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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Castle Festenburg_airview_Eastern Styria | © Burg Festenburg
  • St. Lorenzen am Wechsel

Castle Festenburg

Explore the Festenburg and its history.
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Vorau Abbey_exterior view_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Vorau

Augustinian Canons' Monastery Vorau

Between the "Wechselmassiv" and its foothills in the north and the Masenberg in the south, the only remaining...
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Thonet Museum_Exhibition_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
  • Friedberg

Thonet Museum

The only Thonet museum in Austria!
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ice rink Puchegg_stick rink_Eastern Styria | © ESV Koglhof
  • Vorau

Ice-skating rink Puchegg

Into the skates ready and go.
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Erlebnispark_G.E.R.A._Oststeiermark | © G.E.R.A. Park
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  • Rohrbach an der Lafnitz

Adventure and water park at G.E.R.A Park in Eichberg

Water and adventure
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  • Waldbach-Mönichwald

Ice-skating rink Mönichwald

Take advantage of the 7500m² pure natural ice surface for optimal winter fun, whether for young or old.
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recreationallake Mönichwald_view_Eastern Styria | © Freizeitsee Mönihcwald
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  • Waldbach-Mönichwald

Recreationallake Mönichwald

The swimming lake in Mönichwald belongs to the "Seegasthof Breineder" and offers guests and visitors a chance to cool...
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Beistein_power place_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Grafendorf

Beistein in Grafendorf near Hartberg

A place of power to pause, observe and relax - in the middle of East Styria, the garden of Austria
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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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