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Forest nature trail

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This beautiful hiking and walking trail leads you mainly through the beautiful collegiate forests.
The forest nature trail is an approx. 3.5 km long hiking and walking path that leads you from the Vorau collegiate church down to the Brühl, where we cross a small stream that is very suitable for cooling off in the summer.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
4,5 km
Route
1:30 h
Time
243 hm
Uphill
154 hm
Downhill
785 m
Highest point

Map & downloads

More information

Coming from Vienna: A2 exit Pinggau - Rohrbach-Vorau Coming from Graz: A2 exit Pinkafeld or Hartberg - Rohrbach - Vorau Further information on arrival: Stift car park, Vorau
  • We start at the monastery parking lot in Vorau
  • From there we go via a forest road down to the Brühl
  • Afterwards we walk along a forest road to the Erzherzog Johann Cross
  • In total there are 60 educational boards
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
Parking at Vorau Abbey or Pucheggerholzbrücke
Tourism Association East Styria

Office Joglland - Waldheimat

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

church quarter 24

Tel.: +43 3336 20255

Joglland-Waldheimat

Eastern Styria

current weather

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Regio Bus

Gallery

What the weather will be like

Vorau (675m)

Morning
cloudy
13°C
95%
5 km/h
Noon
cloudy
17°C
50%
15 km/h
Night
sunny
15°C
35%
10 km/h
First variable with showers, becoming drier and brighter in the afternoon.
Morning
weather.icon.66
10°C
85%
5 km/h
Noon
weather.icon.66
12°C
90%
10 km/h
Night
foggy
10°C
75%
10 km/h
Persistent rain, which will weaken gradually in the afternoon.
04.05.2024
slightly cloudy
8°C 19°C
05.05.2024
cloudy
7°C 19°C
06.05.2024
sunny
8°C 21°C
GenussCard Steiermark | © Thermen- und Vulkanland Steiermark, Harald Eisenberger

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