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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Almenland_Teichalm lake_Eastern Styria  | © Naturpark Almenland
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  • Fladnitz an der Teichalm

Nature Park Almenland

What a country, the Almenland Nature Park!Juicy green meadows and dark green forests over gentle alpine pastures. In...
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Climbing Trail_Children_Eastern Styria_Toperczer | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Breitenau am Hochlantsch

Franz-Scheikl-Climbing Trail

The Franz Scheikl Climbing Trail is a trail created and maintained by the Naturfreunde Breitenau under the...
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Natural swimming pond Gruber_Pond with jetty_Eastern Styria | © Naturbadeteich Gruber
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  • Pöllau

Natural Bathing Pond Gruber

We offer many leisure activities like our own natural bathing pond (5000 m²).
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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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Kalvarienbergkirche_Ariael View_Eastern Styria | © Gute Idee, Robert Hahn
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  • Pöllau

Pöllau Kalvarienberg Church of the Sacred Heart

Along the way of the cross from Pöllau to the pilgrimage church atop Pöllauberg stands the Church of the Sacred Heart.
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Climbing gym Hartberg_Climbing wall_Eastern Styria | © Österreichischer Alpenverein
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Climbing gym Hartberg

Climbing is great for balance as a key coordination skill. In addition, spatial orientation skills are trained and...
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Highest church tower_view_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
  • Pischelsdorf am Kulm

Highest church tower in Eastern Styria - Pischelsdorf parish church

Panoramic view and tower tours
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Dive into the Pinggau bathing lake | © Oststeiermark Tourismus
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  • Pinggau

Swimming lake Pinggau

Swimming fun for young and old!
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Buchkogel_Bench and Table_Eastern Styria | © Hermann Auerbäck
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  • Pöllau

Buchkogel Vantagepoint

Enjoy the view over the Pöllauer valley!
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Beistein_power place_Eastern Styria | © Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Grafendorf

Beistein in Grafendorf near Hartberg

A place of power to pause, observe and relax - in the middle of East Styria, the garden of Austria
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  • Pöllau

Archery course Gleisdorf

The archery course is in the Pöllauer Valley. A 3d course and a field course, not a compound. To make Tobisch's...
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  • St. Kathrein am Offenegg

Parish Curch St. Kathrein/Offenegg

The parish church in St. Kathrein am Offenegg is located in the center of the flower village. It is raised and offers a...
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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 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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