Children in the Hochreiter forest park in Eastern Styria | © Waldpark Hochreiter | Dagmar Frühauf Children 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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Museum of local history_Inside_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
  • Grafendorf

Museum of local history Grafendorf bei Hartberg

"Museum of peasant culture"
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  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab

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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Pikeroi_Pikeroi rocks_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Pöllau

A jewel of nature: Pikeroi Rock

The Pikeroi rock sits next to the Rauschenbach (Rustling Stream) northeast of Pöllauberg. Since 2016 this special...
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  • Hartberg

hARTberg walk - Do the right thing

Experience unique spray art in the East Styrian town of Hartberg!
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Ice Stick Shooting_Eastern Styria_Häusler | © Bernhard Häusler
  • Passail

Ice Rink Tober

The small but nice ice rink in Tober is not only a pleasure for the locals but also for all guests! Children and adults...
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  • Birkfeld

Tennishall Birkfeld

The tennis hall in Birkfeld offers both indoor and outdoor courts and a bowling alley.
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  • Ratten

Mining Museum Ratten

You can visit the adit in Ratten which is closed since 1960s.
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  • Rettenegg

beekeeping Königshofer

The beekeeping Königshofer is located in Rettenegg at an altitude of over 1000 meters and is managed by Franz and...
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  • Birkfeld

Ice-skating rink Birkfeld

If the weather conditions are right, there is also an ice rink in Birkfeld.
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  • Birkfeld

Smoke house Schirner

The Schirner Rauchstubenhaus was inhabited by the Grabenbauer family until 1977. Afterwards, in November 1993, the...
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  • Gleisdorf

Objekt Alois-Grogger-Gasse 10

A particularly striking building in the city center of Gleisdorf is the blue property Alois-Grogger-Gasse 10, where the...
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  • St. Kathrein am Hauenstein

"Kraftspendebad" St. Kathrein am Hauenstein

Pure nature with everything that goes with it - the outdoor swimming pool in St. Kathrein am Hauenstein!
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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 280 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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Children stroke sheep in Styria | ©  Oststeiermark Tourismus | Bernhard Bergmann

Experiences & leisure activities

Our excursion destinations welcome you and offer a wide range of experiences on a variety of topics. Whether it's a tasting of the finest schnapps or the special Stollenkäs cheese, an exciting tour through underground worlds or interactive adventure stations - right through to a hike with alpacas or a romantic horse-drawn sleigh ride through the alpine landscape. Immerse yourself in the region and experience it like the locals with a customised slow trip experience. Maximum fun guaranteed!

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