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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Kneipp oasis Siegersdorf_entrance_eastern_styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Feistritztal

Kneippoasis Siegersdorf

This Kneipp facility offers a fascinating view towards Riegesburg. Through the "Kneipptürl" you enter a really...
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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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Place of Pilgrimage_aerial view_Eastern Styria | © Helmut Schweighofer
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  • Pöllauberg

Observation Point: Pilgrimage Church Pöllauberg

Visit the observation point either behind or next to the pilgrimage church Pöllauberg.
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Gallows Forest_Signpost_Eastern Styria | © Alexandra Wagner
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  • Weiz

Judge site Gallows Forest

Until 1848, Thannhausen Castle was the seat of district authority and a regional court. Near Thannhausen Castle in the...
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Hospital Cross

Located at the northern exit of the village, at the fork in the road between Weiz and Mitterdorf, is the...
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Parish church Anger_exterior view_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Anger

Parish church Anger

Patron Saint Andrew
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Pirstinger mountain lift_Lift_Eastern Styria | © Naturpark Almenland
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Pirstingerlift - Sommeralm

The Pirstingerkogel lift is located on the Sommeralm, the rustic Holdahütt'n serves as the valley station. Here you...
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Open Air Museum Vorau_Entrance_Eastern Styria | © Freilichtmuseum Vorau
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  • Vorau

Open Air Museum Vorau

The remarkable collection of old rural buildings with original inventory documents the East Styrian working world of...
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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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