Step by step (Schritt & Tritt) - 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 medium

Route 9,0 km

Time 2:30 h

Uphill 147 hm

Downhill 147 hm

Highest point 335 m

This section of the new "Wine Experience Trail", starting in the center of Bad Loipersdorf, leads to the nearby vineyards with their wine taverns.

This circular hiking trail with panoramic highlights leads into the hilly landscape around the district of Stein and the village of Bad Loipersdorf. The Buschenschänker have - if not open anyway - set up so-called "Wein-Rast-Platzln".

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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.
Free parking is available in the center of Bad Loipersdorf.

You start in the center of Bad Loipersdorf and follow the "Flaschen" signs (along the entire route). First you walk a bit off the beaten track between the fields - the village always in sight - towards the south, where you come to the turnoff towards Stein after about 800 m at the level of the gas station. Here use the sidewalk to Stein. After the Rehgraben chapel turn left into Rehgrabenstraße, after 30 m turn right again into the forest. At the end of this road turn right and after about 50 m at the small bridge turn left onto the sidewalk. At the former inn, turn right in the direction of Stein. Stay on the right in the center, from here follow the course of the road (approx. 200 m somewhat steep road). Once you reach the top, continue straight on and after about 500 m stay to the right in the direction of the wine-rest-place Sammer (self-service). After about 500 m, turn left onto a gravel road and you will come to a municipal road again. Here you turn right and after about 1 km you come to the Buschenschank Papst, another possibility for a stop. Continue along the road and at the next fork you can choose the further course. If you are on the road with a bike or stroller, you stay on the road - the hikers take a short but beautiful detour back to the village of Bad Loipersdorf and pass a viewing platform on the way.

Ambulance: 144
European emergency call: 112
Firefighters: 122
Police: 133

Tips when reporting an emergency – Answer these six WH questions: What happened? How many people are injured? Where did the accident happen (are there GPS coordinates)? Who is reporting the incident (callback number)? When did the accident happen? What is the weather like at the site of the incident?

Proper backpack packing makes many things easier: Pack heavy things first.
The water bottle should always be within reach in a side pocket.
All the things that are often needed, such as sunglasses, camera or hiking map, belong on top.
An emergency kit, including blister plasters, belongs in every rucksack and it is always advisable to dress in layers.

This trail is also suitable for cyclists and is suitable for baby carriages; the first 4 km (up to the Stein sports field) are also barrier-free.

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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Hiking map of the Wine Experience Trail available at the Municipal office Bad Loipersdorf and at:

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