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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Community Encounter_Skulpture_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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Skulptur "Gemeinschaft Begegnung"

The viewer should be encouraged by the work of art to explore the essence of existence.
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Blessing place_PLace_Eastern Styria
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Blessing place for children

The “Blessing Square” for children is a piece of jewelery that was built and inaugurated in St. Ruprecht an der...
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Pumptrack_St. Ruprecht an der Raab_Oststeiermark | © Marktgemeinde St. Ruprecht an der Raab
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Pumptrack in St. Ruprecht on the raab

The pumptrack facility offers great riding fun for young and old
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Art Park_Autumn_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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Art Park St. Ruprecht an der Raab

At the northern end of the market town of St. Ruprecht an der Raab (near the Watzl mill and the Spitalkreuz - on the...
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Archery course_Practice Meadow_Eastern Styria | ©  Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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Archery course Gleisdorf

The archery course in the district of Ungerdorf is an outdoor leisure activity for young and old!
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Foucault pendulum_pendulum1_Eastern Styria
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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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K.H.S. St.Ruprecht_Viola_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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Kunst.Hot.Spot St. Ruprecht/Raab

Right next to the Foucault pendulum is the Kunst.Hot.Spot St. Ruprecht/Raab - a songbook with viola. This highlights...
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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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Object A.G.G._House_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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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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Silo_Artwork_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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Solar Tree Gleisdorf

In 1999, the city of Gleisdorf announced the “Art at the City Gates” competition, in which - in preparation for the...
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Park_Lake_Eastern Styria | © Iris Bloder
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Historical Park St. Ruprecht an der Raab

The park is right in the village next to the Raab. Take a deep breath and enjoy the scent of centuries-old trees.
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Community Encounter_Skulpture_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Kunst.Hot.Spot Hofstätten/Raab

As part of the LEADER project “Kunst.Hot.Spots” in the Weiz-Gleisdorf energy region, horseshoe sculptures were...
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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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