Thermenland-Wine Route (Thermenland-Weinstraße)

Name: Thermenland-Wine Route (Thermenland-Weinstraße)
Brand: Steiermark
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The Thermenland Wine Road continues the Klöcher Wine Road and is particularly suitable for a round trip through the hilly landscape, as it leads back to the starting point.

A road for connoisseurs

The Thermenland Wine Road continues the Klöcher Wine Road and runs from Fehring via Unterlamm, Stein, Bad Loipersdorf, Übersbach, Stadtbergen, Maierhofberg, Großwilfersdorf to Herrnberg. From there along the ridge to Markt Hartmannsdorf and over the “Saurüssel” towards Feldbach to the north-west side of Riegersburg Castle and via Stang, Hatzendorf and Brunn back to Fehring.

Riegersburg Castle is on the way back to Fehring and, as a landmark of the region, is one of the best-preserved castles in Central Europe.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

74,5 km

Route

1:04 h

Time

1303 hm

Uphill

1307 hm

Downhill

426 m

Highest point

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By car:
From Linz, Salzburg and Germany: A9-Phyrnautobahn to the Graz West junction, continue on the A2-Südautobahn towards Vienna to the Gleisdorf Süd exit, continue on the B68 to Feldbach, turn off at the traffic circle onto the B57 to Fehring.
From Vienna: A2-Südautobahn direction Graz to exit Ilz, continue on the B66 direction Riegersburg, then turn onto the L224 direction Hatzendorf, in Hatzendorf on the L207 to Fehring.

By train:
From Graz via Feldbach to Fehring.
From Vienna main station via Aspang to Fehring.
Timetable information from ÖBB here

By plane:
Scheduled flight to Graz or Vienna, further journey by rental car or train.

The route starts from Fehring via Unterlamm to Stein (Bad Loipersdorf). From Stein, the Thermenland Wine Road winds its way over the Buchberg to Rittschein and then continues to Übersbach, where it branches off the main road in the direction of the train station. The route continues via Stadtbergen and Maierhofberg to Großwilfersdorf. From Großwilfersdorf, the route climbs up to Herrnberg, where it runs along the ridge via Reigersberg, Kleegraben, Ziegenberg and Eichberg to Markt Hartmannsdorf. From Markt Hartmannsdorf, the route continues in the direction of Feldbach. On the hill (Saurüssel) it branches off in the direction of Krennach, Altenmarkt and leads past the north-west side of Riegersburg Castle to the main road 66. After approx. 1 km in the direction of Ilz, it branches off via Höherberg to Breitenfeld. It continues to Riegersburg, where it ends at the end of the village via Stang, Hatzendorf and Brunn back in Fehring at the start of the Klöcher Weinstraße.

A picnic with wine is a culinary experience in the great outdoors, e.g. a fried chicken picnic at Kapfenstein Castle.

The Thermenland Wine Road is not accessible by public transport.

However, for the outward and return journey to Fehring, we recommend using ÖBBTelefon +43 51717 or here.

Park & Ride at the train station in Fehring:

275 car parking spaces (including 6 disabled parking spaces and 2 mother-child parking spaces)
40 bicycle parking spaces
30 motorcycle parking spaces

Tourist office Thermen- & Vulkanland Steiermark
Hauptstraße 2a
8280 Fürstenfeld
Tel.: +43 3382 55 100
info@thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at/wein

Maps and brochures can be ordered online here or purchased at the respective information offices!