Bike Riding Cycling Star Tour Day 1 of 5 - The Castle and Pilgrimage Tour (Radsternfahrt Tag 1 von 5 - Die Burg- und Wallfahrtstour) - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Thermen- & Vulkanland Bike Riding Cycling Star Tour Day 1 of 5 - The Castle and Pilgrimage Tour (Radsternfahrt Tag 1 von 5 - Die Burg- und Wallfahrtstour) - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Thermen- & Vulkanland

Cycling Star Tour Day 1 of 5 - The Castle and Pilgrimage Tour (Radsternfahrt Tag 1 von 5 - Die Burg- und Wallfahrtstour)

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The first day of the cycling tour in the Styrian Volcano Country leads from Feldbach via Riegersburg to Eichkögel and back to Feldbach. 
Starting in the town of Vulanland's culture of life, the route passes the Zotter chocolate factory on its way to Riegersburg. On the way to Eichkögl, also called Klein-Mariazell, wonderful views and vistas open up. The Gniebing Chapel, with its magnificent views, is also a place for inner contemplation. Churches and culinary delights alternate on this tour.

 

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
54,1 km
Route
4:12 h
Time
479 hm
Uphill
480 hm
Downhill
462 m
Highest point

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More information

Coming from Graz:
Freeway A2 direction Vienna - exit Gleisdorf Süd - direction Feldbach B68

Coming from Vienna:
Freeway A2 direction Graz - exit Ilz/ Fürstenfeld - direction Feldbach B66
Kkm Route

0 Feldbach - main square - Bürgergasse - small Raab bridge (KM 0.5 right)
3.0 Raabau left (direction Obsthof Kaufmann) straight on up the hill
7.4 Zotter chocolate - left on B66 (about 700m long)
8.1 turn right at Backhendlstation Auer (Altenmarkterstraße) towards Altenmarkt
8.6 right downhill (2 hairpin bends)
11,8 Roundabout in Altenmarkt straight on up to Riegersburg
12.5 either left to the castle lift, or straight on to the castle walkway
12.6 Castle tour - castle café - left on B66 towards Ilz
15.1 left towards Genusshotel - follow the road to Lichtenstern
19.8 Lichtenstern at "Most Nestelberger" turn right - then straight ahead
21,0 stay on hilltop
23,1 left (stay on hilltop)
23.7 Country road L225 - right to Reith near Markt Hartmannsdorf
24,8 left - then straight ahead following the road until km 27,327,3 left (hairpin bend!) - straight ahead to km 30 (stay on hilltop)
30,3 left towards Eichkögl
30,6 = highest point (452m)
30,9 left and then straight ahead to Eichkögl
33.0 Eichkögl (Klein-Mariazell) - through Eichkögl (L244)
34.0 left towards Mitterfladnitz
35.2 Mitterfladnitz - left and then straight up the hill
38,2 right - now again following the same route as on the outward journey, until
41.1 right towards Buschenschank Krenn - then straight ahead
42.7 left - KM44.5 then left again
45.7 Buschenschank Mayer ("Moar Bertl" - open on Mondays!
)46.2 left - straight on towards Gniebingberg Chapel (stay on hilltop!)
47.3 left uphill towards Gniebingberg
48.5 Gniebingberg Chapel - view! - then straight ahead and right
50.0 Gniebing - on R11 (Raabtalradweg) (cross B57)
54,0 Arrival Feldbach main square

Plan enough time for this tour. The visit of the Zotter chocolate factory, the Riegersburg and Feldbach's old town alley are worthwhile.

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

With Verbundlinie’s BusBahnBim route planner app, planning your journey has never been easier: simply enter towns and/or addresses, stop names or points of interest to check all bus, train and tram connections in Austria. The app is available free of charge for smartphones – on Google Play and in the App Store

There are sufficient parking spaces available.

 Parking in the area of the city center: The parking time is 2 hours. Parking in the shopping city of Feldbach is free of charge. A parking meter must be used and is available free of charge at the tourist office.

P+R at Feldbach train station (no short-term parking zone). There are numerous parking spaces available.

Drive the tour with the GPX data. It is not signposted in the open countryside.A bike map is available free of charge at the Feldbach Tourist Office.

Tourist office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Guest information Feldbach
Main square 1, 8330 Feldbach
E-mail: feldbach@thermen-vulkanland.at
Web: www.thermen-vulkanland.at

Opening hours:
Mon-Fri from 9-12 and 13-16 hrs
Foyer from 6-22 hrs

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What the weather will be like

Feldbach (283m)

Morning
very sunny
12°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
20°C
10%
10 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
17°C
15%
5 km/h
The day starts sunny, but will be partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Morning
foggy
13°C
75%
5 km/h
Noon
cloudy
16°C
45%
10 km/h
Night
foggy
15°C
75%
5 km/h
Light rain will be most likely in the early morning and towards evening.
17.05.2024
cloudy
11°C 20°C
18.05.2024
very sunny
10°C 23°C
19.05.2024
slightly cloudy
11°C 23°C

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