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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rider´s paradise Ponyhof_horses_Eastern Styria | © Der Ponyhof Familienhotel und Reiterparadies
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  • Ratten

Rider´s paradise Ponyhof

A riding experience for the whole family, from beginners to advanced riders, awaits you at the Ponyhof riding paradise...
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Drachenhöhle_View_Eastern Styria | © Gemeinde Pernegg/Mur
  • Pernegg

Drachenhöhle Mixnitz

The dragon's cave is a prehistorically important place. Particularly known for its variety of bats and for the legends...
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hARTberg walk_The Optimist_Oststeiermark | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Hartberg

hARTberg walk - Optimist

Experience unique spray art in the East Styrian town of Hartberg!
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funergy park_playground_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Weiz

funergy park

Learning and energy playground in the middle of the city!
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Grubbründl Chapel_Fountain_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Weiz

Grubbründl Chapel

The Grubbründl Chapel is a romantic chapel in the middle of a forest clearing in the municipality of Thannhausen. The...
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Goat cheese dairy_products_Eastern Styria | © Ziegenkäserei Grabenhofer
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  • St. Kathrein am Hauenstein

Goat cheese dairy Grabenhofer

The Grabenhofer family produces goat cheese products in St. Kathrein am Hauenstein of the highest quality in their...
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Schloss Aichberg_Luftaufnahme_Oststeiermark | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
  • Rohrbach an der Lafnitz

Aichberg Castle

Between Vorau and the East Styrian river Lafnitz you will find Aichberg Castle, which was once part of a medieval ring...
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Wave pool_sports pool_Eastern Styria | © Stadtgemeinde Gleisdorf_Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Wave pool Gleisdorf

The wave pool in the Gleisdorf swimming pool has given the wave pool its name for decades.
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Brewery Toni Bräu_Hop Plantation_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Ebersdorf

Brewery Toni Bräu

Enjoy an entertaining tour of the brewery in the CO2 and climate-neutral brewery with tasting of the natural "Toni...
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St. Maximilan's church_Outside_Eastern Styria_Pollhammer | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Pernegg

St. Maximilian's church

The Maximilian Church is around 300 years older than the Frauenkirche in Pernegg an der Mur. The mighty, Gothic defense...
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Hoamat Chapel_the Edlseer_Eastern Styria | © Hoamat-Kapelle
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  • Birkfeld

Hoamat Chapel

The chapel is located directly on the EDLSEER HOAMAT hiking trail - a 12 km long circular route with numerous rest...
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Castle park_Outdoor Classroom_Eastern Styria | © Franz Grabenhofer
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  • Pöllau

Open-air classroom with a view of the castle and the church

The open-air classrom is located in the beautiful castle park in the Nature Park Pöllau Valley.
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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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