Partially opened

3 Country tour - Day tour

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty challenging

Route 353,0 km

Time 5:00 h

Uphill 4680 hm

Downhill 4680 hm

Highest point 1789 m

Styria - Salzburg - Carinthia! Discover a dreamlike combination of curves, free driving feeling and endless freedom.

The tour leads from Spielberg in the adventure region murtal over the Lachtal valley to Schöder, where we ride the rarely opened Sölkpass with its great mountain curves. We continue to Ramsau where we have a great view of the highest mountain in Styria, the Dachstein. We continue to Filzmoos and Radstadt, where we are now in the Salzburger Land. The Tauernpass and the Twenger Talpass are other fantastic pass roads as well as ski areas in winter. We pass Tamsweg in Lungau until we come back to Styria in the direction of Murau. There we already see the castle Schwarzenberg and have the possibility to visit the brewery of the senses with the beer pharmacy. At Murau we turn in the direction of the Metnitz valley to the castle town of Friesach. Here we can experience how a castle is built without any tools. The process of building, without the help of modern equipment. Only through the traditional craftsmanship of the people involved, supported by strong Noriker horses, a castle complex with two towers, a palace, curtain walls and a chapel is built in a construction period of about 40 years. On the main square in Friesach is the Cafe Craigher with its high-quality chocolate production, here we have the possibility of a guided tour with tasting. Strengthened we drive over the winding Perchauer Sattel back to the Murtal to the Red Bull Ring, where we can experience a 90-minute sightseeing tour (reservation required), which is normally closed to visitors.

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More information

You come via the Murtal highway S36.

Coming from the west:

Take the Spielberg exit and follow the signs to Red Bull Ring.

Coming from the east:

Kreuz St. Michael follow the S36 in the direction of Kärnten.
Take the Spielberg exit and follow the signs to Red Bull Ring.

Parking is free of charge in the parking lot in front of the Red Bull Ring. During major events, separate parking facilities are provided for motorcycles arriving at the event.

Spielberg – Fohnsdorf – Oberkurzheim – Oberzeiring – Gföllgraben – Schönberg – Schiltern – Oberwölz – Winklern – St. Peter – Feistritz – Baierdorf – Schöder – Sölkpass 1.790 m – St.Nikolai – Mößna – Fleiß – Großsölk – Gatschberg – Pruggern – Ruperting – Mauterndorf – Ramsau – Schildlehen – Hochau – Filzmoos – Übermoos – Reitsteg – Schattbach – Eben i. P. – Altenmarkt – Radstadt – Löbenau – Untertauern – Obertauern – Tauernpass 1.738 m – Twenger Talpass 1.383 m – Tweng – Mauterndorf – Mörtelsdorf – Tamsweg – Sauerfeld – Seetal – Seebach – Ratschfeld – Ranten – Murau – Metnitz – Grades – St. Salvator – Friesach – Dürnstein – Wildbad Einöd – Neumarkt – Perchau – Perchauer Sattel 958 m – Scheifling – Unzmarkt – St. Georgen – Wöll – St. Peter – Judenburg – Spielberg

The Sölkpass may be closed due to weather conditions. Ask about the opening of the Sölkpass before you start your trip.

Unfortunately, the roads towards Metnitztal could be better.

The right equipment - especially for such tours - can save lives! Therefore, always be safe on the road!

In Friesach we can experience how a castle is built without modern aids and to strengthen ourselves for the way home we stop at the Cafe Craigher with its high-quality chocolate production.

The starting point can be reached by train from Knittelfeld and Judenburg and by bus.

You can also find this tour under:

Die Classic Planer Touren Karte - www.classic-planer.com The motorcycle or classic car map of the Murtal adventure region, available at the tourism offices or at many businesses in the Murtal region.