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Festungsrundgang

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 easy
Route 2,4 km
Time 0:45 h
Uphill 5 hm
Downhill 3 hm
Highest point 212 m
The Renaissance fortification of Bad Radkersburg, planned by Domenico dell Allio, is uniquely preserved in its unity.
Walk for 45 minutes along the honorable city wall of Bad Radkersburg, which was used until the 18th century and with which, master builder Domenico dell Alio was commissioned.

Best season

January
February
November
December

More information

Detailed information on how to get there can be found here:  Starting point - Thermal spring building
  1. Start at the information board in front of the Thermal Springs building.
  2. Walk across the Mur dam in the direction of the tax office.
  3. Turn right in the direction of the Mur bridge.
  4. Walk along the Mur bridge to the left. (Suburban bastion, Capuchin bastion)
  5. Along the parking lot Stadtgraben, past the bus station (Bürger Bastei)
  6. Continue along the main road (Ungar Bastei), towards the traffic circle Evangelical Church
  7. Continue in the direction of the Landesaltenpflegeheim (Hohle Bastei)
  8. Past the spa center of the Parktherme (Pfaffen Bastei)
  9. Through the park, past the children's playground, continue to the starting point information board
A visit to the museum in the old armory is highly recommended before or after the tour of the fortress to delve further into the history of Bad Radkersburg.

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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Public parking is available at the Stadtpark - Hasenheide. There the free parking time is 90 min.

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

Tickets are available at the guest information Bad Radkersburg - "Gesund bewegt".

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What the weather will be like Bad Radkersburg (209m)

Today, 10.09.2026

Light rain in the early morning, but most of the day will be dry.
Morning
foggy
15°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 85%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h
Noon
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19°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 60%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h
Night
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17°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 60%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Tomorrow, 11.09.2026

Plenty of rain until the afternoon, then drying up in the afternoon.
Morning
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14°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 85%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h
Noon
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17°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 70%
sr.Windstärke 10 km/h
Night
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15°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 40%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Forecast

11.09.2026
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13°C 18°C
12.09.2026
very sunny
11°C 24°C
13.09.2026
very sunny
11°C 25°C
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