The tour starts in Vogau/Ehrenhausen, where the Mur Cycling Path and the Wine Country Cycling Path R25 meet, which we first follow on this variant of the Styrian Wine Country Cycling Tour. Via Ehrenhausen - with its historic townscape and beautiful castle - the route leads to Gamlitz. With around 400 hectares of vineyards, Gamlitz holds more than 10% of the entire Styrian winegrowing area and is home to well-known wineries such as the Weingut Walter Skoff or Weingut Sattlerhof. After Gamlitz, the route really starts to go uphill.
Cycling past the Sernaukogel and the Wurzenberg, we are rewarded with fantastic panoramic views of the South Styrian Wine Route. The next stop is Leutschach. In addition to wine, hops also reign here, because the surrounding hills, orchards and vineyards, are also home to large hop farms.
After Leutschach, we head uphill again into the vineyards towards Remschnigg. Here, we are only a few hundred metres away from the border of Slovenia and we can already catch a glimpse of our neighbours. The tour then leads to Arnfels. The castle towers high above the village and is witness to a past rich in tradition. From Arnfels, we head to St. Johann im Saggautal, where we also turn left onto the Saggautal cycle path R20 heading west. In the now somewhat wider valley of the Saggau we reach Eibiswald quite comfortably via Oberhaag. From here, the rest of the route takes us north along the Schilcher Cycle Path R4 to reach Bad Schwanberg via Altenmarkt near Wies, where our tour joins the main route of the Styrian Wine Country Cycling Trail.