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Excursion destinations for families in Styria

Adventures for children – relaxation for their parents: The green heart of Austria offers leisure activities for the whole family. In summer, the beautiful lakes invite you to go swimming. On a hike, parents can enjoy the breathtaking views of Styria's mountain world while kids get to romp around on alpine meadows or play near babbling mountain streams. In winter, families spend time together going skiing, cross-country skiing or tobogganing ...

And in case it rains, there's plenty to do indoors: from delicious tastings at the Zotter chocolate factory to sliding and bathing at the H2O thermal spa in Bad Waltersdorf or at one of the other 8 thermal spas in Styria. Tours of exploration at Lurgrotte Peggau, Austria's largest water-bearing stalactite cave, a visit to the Lipizzan stud farm in Piber or a visit to Herberstein Animal World are particularly impressive as well. At the latter, the animals often spend the winter in their homes and can thus be admired at close quarters.

Excursion destinations for families

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  • Ramsau am Dachstein

Rittisberg Coaster summer toboggan run

Down, into the roundabout ... here one races down rapidly or comfortably with the orange-coloured one- or two-seater,...
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Greim

The idyllic municipality of St. Peter-Schöder is shaped by the Greim. This is a striking mountain at 2,474 meters that...
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  • Wildalpen

Arzberghöhle

The Arzberghöhle Cave is located around three and a half kilometers west of Wildalpen.
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  • Stainz

Universalmuseum Joanneum - Jagdmuseum Schloss Stainz

For millennia hunting has been part of human life. The Hunting Museum in Stainz Castle has been showing hunting culture...
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  • Anger

Listening pleasure lounger at Schloffer's apple pavilion

Enjoy not only the view, but also the entertaining stories with which Puch storyteller Marion Wiesler will whisk you...
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  • Murau

Natural outdoor pool Murau

The outdoor pool, located in Murau's Schanzenkessel, is very generously dimensioned with over 50,000m² and invites you...
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  • Mühlen

Godi´s Bogenparcours

The archery course was built in June 2014. There are currently over 80 figures set up over a length of about 6 km. A...
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  • Straden

Museum nostalgisches Landleben

The Wiedner family offers you a living museum with rural crafts, machines and tractors of the last century to visit.
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  • St. Georgen am Kreischberg

Das Holzmuseum

The Wood Museum has been located in the heart of the Murau wood district in St. Ruprecht ob Murau since 1988. On more...
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  • Tauplitz

Tauplitz 4-seater-chairlift

The four seater chairlifts Tauplitz I and II (four kilometers long) take you from Tauplitz to the Tauplitzalm (1650...
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  • Gleisdorf

Wave pool Gleisdorf

The wave pool in the Gleisdorf swimming pool has given the wave pool its name for decades.
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  • Vorau

Ice-skating rink Schachen

All good things come in threes, including the ice rinks in Vorau.
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Summer, sun, Styria

Summer activities for families

Whether you head to the alpine pastures and huts with a rucksack on your back or to the lakes and open-air swimming pools with a beach bag in your hand: The list of excursion destinations for sunny days in Styria is long and diverse.

Exciting adventures and fun in the snow

Winter activities for children

Skiing, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, snowshoeing, and more: As soon as the green heart of Austria shows itself in its white Sunday best, countless winter family adventures await.

Gondola ride up the Planai | © Steiermark Tourismus | photo-austria.at

Scenic rides up the mountains

Take a leisurely ride up the mountain on one of the summer mountain railways. From aboard the cable car or on the lift, excursionists enjoy stunning scenic views of impressive mountains such as the Dachstein, Grimming, Zirbitzkogel, or Hochschwab.

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Excursion destinations for kids – come rain, Sunshine or snow

When it rains, storms or snows, there are lots of leisure activities you can do indoors. How about a visit to a museum, thermal spa or one of the many other excursion destinations for families?

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Exciting excursions with the whole family