Feeding goats in the Hochreiter forest park in Eastern Styria | © Waldpark Hochreiter | Dagmar Frühauf Feeding goats in the Hochreiter forest park in Eastern Styria | © Waldpark Hochreiter | Dagmar Frühauf
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Destinations in the Eastern Styria

Enjoy a day with your loved ones in the green heart of Austria. Eastern Styria offers a wealth of choices for spending your day. In nature or in storied buildings, Austria’s garden has everything the heart desires.

Make memories that last a lifetime during a visit to the natural and cultural sites in Austria’s garden. From a magical underground lake to traces of the Romans to legendary places of power, you will find impressive sites in Eastern Styria.

You will find a variety of excursion destinations for the whole family in Eastern Styria as well. Kids can zoom downhill on the summer toboggan run, discover the woods and alpine pastures as a playground, and experience animal adventures at the petting zoo. How could Austria’s garden be otherwise? Artistically designed show gardens enchant visitors with Eastern Styria’s love of details. The various scenic routes, such as the Castle Road and the Roman Wine Road, are another special feature of Eastern Styria.

The most beautiful destinations in the Eastern Styria

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Europaberg_Runner_Eastern Styria | © Stadtgemeinde Gleisdorf_Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Europaberg viewing platform

When the weather is good, the view is not only possible over Gleisdorf, but also as far as the Hochlantsch, the...
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Pumptrack_St. Ruprecht an der Raab_Oststeiermark | © Marktgemeinde St. Ruprecht an der Raab
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Pumptrack in St. Ruprecht on the raab

The pumptrack facility offers great riding fun for young and old
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Foucault pendulum

In the center of the village - right next to the park - is the Foucault pendulum. It is unique of its kind because it...
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Core band_Deckchair_Eastern Styria | © Martina Steininger
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Core band

The core chapel is one of the stops on the "7 Places 7 Treasures" hike and is therefore a popular destination.
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Prayer chapel Arndorf

The Arndorf prayer chapel is one of the seven squares on the path “7 Plätze 7 Schätze”, which connects the...
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  • Gleisdorf

Energy road

The municipality of Gleisdorf is considered a pioneer in the field of renewable energies. With the LEADER project...
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  • Gleisdorf

Todesmarschdenkmal Nitscha

In 2005 the community of Nitscha (today part of the municipality of Gleisdorf) initiated a book project and collected...
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World in hands_Metal ball_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Mahnmal Rathaus Gleisdorf

The first initiative to erect a memorial came from Wolfgang Seereiter in 2005, “The Future Needs Remembrance...
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Motorway rest stop Arnwiesen_House_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Autobahnraststätte Arnwiesen

The Arnwiesen motorway service area was built according to plans by Karl Hodina and is also accessible from the main...
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

Hospital Cross

Located at the northern exit of the village, at the fork in the road between Weiz and Mitterdorf, is the...
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Showcase gallery_Shopping window_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Schaufenstergalerie

In August 2013, Alexander Rainer and Helmut Rabel opened a window gallery at Bürgergasse 2.
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  • Gleisdorf

Sammlung Wolf

The house and the art objects around the house of the Gleisdorf private collector Mag. Erich Wolf at...
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GenussCard handover at the reception | Harald Eisenberger | © Thermen- und Vulkanland Steiermark, Harald Eisenberger

GenussCard

Starting with the first overnight stay at a GenussCard partner operation, you receive the GenussCard at no charge. It lets you visit the more than 250 GenussCard destinations free of charge, also on the day of arrival. These range from bathing on the Stubenbergsee to a tasting at the Almenland-Imkerei Kreiner or the Konditorei Schwindhackl, a ride on the summer toboggan run, a church tour in Pöllau or an old town tour in Hartberg.

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