Cycle tour Pöllauberg, RETTER Pöllauberg

Name: Cycle tour Pöllauberg, RETTER Pöllauberg
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From the hotel to the Pöllauberg pilgrimage church.

A challenging circular route around the Pöllauberg, to the church and back to the RETTER Bio-Natur-Resort via the Breitenbach, but easy to manage on an e-bike.

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Scenery

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

11,3 km

Route

1:00 h

Time

320 hm

Uphill

320 hm

Downhill

754 m

Highest point

435 m

Lowest point

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Pöllauberg, Hotel RETTER

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 Vienna
If 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 Graz
To 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 Salzburg
To 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 our tour from the RETTER Bio-Natur-Resort uphill towards Pöllauberg.
After a winding ride up the mountain, we reach the plateau and enjoy the magnificent view of the Pöllau Valley. Continue left to the main square of Pöllauberg and the Maria Pöllauberg pilgrimage church. After a short visit to the parish church, we head back out of the town center to the plateau.
Now we turn left down the mountain. We pass old deer pear trees and shady forests.
After the turn-off to Kalvarienberg, we take the next exit on the left past Gasthof Kerschhofer back to the hotel.
After a small ascent we reach the hotel.

Don't forget to take candle money with you! A visit with a short prayer and a look behind the altar to the second Madonna is worthwhile.

Pöllauberg, Hotel RETTER

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

Pöllauberg, Hotel RETTER

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

Tourism region Eastern Styria
Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office
Schloss 1, 8225 Pöllau, Austria
Phone: +43 3335 4210
www.naturpark-poellauertal.at
www.oststeiermark.com

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM