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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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Garden castle_air_view_Eastern Styria | © Gartenschloss Herberstein
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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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Grubbründl Chapel_Fountain_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Weiz

Grubbründl Chapel

The Grubbründl Chapel is a romantic chapel in the middle of a forest clearing in the municipality of Thannhausen. The...
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  • Puch bei Weiz

Hörgenuss-Liege Hochgartl

Here, where our Apple Blossom Festival takes place every April, you are close to the church and our inns - and here, as...
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Schloffer_Eastern Styria | © Steirische Apfelstraße
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Listening pleasure lounger at Schloffer's apple pavilion

Enjoy not only the view, but also the entertaining stories with which Puch storyteller Marion Wiesler will whisk you...
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  • Pöllau

NaturKRAFTpark

An educational trail for your senses to hone your perception. It helps you, to get in touch with your 5 senses and to...
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Singerberg_Eastern Styria | © Steirische Apfelstraße
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  • Puch bei Weiz

Listening pleasure lounger on the Singerberg

Here, near the Harl Chapel, you will find yourself in an idyllic, secluded spot, perfect for a picnic or a...
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Höfler oil mill_Chocolate_Eastern Styria | © Ölmühle Höfler
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  • Kaindorf

Höfler oil mill

Everything about pumpkin seed oil production with tasting of the freshly pressed pumpkin seed oil, which has already...
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Parish church of St. Johann near Herberstein

Patrocinium of St. John the Baptist
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Elzer Roas_Eastern Styria | © Steirische Apfelstraße
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  • Puch bei Weiz

Listening pleasure lounger on the Elzer Roas

Here, where the "Biggest Apple" spans the road, you can enjoy a magnificent view of the Kulm, which was already settled...
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Kalvarienbergkirche_Ariael View_Eastern Styria | © Gute Idee, Robert Hahn
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  • Pöllau

Pöllau Kalvarienberg Church of the Sacred Heart

Along the way of the cross from Pöllau to the pilgrimage church atop Pöllauberg stands the Church of the Sacred Heart.
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Themed Route: East Styrian Wine Road

Along the Roman Wine Road you find a world of enjoyment and the art of wine growing.
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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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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 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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