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Finely pointed bike path (Feinspitz-Tour)

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 20,7 km

Time 1:30 h

Uphill 196 hm

Downhill 196 hm

Highest point 446 m

The finest in indulgence. The Feinspitz Tour is a leisurely cycling tour for culinary connoisseurs around the Bad Waltersdorf region, home to two thermal spas.

A delicacy tour at its best

On the Feinspitz Tour there are all kinds of delicacies to be discovered: from Styrian fried chicken, honey and pumpkin products, Buschenschank specialties to Kernöleierspeis made from ostrich eggs.

Indulgence tips for cyclists along the Feinspitz tour:

Kneipp, movement and observation tower, Auffen: At the highest point between the Safen and Feistritz valleys, the octagonal wooden tower symbolizes respect for nature and its laws.
Garden Janisch, Sebersdorf, Auffen: From homemade bee honey to all bee products to bee homes of all kinds ...
Piwetz Mill, Sebersdorf: The Piwetz mill offers Styrian pumpkin seed oil, pumpkin seed products as well as wheat, rye and spelt flours.
H2O Hotel-Therme-Resort Sebersdorf, Bad Waltersdorf: A firework of water attractions promises pure splashing pleasure for the whole family in the H2O Erlebnis-Therme. Every day a new adventure - is called it in the family and animation program. Relaxation is provided in the child-free sauna area.
Buschenschank Seidl, Sebersdorf: Homemade snacks and Styrian wines
Harter pond tavern, Bad Waltersdorf: The Harter Teichschenke is a tradition-conscious Heurigenlokal in the heart of the Thermenland Steiermark, which is supplied and operated with offers from own agriculture.
Großharter natural pond, Sebersdorf: Nature trail, bird sanctuary, fishing opportunities, 20 romantic tree huts in the middle of a mixed forest.
Buschen tavern Fleck-Heuer, Großsteinbach: Rich selection of typical regional snacks and classic Styrian delicacies.
Straußenpark, Auffen: In the approx. 50,000 m² enclosure you can observe up to 150 animals (from chicks to breeding stock). In the Lindenhof you can enjoy the ostrich specialties.

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From Vienna: Motorway A2 direction Graz - you take the exit Sebersdorf/ Bad Waltersdorf

From direction Graz: Motorway A2 direction Vienna - you take the exit Sebersdorf/ Bad Waltersdorf

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

From fried chicken to ostrich eggs

The Feinspitz Tour for culinary connoisseurs is an insider tip among leisurely cycling tours: the starting point for this tour is the 33-metre-high Kneipp, exercise and observation tower in Auffen, near Schneider's Backhendlwirt restaurant, which is widely known for its crispy fried chicken.

Enjoyment between the Großharter Naturteich pond and the 2-Thermenregion Bad Waltersdorf spa region

Starting from this exposed point, you set off – initially along the plateau – towards Bad Waltersdorf. As you cycle through Auffen, you will be tempted to stop off at Max Ertl's art forge, with its high-quality wrought ironwork, and the Janisch apiary, with its eight different types of honey.

After the village of Harras, the route now descends gently out of the valley towards Neustift. The magnificent Obermayerhofen ‘wedding castle’ can be seen from afar, and you arrive in Sebersdorf, where the Seidl wine tavern offers Styrian delicacies for your physical well-being and the studio of sculptor Rudi Pichler provides aesthetic enjoyment.

The journey continues at a leisurely pace to the H20 Hotel-Therme-Resort Sebersdorf, which promises bathing fun, happy children and thermal well-being.

Refreshed and in good spirits, the tour continues to the Piwetz mill with its fresh Styrian pumpkin seed oil and delicacies from the mill shop, before travelling along the thermal railway to the spa town of Bad Waltersdorf. Here you will find the Roman Stone Museum, the spa gardens with their flowers, fountain, pond and fragrant herb beds. The Gasthof Fischer and the award-winning Safenhof invite you to rest and refresh yourself.

From Bad Waltersdorf, the route is initially moderate and then becomes a little more challenging as it climbs towards Waltersdorfberg. Once back at altitude, you cycle leisurely to the Harter Naturteich, a true paradise for nature, bird and water lovers. Of course, there is also a culinary destination right by the lake: the Harter Teichschenke, run by the Wurzer family, offers wine tavern specialities from its own production and fruit juices for children.

A real insider tip is a walk around the lake – an educational trail provides information about the nature reserve and its special features.

Passing the ‘school sports village’ with its stilt huts, we head back towards the starting point, where we can get up close to the largest flightless birds on earth at the ostrich farm and enjoy the impressive kernel oil egg dish and many ostrich specialities at the Lindenwirt.

Pack your hunger, because on the Feinspitz tour no one has ever managed to get through with only one Schmankerl Genussrast...

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

Numerous parking spaces are available throughout the center of Bad Waltersdorf and at the Kneipp, exercise and observation tower in Auffen.

Recommended direction of travel: Clockwise
Connection/ Networking: Lucullus Tour (Genussradel Tour), R33 Harter Teich Cycle Path, R35 Hartberg Cycle Path

Here you can get the best cycling beats:
Tourist office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Gästeinfo Bad Waltersdorf
Hauptplatz 90
8271 Bad Waltersdorf
Tel: +43 3382 55 100-71
badwaltersdorf@thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at