Castle-tour - Grad (Schloss-Tour - Grad)

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 44,6 km

Time 2:30 h

Uphill 330 hm

Downhill 350 hm

Highest point 360 m

A tour to the center of the Goricko Landscape Park. A tour that surprises with views, through the landscape park Goricko.

Grad Castle with its 365 rooms is the largest castle building in Slovenia (mandatory bike helmet & passport or ID card). Its core dates back to the 12th century. A beautiful panoramic tour with the transition of the hilly landscape to the Mur plain.

medium difficulty level

Note: No signage

Best season

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More information

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

Trail conditions: Asphalt 100%

E-BIKE ready

0.0 km - Bad Radkersburg main square guest information office

0,5 km - evangelic church, traffic circle, direction Murska Sobota

0.9 km - Cafe Horvath, turn right in the direction of Zelting, border crossing point

5,1 km - In Cankova direction Kuzma

6,7 km - Straight ahead in the direction of Kuzma

7,1 km - To the right, direction Topolovci

8.1 km - After the bridge, turn left toward Domajinci

10,8 km - To the right, direction

14.9 km - Right, direction Grad (1000 m uphill)

15.9 km - After the climb, left, sign for Grad

18.0 km - direction to Grad Castle (1.4 km uphill)

19.4 km - castle tour 800 m to the left, tour continues to the right in the direction of Bodonci

27.5 km - From Bodonci, 500 m uphill, straight ahead towards Murska Sobota

28.1 km - left, direction Murska Sobota

30.7 km - Right, direction Skakovci

35.9 km - left at the red chapel, direction Murska Sobota, Gederovci

39.3 km - traffic circle, direction Sicheldorf (border crossing), Bad Radkersburg main square

44,7 km - guest information Bad Radkersburg main square

Discovery tips along the tour:

Castle Grad
Panoramic views between Radovci and Vadarsce.

If needed, combine your tour with the bike taxi:
Taxi Rosi - Sorko Family: Tel. +43 664 3925227

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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You can find public parking here:

Altstadt Bad Radkersburg - max. parking duration of 90 minutes
city park (Hasenheide) and city moat - max. parking duration 180 minutes
permanent parking - north in Dr. Kamniker-Straße and east near the Thermenarena - max. parking duration one week

Tourist office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Gästeinfo Bad Radkersburg
Hauptplatz 14
8490 Bad Radkersburg
Tel: +43 3382 55 100-90
badradkersburg@thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at

Cycling maps are available at the Gästeinfo Region Bad Radkersburg
Cycling map East € 2,50
Cycling map West € 2,50
Cycling map South € 2,50
Regional tour map € 2,50
Total maps € 9,-