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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Elzer Roas_Eastern Styria | © Steirische Apfelstraße
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  • Puch bei Weiz

Listening pleasure lounger on the Elzer Roas

Here, where the "Biggest Apple" spans the road, you can enjoy a magnificent view of the Kulm, which was already settled...
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World in hands_Metal ball_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Mahnmal Rathaus Gleisdorf

The first initiative to erect a memorial came from Wolfgang Seereiter in 2005, “The Future Needs Remembrance...
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Time.Area_Shopping window_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Zeit.Raum

In May 2021, Martin Krusche and Monika Lafer started a collaboration in Gleisdorf's city center - and are using...
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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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  • Gleisdorf

Energy road

The municipality of Gleisdorf is considered a pioneer in the field of renewable energies. With the LEADER project...
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Pumptrack_St. Ruprecht an der Raab_Oststeiermark | © Marktgemeinde St. Ruprecht an der Raab
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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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Beetle Bean Window_window1_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiemark
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Beetle Bean Window

St. Ruprecht an der Raab and the whole of Eastern and Southeast Styria are known for the flagship product beetle bean.
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Mesnerturm

The Mesnerturm rises on a hill north of Rollsdorf and is a landmark of Rollsdorf, a district of St. Ruprecht an der...
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Object A.G.G._House_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Objekt Alois-Grogger-Gasse 10

A particularly striking building in the city center of Gleisdorf is the blue property Alois-Grogger-Gasse 10, where the...
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Hospital Cross

Located at the northern exit of the village, at the fork in the road between Weiz and Mitterdorf, is the...
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Aronia Köck_products_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Aronia manufactory Köck

The family farm "Köck" has been relying on "Aroniaberries" and other super fruits since 2012. An interesting tour...
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Highest church tower_view_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
  • Pischelsdorf am Kulm

Highest church tower in Eastern Styria - Pischelsdorf parish church

Panoramic view and tower tours
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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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