the most spectacular and probably best known remains of the ancient Roman Empire in Austria.
From there you cross the parking, then turn right and walk through poppy fields…
to the amphitheatre in the Military City.
Behind the amphitheatre you can visit the training area for the gladiators. It is a reconstruction of an ancient gladiator school that has been discovered in 2011. By the way, the entrance to the amphitheatre of the Military City and the gladiator school is free.
After that you go back to the parking space, turn right and walk down the road until it's end. Then you turn right.
Right after walking through the railway underpass you will already see the most spectacular remain of Carnuntum.
The Heathen's Gate was erected in the time of the Roman Emperor Constantius II (351 - 361 A.D). The entrance is free. The gate originally had a square base and four pilars, but only 2 of them remained.
It is assumed that once a statue of the emperor stood on the plint that has a height of more than 4 meters.
After watching all the sites you walk back to the Roman Quarter. Here the walking tour ends, but I have further recommendations for you:
I really recommend visiting the the Roman Quarter. The entrance fee is not high and it is really worth visiting the reconstructed Roman village.
In the East of Petronell-Carnuntum you can find the "Kulturhaus". In this museum operated by a private association (all other sites are operated by an enterprise run by the federal government of Lower Austria), you can find the remains of ancient water pipes.
On the road between Petronell and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg you pass the amphitheatre of the Civil City. Tickets to the Roman Quarter are also valid for this amphitheatre.
In Bad Deutsch-Altenburg you can visit the Museum Carnuntinum. Tickets to the Roman Quarter are valid for this museum, too. The Museum Carnuntinum is located in a building in the style of an Ancient Roman country villa and has been opened in 1904 by Emperor Franz Joseph I.
Further information on Carnuntum can be found on carnuntum.at in various languages.
A GPS track can be downloaded here!