Cycle tour Stubenbergsee via Pöllau, Muhr Pöllauberg

Name: Cycle tour Stubenbergsee via Pöllau, Muhr Pöllauberg
Brand: Steiermark
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

From Hotel Muhr in the Pöllau Valley Nature Park to Lake Stubenberg and then via Schielleiten Castle and Hofkirchen back to Hotel Muhr.

Challenging cycle tour in Eastern Styria along vineyards, historic sites and magnificent viewpoints.

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

51,8 km

Route

4:15 h

Time

930 hm

Uphill

930 hm

Downhill

759 m

Highest point

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Pöllaubeg, Hotel Muhr

The Pöllau Valley Nature Park is located in the heart of Eastern Styria, the garden of Austria, approx. 60 km north-east of Graz and approx. 150 km south of Vienna

By car from ViennaIf you are driving from Vienna to Pöllau bei Hartberg, take the A2 towards Graz and drive about 110 kilometres until you reach the Hartberg exit. From there, follow the B54 in the direction of Pöllau.

By car from GrazTo get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Graz, take the A2 motorway in the direction of Vienna. After about 30 kilometres, take the Gleisdorf West exit and then take the B54 towards Hartberg/Pöllau. Follow the B54 for about 25 kilometres until you reach Pöllau.

By car from SalzburgTo get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Salzburg, take the A1 motorway towards Vienna. Drive about 110 kilometres to exit 109 (Salzburg junction). There change to the A9 motorway in the direction of Graz. At St. Michael, follow the S6 towards Kapfenberg. Continue on the S6 until the Krieglach exit. From there, take the B72 and then the L405 to Pöllau.

We start at Hotel Muhr and take the municipal road and the L431 (Pöllauberg) country road via the traffic circle to Pöllau.
Through the center of Pöllau, then on to the post office, we pass the cemetery and then turn left onto the municipal road to Hinteregg.
This takes us past the Schweighofer sawmill, then past the "Jagawirt" inn until we soon come to the crossroads, where we keep right towards Stubenberg am See.
Continue to Gasthof Lex, turn left and follow the road to the center of Stubenberg.
Turn left at the parish church, right before Stubenberg Castle and ride downhill to the main road. Turn left to the lido.
After a loop around the Stubenbergsee lake, we take the exit at the Jufa-Gästhaus Stubenberg and ride parallel to the main road on the cycle path to Herberstein zoo.
Before the Herberstein zoo, turn left to the Herberstein wine tavern and via Stockreithweg, behind the Schielleiten pond to Vockenberg.
We cross the road and ride along the vineyards in Tiefenbach past Hofkirchen and through a wooded area, downhill, to the Romanesque church of St. Stefan. At the church, we turn left towards Pöllau and continue along the road through Schönau.
In Schönaudorf we meet the R57, which we follow to Pöllau.
At the castle, we leave the R57 and head north along Ortenhofenstraße to reach the "Pöllau-Nord" exit and the L406 (Schloffereck) country road.
Along the provincial road we pass the Heschl/Inseltown inn and then turn onto the municipal road to Prätis at the junction, taking us back to our starting point at Hotel Muhr.

Due to the altitude difference and the length of the tour, a good level of fitness is required - despite the e-bike!

Pöllauberg, Hotel Muhr

Timetables and travel information can be found atÖsterreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.For local transport we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Pöllaubeg, Hotel Muhr

Information about the region, places to stop for refreshmentsand overnight accommodation, excursion destinations etc.can be found here:

Tourism region Eastern StyriaNature Park Pöllauer Valley officeSchloss 1, 8225 Pöllau, AustriaPhone: +43 3335 4210 www.naturpark-poellauertal.at www.oststeiermark.com

Current weather Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Find out about cycle maps and other tour tips at the touristoffice.You can also order information material from the comfort ofyour own home on our website.

Tourism region Eastern StyriaNature Park Pöllauer Valley officeSchloss 1, 8225 PöllauTel: +43 3335 4210 www.naturpark-poellauertal.atwww.oststeiermark.com