Start: Kaindorf, at the multi-purpose hall (on the B54)
Marking: continuous wine & water tour
- We start at the information board and head south along the cycle path parallel to the main road.
- At the Hartl business park, we turn left downhill after the kitchen studio.
- Before the bridge, we turn left uphill towards "Frauenhofen".
- At the "Frauenhofen" signpost, turn right and continue in the direction of "Auffen".
- Immediately after Rohregg, we turn right and continue in the direction of "Großsteinbach".
- At the GH Koch/Wegkreuz inn, we turn right and head towards "Maria Fieberbründl".
- At the next junction, we keep left and continue towards "Maria Fieberbründl".
- On the hill - the Kulm is in front of us - we turn left downhill to "Maria Fieberbründl/Stubenbergsee".
- At the next junction, we turn right onto the cycle path.
- We have now reached the pilgrimage site of Maria Fieberbründl and should take a break to visit the small church.
- The path now leads directly past the pilgrimage church and out to the left.
- When we reach the main road, we turn right over the bridge onto the R8/Feistritztal cycle path, with the church of St. Johann bei Herberstein in front of us on the hill.
- In St. Johann bei Herberstein, we cross the Feistritz at the large bridge and continue along the R8.
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At the crossroads at the parking lot for the Herberstein animal world, we turn right uphill and join the HB8/Hofkirchentour.
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Passing the Schielleiten ponds on the left, we reach the junction with the main road.
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We cross the main road and continue straight ahead.
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Passing vineyards and wine taverns, we reach the ridge and now have a view of the Pöllau valley.
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We ride through Hofkirchen, past the Ballonhotel Thaller and turn left towards "St. Stefan".
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We have now reached St. Stefan with its striking Gothic chapel and turn right onto the HB18/Safental cycle path.
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We now continue straight ahead in a south-easterly direction, through the villages of Dreihöf and Riegelhöf.
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We now pass the Steirerteich pond on the left before reaching the main road again.
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We cross the main road and have now reached the parking lot at the multi-purpose hall again.