Stick & Stone (Stock & Stein) - short variant "Wine Experience Trail"

Accessible by public transport

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

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty easy

Route 10,7 km

Time 3:00 h

Uphill 200 hm

Downhill 198 hm

Highest point 366 m

The hiking trail "Stock & Stein" leads leisurely over forest and meadow paths, past vineyards to attractive wine rest areas (self-service beverages available at all times).

This loop trail is a shorter version of the new “Wine Experience Trail” around Bad Loipersdorf. At approximately 11 km in length, it offers the perfect combination of exercise and enjoyment. The trail winds gently up and down through a gently rolling landscape where meadows and woodlands alternate, and small-scale farmland characterizes the scenery. “Wine rest stops,” including those at the wine taverns, invite you to take a leisurely break; these taverns offer self-service—virtually around the clock—allowing you to enjoy regional products. In our region, the wine taverns themselves don’t open until 4 or 5 p.m.

Best season

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More information

From Vienna & Lower Austria
By car: South freeway (A2) to exit Riegersdorf, from here via the S7 in direction Budapest to exit Fürstenfeld, via Fürstenfels bypass to Bad Loipersdorf.

From Graz
By car: on the A2 motorway in the direction of Vienna as far as the Riegersdorf exit, from here via the S7 in the direction of Budapest to the exit Fürstenfeld. From here via Fürstenfeld bypass to Bad Loipersdorf.

From Western Austria and Bavaria
By car: via Salzburg on the Phyrn freeway (A9) and the Süd freeway (A2) or via Carinthia on the Süd freeway (A2) to the Riegersdorf exit, from here via the S7 in the direction of Budapest to the exit Fürstenfeld. From here via Fürstenfeld bypass to Bad Loipersdorf.

From Italy or Slovenia
By car: via Villach on the southern freeway (A2) to the Riegersdorf exit or via Maribor on the Phyrn freeway (A9) and the southern freeway (A2) in the direction of Vienna to the Riegersdorf exit. From here via the S7 in the direction of Budapest to the exit Fürstenfeld. From here via Fürstenfeld bypass to Bad Loipersdorf.

THERMENLANDBUS
The Thermenland bus runs three times a day on weekdays and once a day on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays between Vienna and the Loipersdorf spa resort.

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

The start is at the main entrance of the thermal spa Loipersdorf where you will also find the start and finish sign for the three wine experience trails. We walk in the direction of Hotel Stoiser and change the side of the road at the traffic circle. The path goes slightly uphill, past the restaurant Kropf and the Kropf thermal wine tavern and then immediately to the right to the Lautenberg thermal spring and the stone spiral. From now on we go through the forest past the crossroads and the information board of the Roman burial mounds until we reach an asphalt road. At the crossroads we see the entrance to the forest on the other side of the road. After walking a short distance through a deciduous forest, we come to a road, which we now follow slightly uphill to the houses. We branch off to the left, hike across cultivated areas and come to a suspended lounger, which invites us to rest and linger. Continue slightly downhill along forest paths and wooden stairs to the valley floor. At the former quarry we keep left and come to a pond where we find a wooden hut with a self-service possibility. The trail continues to the right along the valley floor on the asphalt road. At the crossroads we turn left, shortly after we leave the road and walk uphill across meadows and farmland to the Buschenschank Thurner. The Buschenschank Thurner is a "Wein-Rast-Platzl" with a hiking overview board and a self-service area. Up to here, the large circular hiking trail "Wein-Erlebnis-Weg" and the "Stock & Stein-Wanderweg" run parallel. We now turn right and follow the asphalt road continuously downhill until we reach the village of Stein. Once at the bottom of the valley, we keep to the right, pass the former inn, and then continue to the left at the crossroads. The hiking trail now continues on asphalt roads along the valley floor until we branch off onto a dirt road and subsequently hike comfortably uphill. At a large wooden cross we go left and shortly reach a sparsely populated area. After reaching the road, we go uphill until we reach the VINO.TAKE (vinotheque) Kowald and continue along a side road (Panoramaweg) and along a footpath back to the spa. The path over the power hill is a nice ending before we reach the starting point again.

An overview map with the refreshment stops and highlights is available at the starting point in front of the spa, so be sure to get it before you start.
Be sure to plan a stop at Austria’s largest wine bottle, which features a viewing platform offering a breathtaking view stretching from the Loipersdorf Thermal Spa all the way to the Wechselland Mountains.

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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Free parking is available at the parking lot of the Loipersdorf Thermal Resort.

Hiking map of the Wine Experience Trail available at:

Tourist office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Guest information Bad Loipersdorf
Thermenstraße 152
8282 Bad Loipersdorf
Phone: 43 3382 55 100-82
badloipersdorf@thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at