Hiking through the apple orchards in Puch near Weiz in Eastern Styria | ©  Oststeiermark Tourismus | Markus Lang-Bichl Hiking through the apple orchards in Puch near Weiz in Eastern Styria | ©  Oststeiermark Tourismus | Markus Lang-Bichl
Blossoms, sun, joy of life

Spring vacation in Eastern Styria

Nature is changing its programme: from winter grey to a blaze of colour. In Eastern Styria, this means not only blossoming orchards and mild rays of sunshine - but above all precious time for yourself.

As early as March, the hill country becomes an energy refuelling station: rays of sunshine on your skin, clear air in your lungs, your gaze wanders far and wide. Walking, hiking, breathing deeply - not only good for the body, but also for the mind. No schedule, just nature. That's our luxury in Eastern Styria - it's simply precious.

Book your spring break in Eastern Styria!

Couple enjoying the view from the Pöllauberg in Eastern Styria | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Lang-Bichl - RKP

HOLIDAY OFFERS IN SPRING

Spring fever in Eastern Styria
Immerse yourself in the colourful diversity of nature and leave everyday life behind you.

Where spring knot blossom, apple and pear blossom, crocus, dandelion and the rare chess flower awaken, body and soul also blossom anew.

Whether on a walk on mild spring days or a cycle tour through the awakening landscape - Eastern Styria invites you to enjoy. Simply precious.

Spring packages

HIRSCHBIRN BLOSSOM

In the Pöllauer Tal Nature Park, people love the Pöllauer Hirschbirn'. Pure white blossoms transform the gentle hilly landscape into an idyll. Orchard meadows and rows of fruit trees between old farms line the hiking trails. The Hirschbirne is an old Styrian pear variety and is refined into juice, must, jelly, liqueur, noble brandy, Hirschbirn ham, sweet variations and delicacies of the local gastronomy with a creative touch.

Deer pear blossom
Nature park Pöllauer Tal

APPLE BLOSSOM

In mid-April, the Styrian Apple Road is transformed into a fragrant sea of blossoms when all the apple trees blossom in delicate pink and white. At the annual blossom festival in the apple village of Puch, the bike tour through blossoming orchards with refreshment stops is a feast for the senses.  From April to May, the blossom weeks tempt you to enjoyable hikes. Delicious specialties attract visitors to the farm store and to the innkeepers in the apple country.

Apple blossom at the Styrian Apple Route (Eastern Styria)
Apfelland

CROCUS & DANDELION

Colorful eye-catcher: a crocus rarely comes alone. The spring sun attracts thousands and thousands of white and purple crocuses, also known as alpine saffron, from the moist alpine soil. Crocus meadows as far as the eye can see! A hike across the Teichalm is beautiful. At the beginning of May, it is the sunny yellow carpets that roll out over the fresh green alpine meadows. The dandelion bloom along the Tischlein-Deck-Dich bike tour is an experience for the palate.

Brisk bee on a dandelion
Nature park Almenland

SPRING KNOT FLOWER

Spring announces itself. When the sun rises higher in the sky day by day, nature stirs. The first harbingers can be found in Mühlwald in the fertile valley of the Ilz. At the "Schneeglöckerlplatz" the spring knotweed adorns the forest floor. Keep your eyes open when cycling along the river in the Raab Valley. The delicate green play of colors colors the landscape with fresh verve. Spring is kissed awake and opens the round dance of nature.

lily of the valley :-)
St. Ruprecht

SNAKE'S HEAD

The snake's head, or chess flower, is a species of lily that is now rarely found in Europe. The flowers are mostly single and nodding. At flowering time around Easter, thousands of chessflower heads turn the meadows into a dark red sea of flowers.

However, this coloring of the meadows lasts only one to two weeks. After that the plant disappears in the green of the new sprouting meadow grasses. Only in the east of Austria you can find chessflower meadows: in eastern Styria in Großsteinbach and in southern Burgenland.

Chess flowers in Großsteinbach in Eastern Styria
Apfelland

For tight calves

HERE THE HEART IS BIKING

Spring means getting on your bike. In Eastern Styria, you cycle along paths that quicken the pulse and slow down everyday life. Sometimes brisk, sometimes leisurely, sometimes with a view, sometimes with a stop for refreshments. Somewhere between speed and pleasure, you suddenly realise: happiness rides on two wheels.

On the track of nature

HERE LAUGHS THE HEART

Lush alpine pastures, green hills, fragrant forests - sounds like a dream? But it really is. In spring, nature pulls out all the stops here: buds stretch out, fruit trees explode in colour, fresh green dances in the wind. For all those who want to get out and explore, the spring awakening in Eastern Styria is a real adventure.