Children in the Hochreiter forest park in Eastern Styria | © Waldpark Hochreiter | Dagmar Frühauf Children 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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Steirerkraft Kernothek_outdoor_Eastern Styria | © Steirerkraft
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Steirerkraft Kernothek

Modern, traditional and with enough space for delicacies from more than 130 suppliers from the region, the home of the...
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Karl-Wirt_Inn_Eastern Styria | © Gasthaus Karl-Wirt
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  • St. Kathrein am Offenegg

Recreational facility Karl Wirt

In the leisure facility at the Gasthaus Karl-Wirt there is a lot to experience, especially for the little guests! It...
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hARTberg walk_Do the right thing_Oststeiermark | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Hartberg

hARTberg walk - Do the right thing

Experience unique spray art in the East Styrian town of Hartberg!
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Windpark_Pretul_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Ratten

Windpark Steinriegel - Pretul

With 35 turbines, the Pretul is the largest high-alpine wind farm in Central Europe.
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Teufelstein_Sunrise_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Fischbach

Teufelstein

Fischbach's local mountain is a popular hiking destination for young and old: a quick one-and-a-half-hour summit tour...
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Ice Stick Shooting_Eastern Styria_Häusler | © Bernhard Häusler
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Ice Rink Tober

The small but nice ice rink in Tober is not only a pleasure for the locals but also for all guests! Children and adults...
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The desert garden_garden1_eastern Styria | © Der Wüstengarten
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The desert garden

The desert garden With around 2600 m², this is the largest, most conspicuous and therefore eponymous part of the...
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Garden castle_air_view_Eastern Styria | © Gartenschloss Herberstein
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  • Feistritztal

Garden Castle Herberstein

In the imposing castle grounds and the magnificently landscaped gardens, you can immerse yourself in a bygone era. The...
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House of the Apple_Abacus_Eastern Styria | © Abakus
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  • Puch bei Weiz

Special exhibition “The secrets of the apple men”

De geest van de appelmannen
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Mining Museum_Stollen_Eastern Styria | © Kurt Elmleitner
  • Ratten

Mining Museum Ratten

You can visit the adit in Ratten which is closed since 1960s.
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Hiking hut Fernblick in Sparberegg | © Kräuterregion Wechselland / Oststeiermark Tourismus
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Hiking hut Fernblick

Cozy snack station!
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Miro in Municipality office_Skulpture_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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Miró im Gemeindeamt Ludersdorf-Wilfersdorf

Winfried Lehmann dedicated his painted talcus sculpture to the Spanish-Catalan surrealist Joan Miró. He worked as a...
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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 280 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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Children stroke sheep in Styria | ©  Oststeiermark Tourismus | Bernhard Bergmann

Experiences & leisure activities

Our excursion destinations welcome you and offer a wide range of experiences on a variety of topics. Whether it's a tasting of the finest schnapps or the special Stollenkäs cheese, an exciting tour through underground worlds or interactive adventure stations - right through to a hike with alpacas or a romantic horse-drawn sleigh ride through the alpine landscape. Immerse yourself in the region and experience it like the locals with a customised slow trip experience. Maximum fun guaranteed!

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