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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recreationallake Ratten_lake_Eastern Styria | © Freizeitsee Ratten
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Recreationallake Ratten

The swimming lake is a few minutes' walk from the center of Ratten and invites you to relax and have fun.
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Stoani house of music_Stoakogler_Eastern Styria | © Stoani Haus der Musik
  • Gasen

Stoani House of Music

Reinhold, Fritz & Hans the "Stoakogler" have been moving into the world with their music for over 50 years. Today...
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Indoorspielplatz_Tigo Park_Oststeiermark (2) | © Tigo Park Rohrbach
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  • Rohrbach an der Lafnitz

Tigo Park Indoor playground

Indoor playground in Rohrbach an der Lafnitz
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Aerosolium_Eastern Styria | © Flotoanker
  • St. Lorenzen am Wechsel

Aerosolium marine air station (open-air inhalatorium)

Sea air station at the foot of the Wechsel in Eastern Styria!
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World in hands_Metal ball_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Die Welt in unseren Händen

This metal art can be found in front of the Gleisdorf solar stadium.
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Anger outdoor pool_water fun_Eastern Styria | © Marktgemeinde Anger
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Outdoor pool Anger

Bathing fun for young and old
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Ice rink Vornholz_ice sticks_Eastern Styria | © SSV Wenigzell
  • Vorau

Ice-skating rink Iceflower Vornholz

From the slope we go up to the ice.
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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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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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Teichalm lake_Panorama_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Fladnitz an der Teichalm

Teichalm lake

The Teichalmsee is the heart of the Almenland Nature Park. This moor lake is located at 1,200m above sea level and is...
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Roman road_sign_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Roman road Gleisdorf

Römerweg - walk in the footsteps of the Romans. The Romans settled in Gleisdorf from the middle of the 1st to the...
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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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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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