GenussCard Tour Pöllauer Tal Nature Park - ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee

Markings: R57/Pöllauer Radweg, HB18/Saifentalradweg, HB8/Hofkirchentour, R8/Feistritztalradweg, HB2/Teichtour, HB9/Schöneggtour,

• We join the R57/Pöllau cycle path and ride in the direction of Stubenberg/Pöllauberg.
• We continue along Lamberggasse and pass the Ebner confectionery.
• We ride out via Freiberg and Safental to Schönaudorf, at the traffic circle we continue straight on in the direction of "St. Stefan/Hofkirchen" and change to the HB18/Saifental cycle path or the garden tour.
• At the church of St. Stefan, we turn right towards Hofkirchen and now follow HB8/Hofkirchentour.
• In the village of Neuhof, we turn left downhill and continue along HB8 until the junction up to the Ballonhotel Thaller.
• We ride past the balloon hotel and the Hofkirchen chapel and turn right at the next junction, heading towards Vockenberg.
•     At Hofkirchen, we cross the main road and continue along the cycle path towards Schielleiten, where we can already see the baroque castle ahead of us.
•     However, we cycle around the castle on the cycle path, but pass the wild and romantic ponds of Schielleiten, which are somewhat hidden to our right. It is well worth a detour.
• At the next junction at a wayside chapel, we turn right downhill towards St. Johann/Herberstein.
• We now ride down to the main road with a view of the Kulm and cross it.
•  We now change to the R8/Feistritztal cycle path, which now leads across the parking lot of Tierwelt Herberstein and then out to the right along the cycle path to Stubenbergsee.
• If you want to avoid the climb up to the "Zeil", you can turn around here and cycle back the same way.

• The Stubenbergsee is the ideal place for a rest before continuing along the lakeshore up to the "Haus am See" = Stubenbergsee entrance
• We now ride up HB2/Teichtour to the right, cross the main road again and ride along the footpath up to the lake as far as the crossroads.
• We turn left and ride through the village of Stubenberg to the junction with the Rabenwald country road.
• Just a short stretch on the country road and we turn right uphill towards "Vockenberg".
• The steepest part of the tour (Sauriegelweg!) leads us up to the "Zeil", past wine taverns and with great views of the lake.
• At the next junction, we leave HB2 and turn left to continue on HB9/Schöneggtour.
• At the top, at GH Stelzer-Lex, we keep to the right and continue at a more leisurely pace until we reach the ridge.
• Straight ahead, with a view of the Pöllau valley, we continue along HB9 via Schönegg down to Schönaudorf.
• There we turn left up onto the R57/Pöllau cycle path and cycle back along the R57 to Pöllau.

• Free entrance ticket to over 200 excursion destinations including arrival and departure day
• March until October

Timetables and travel information can be found on the website of the Austrian Federal Railways or at www.busbahnbim.at.

For local transport, we recommend the SAM-SammelTaxi, which also takes bicycles if you book in advance.

Pöllau, P&R at the Pöllau bypass

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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