Feeding goats in the Hochreiter forest park in Eastern Styria | © Waldpark Hochreiter | Dagmar Frühauf Feeding goats in the Hochreiter forest park in Eastern Styria | © Waldpark Hochreiter | Dagmar Frühauf
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Destinations in the Eastern Styria

Enjoy a day with your loved ones in the green heart of Austria. Eastern Styria offers a wealth of choices for spending your day. In nature or in storied buildings, Austria’s garden has everything the heart desires.

Make memories that last a lifetime during a visit to the natural and cultural sites in Austria’s garden. From a magical underground lake to traces of the Romans to legendary places of power, you will find impressive sites in Eastern Styria.

You will find a variety of excursion destinations for the whole family in Eastern Styria as well. Kids can zoom downhill on the summer toboggan run, discover the woods and alpine pastures as a playground, and experience animal adventures at the petting zoo. How could Austria’s garden be otherwise? Artistically designed show gardens enchant visitors with Eastern Styria’s love of details. The various scenic routes, such as the Castle Road and the Roman Wine Road, are another special feature of Eastern Styria.

The most beautiful destinations in the Eastern Styria

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Foucault pendulum_pendulum1_Eastern Styria
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Foucault pendulum

In the center of the village - right next to the park - is the Foucault pendulum. It is unique of its kind because it...
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Pumptrack in St. Ruprecht on the raab

The pumptrack facility offers great riding fun for young and old
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Castle Festenburg_airview_Eastern Styria | © Burg Festenburg
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  • St. Lorenzen am Wechsel

Castle Festenburg

Explore the Festenburg and its history.
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Hödlhof_Fruits_Eastern Styria | © Hödl Hof
  • Stubenberg

Hödl Hof fruit distillery and spirits GmbH

We would be happy to show you how our fine brandies, schnapps and liqueurs are made. On a tour of our orchards and the...
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Church Heilbrunn_exterior view_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Anger

Heilbrunn pilgrimage church

Heilbrunn is a place of contemplation, reflection and encounter. This is what the pilgrimage church, the Gnadenbrunnen...
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Main Square Hartberg_City Hall_Eastern Styria | © Kleine Historische Städte Österreichs
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  • Hartberg

Historic Main Square Hartberg

Visit our historic main square in the centre of Hartberg!
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ice skating rink Birkfeld_ice sticks_Eastern Styria | © SSV Wenigzell
  • Birkfeld

Ice-skating rink Birkfeld

If the weather conditions are right, there is also an ice rink in Birkfeld.
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Almenland Stollenkäse_Franz Möstl_Oststeiermark | © Almenland Stollenkäse
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Stollen cheese Almenland

Since 2009, Franz Möstl's world-champion quality stollen cheese varieties have been maturing in the Franz Leopold...
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HERZ_Indoor Swimming Pool_East Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Hartberg

HERZ Recreation and Leisure Center

Stay fit and healthy? ...etc. possible with the Hartberger recreation and leisure center (short: HERZ)
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Swimming pool Fladnitz_Pool_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
  • Fladnitz an der Teichalm

Outdoor Pool Fladnitz/Teichalm

The outdoor pool of the municipality of Fladnitz an der Teichalm is located directly in the center below the Gasthof...
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Moarpeter_beer_Eastern Styria | © Moarpeter
  • Stubenberg

Moarpeter

Beer from our own brevery.
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Raabklamm_Bridge_Eastern Styria_Toperczer | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Weiz

Die Raabklamm

With a total length of around 17 kilometres, the Great and Small Raab Gorge form the longest gorge in Austria. The...
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GenussCard handover at the reception | Harald Eisenberger | © Thermen- und Vulkanland Steiermark, Harald Eisenberger

GenussCard

Starting with the first overnight stay at a GenussCard partner operation, you receive the GenussCard at no charge. It lets you visit the more than 250 GenussCard destinations free of charge, also on the day of arrival. These range from bathing on the Stubenbergsee to a tasting at the Almenland-Imkerei Kreiner or the Konditorei Schwindhackl, a ride on the summer toboggan run, a church tour in Pöllau or an old town tour in Hartberg.

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