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Loretto trail (M5 Loretto-Weg)

Accessible by public transport

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

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 7,8 km

Time 2:15 h

Uphill 70 hm

Downhill 70 hm

Highest point 450 m

A beautiful hiking trail that leads to the Loretto Chapel and back to St. Magdalena.

Starting point of the hiking tour is the center of St. Magdalena. The 4.6 km long hike leads to the small Loretto Chapel in St. Johann in der Haide.

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More information

From direction Vienna:
Freeway A2 direction Graz - you take the exit Sebersdorf/ Bad Waltersdorf, then direction St. Magdalena.

From direction Graz:
Freeway A2 direction Vienna - you take the exit Sebersdorf/ Bad Waltersdorf, then direction St. Magdalena.

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

The tour starts in the center of the village of St. Magdalena. Along the main road you walk in the direction of Weinberg. In a slight right turn you branch off in the direction of Rohrberg. Via Steinbüchl you then come to the Lorettokapelle, where you will also find a black Madonna. Follow the same path back to the starting point in St. Magdalena.

start in the center of St. Magdalena
along the main road in the direction of Weinberg
in a slight right bend turn off in the direction of Rohrberg
via Steinbüchl to the Lorettokapelle (Black Madonna)
take the same path back to the starting point.

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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

Daily with the Thermenlandbus directly from Vienna to Bad Waltersdorf in the Thermen- & Vulkanland adventure region www.thermenlandbus.wien

There are numerous parking spaces available in the center of the village.

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

Hiking maps are available at the Tourist Office in Bad Waltersdorf.