Forest nature trail, Vorau

Name: Forest nature trail, Vorau
Brand: Steiermark
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

This beautiful hiking and walking trail leads you mainly through the beautiful collegiate forests.

The forest nature trail is an approx. 3.5 km long hiking and walking path that leads you from the Vorau collegiate church down to the Brühl, where we cross a small stream that is very suitable for cooling off in the summer.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

4,5 km

Route

1:30 h

Time

243 hm

Uphill

154 hm

Downhill

785 m

Highest point

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More information

Vorau is located in the East Styrian hill country at an altitude of between 470 and 1248 meters.

By car:
From Vienna: A2 exit Pinggau - Rohrbach-Vorau

From Graz: A2 exit Pinkafeld or Hartberg - Rohrbach - Vorau

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

We start at the monastery parking lot in Vorau
From there we go via a forest road down to the Brühl
Afterwards we walk along a forest road to the Erzherzog Johann Cross
In total there are 60 educational boards

You can learn more about the forests, plants and animals in the region around Vorau Abbey on around 60 educational boards.

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.
For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Vorau, Vorau Abbey (free)

Tourism Association East Styria
Office Joglland - Waldheimat
8255 St. Jakob im Walde, church quarter 24
Tel.: +43 3336 20255

Joglland-Waldheimat
Eastern Styria

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Regio Bus

Map: Walking and hiking trails in the Vorau recreation area