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Celtic tree trail (Keltischer-Baumkreis-Weg)

Accessible by public transport

Train (within 15 minutes walking distance from starting point)
Public bus (within 15 minutes walking distance from starting point)

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 12,8 km

Time 3:15 h

Uphill 220 hm

Downhill 220 hm

Highest point 400 m

Walk in the footsteps of the Celts in Bad Waltersdorf and gain an insight into the different characters of the trees.

The Celts were a very nature-loving people. They lived with nature without exploiting it and tried to learn from it. They recognized different characters in the trees. So they also divided the different seasons into tree seasons. Whole days were assigned thus to a completely certain tree. People who are now born under the sign of this tree resemble their birth tree in character. Trees live. They are - like all of us - creatures of nature.

The starting point of the hiking tour is the information office in the center of Bad Waltersdorf. The hiking tour leads along various trees, past traditional wine taverns and inns and the spa Resort Bad Waltersdorf.

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Detailed information on how to get there can be found here.

The tour starts at the information office in the center of Bad Waltersdorf. Cross the main intersection - then turn right along Schulstraße past the outdoor pool. Then continue straight ahead across the railroad crossing to the Heiltherme spa. On the way to the Heiltherme you pass numerous beautiful orchards. At the Heiltherme the tour joins the so-called Thermenstraße and leads up to the Wagerberg.

Only shortly after - approx. 100 m it goes right into the view tip: a short detour is worthwhile, because with the property of the Maluhof one has a marvelous view of the 2-Thermenregion Bad Waltersdorf.

After a short rest, return to the thermal road to the village pond of Wagerberg. Continue to Unterlimbach along a flat forest path. Arrived at the municipal office in Unterlimbach, turn right to the center of the village. There you go slightly downhill to a bridge. Crossing the bridge and turning left, you follow an asphalt path. To follow the edge of the forest to Oberlimbach, turn left and then right. Now you go slightly uphill to Wagerberg. In Wagerberg you cross a crossroads and enjoy the view over the 2-Thermenregion before you go downhill back to Bad Waltersdorf.

Direction main crossing
First over bridge and then right
Cross the railroad-straight ahead to the Heiltherme and up the hill to Wagerberg
cross the crossing past the village pond-along the flat gravelled forest path to Unterlimbach
turn right at the pond
turn left in the center of the village
slightly downhill, over the bridge and then left into the forest
follow the asphalted forest road, turn left at the next junction, then immediately right
continue along the edge of the forest to Oberlimbach
in the center of the village (crossroads) turn right to Wagerberg
cross the crossroads in Wagerberg
downhill back to Bad Waltersdorf to the information office

GenussCard
Pick up info brochure about the Celtic Tree Circle Trail at the info office Bad Waltersdorf

Detailed information about arriving by ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) can be found at www.oebb.at or on the Verbundlinie Steiermark website www.busbahnbim.at.

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There are numerous parking spaces available throughout the center of Bad Waltersdorf.

Tourismusverband Thermen- & Vulkanland
Tourist Office Bad Waltersdorf
Hauptplatz 90
8271 Bad Waltersdorf
Tel: +43 3382 55 100-71
badwaltersdorf@thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at

For hiking enthusiasts, the long-distance hiking trail "From Glacier to Wine" is a must. This hiking trail can be completed in stages and makes the heart of all nature lovers beat faster.

Books about the history of the Celts and Romans are available for purchase at the Infobüro! Various hiking maps can also be found in the information office Bad Waltersdorf.