Garten Eden-Tour, St. Kathrein am Offenegg

Name: Garten Eden-Tour, St. Kathrein am Offenegg
Brand: Steiermark
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A beautiful tour around St. Kathrein am Offenegg in the Almenland Nature Park, which includes the local excursion destinations. Flowers, gardens and rowan berries - and the “highlight” of the Eibisberg!

The name of this tour alone raises special expectations and they are not disappointed - even if the wonderful show garden along the route is called “Sulamith”. The highly decorated flower village of St. Kathrein is worth a visit alone, but the Graf distillery with its orchards at over 1,000 meters above sea level is also unique. The special features of the rowan berries processed here are best explained to you by the chef himself. The “highlight” in the truest sense of the word is the Eibisberg with its hut and a great view out to Weiz.

Stop:

GH Spreitzhofer, the best cuisine right on the bike path

GH Schwaiger, in the village center with a guest garden

Der WILDe Eder, tarts and chocolate from the patisserie world champion Eveline Wild

Lindenstüberl & Patschahütte: both businesses are only open on weekends

The current opening times of all businesses in the Almenland Nature Park can be found here.

Most of the route is asphalted, a small section leads along a forest path. A mountain bike is not necessary for the tour, but an e-bike is recommended.

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

12,7 km

Route

1:30 h

Time

390 hm

Uphill

390 hm

Downhill

1186 m

Highest point

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More information

Via the A2 from Vienna, Graz or Klagenfurt: to the Weiz exit, continue on the B64 to the Weizklamm, take the “Brandlucken/Sommeralm” turn-off and drive to the St.Kathrein/Offenegg turn-off. From there it is about 2 kilometers to the town center.
Via the A9 and S 6 from Vienna, Linz or Salzburg: in Bruck/Mur take the S35 towards Graz, at the Frohnleiten exit take the B64 towards “Weiz”, after approx. 26 km turn left towards “Brandlucken/ "Sommeralm" and drive to the junction to St.Kathrein/Offenegg. From there it is about 2 kilometers to the town center.

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Start: St. Kathrein am Offenegg/Kathreinerhaus

We drive towards the town center and turn left at the first intersection towards “Weiz/Passail”.
Immediately after the GH Zum Steinhauser we turn left up into the "Zeil".
We now drive along the country road to the next intersection
There we turn right down to “Eibisberg/Gschaid”.
We drive along the forest path to the intersection, where we turn left up to “Gschaid/Patschaberg”.
In Gschaid we turn left again towards “Eibisberg 2 km”.
We drive the 2 kilometers up to the refuge on Eibisberg, a rest area with a beautiful view.
Here we turn around and drive back down to the intersection in Gschaid.
From Gschaid we continue straight on and enjoy the wonderful view: on the right is the town of St. Kathrein and the Rote Wand, on the left the view extends to the Schöckl
At the next intersections we continue straight ahead until we pass through the “Eck” district, where we continue straight ahead into the forest.
Immediately after entering the forest we turn right onto the forest path back to “St. Kathrein/Zeil”. We drive past some old watermills to the intersection with the wooden bridge.
There we turn left (“St. Kathrein/GH Spreitzhofer”) and continue over the bridge. After about 1 kilometer uphill we pass the Sulamith Garden.
At the next intersection we turn left and drive back over the “Zeil” to St. Kathrein.

Chocolate heaven awaits at the Hotel Der WILDe EDER: TV chef Eveline Wild sells her world-champion pralines and chocolates here!

The nearest train stations are Mixnitz and Weiz, timetables and travel information can be found at www.oebb.at or www.busbahnbim.at.

All info on how to get here can be found here.

For local transport we recommend the SAM-SammelTaxi, which also takes bicycles if you book in advance.

Kathreinerhaus, St. Kathrein am Offenegg

All rental stations for bicycles & e-bikes in Eastern Styria.

More info about the region, where to stop for a bite to eat, where to find rooms and descriptions of the excursion destinations and businesses:

Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
Almenland Nature Park Office
Fladnitz 100
8163 Fladnitz/Teichalm

Tel: +43 3179 23000
Mail: almenland@oststeiermark.com
www.almenland.at | www.oststeiermark.com

In the Almenland office you can also get the cycling map for the "Genusstouren im Garten Österreichs". Further information brochures on the excursion destinations are available at the Almenland office or at the businesses.