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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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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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Baroque church St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Visible from afar, on a plateau above the village stands the baroque church of St. Ruprecht an der Raab, dedicated to...
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  • Passail

Pirstingerlift - Sommeralm

The Pirstingerkogel lift is located on the Sommeralm, the rustic Holdahütt'n serves as the valley station. Here you...
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  • Wenigzell

Minigolf Wenigzell

The mini golf course in Wenigzell is right near the Joglland Oase.
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  • Birkfeld

Adventure park summer toboggan run Koglhof

In the Eastern Styria region, there is no shortage of tobogganing fun, even in summer! Embedded in the wonderful...
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  • Hartberg

hARTberg walk - Pink Panters

Experience unique spray art in the East Styrian town of Hartberg!
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  • Birkfeld

Oilmill Schellnegger

High quality oils are produced in the Schellnegger oil mill in Birkfeld.
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  • Rettenegg

Indoorpool Rettenegg

The indoor swimming pool in Rettenegg offers fun and action for young and old!
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Natural swimming pond Gruber_Pond with jetty_Eastern Styria | © Naturbadeteich Gruber
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  • Pöllau

Natural Bathing Pond Gruber

We offer many leisure activities like our own natural bathing pond (5000 m²).
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  • Hartberg

hARTberg walk - ONUR

Experience unique spray art in the East Styrian town of Hartberg!
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  • Gleisdorf

Schaufenstergalerie

In August 2013, Alexander Rainer and Helmut Rabel opened a window gallery at Bürgergasse 2.
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  • Ratten

Mining Museum Ratten

You can visit the adit in Ratten which is closed since 1960s.
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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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