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Pleasure tour through the garden of Austria

Explore beautiful Eastern Styria on 4 wheels with your car
Experience culinary highlights and natural beauty on the pleasure tour Styria shows itself from its best side on this pleasure tour, which you experience and discover with all your senses. Styrian sheep's cheese, apple juice in its noblest form and of course wine with the very special taste of nature: this is enjoyment in all its facets.

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The tour in numbers

53,3 km
Route
0:46 h
Time
732 hm
Uphill
732 hm
Downhill
720 m
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The Garten-Hotel Ochensberger is located in the market town of St.Ruprecht an der Raab. It is located in Eastern Styria and is easily accessible via the A2 motorway from Vienna (approx. 2 hours) and Graz (approx. 30 minutes).             Arrival from Vienna and Graz: Take motorway exit 161 / Gleisdorf West in the direction of B54/B64 on the A2 from Vienna and Graz. Follow the B65 / Gleisdorfer Bundesstraße until you reach the B54 / Wechselbundesstraße. At the roundabout, take the second exit to the B64 / Rechberg-Bundesstraße. After approx. 6 km turn left to St. Ruprecht an der Raab. The Garten-Hotel Ochensberger is located directly on the main road - about 700 metres after the village sign on the right-hand side.

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<We start our tour at the Garten-Hotel Ochensberger and head north. After the church, we turn left towards Mitterdorf an der Raab. We follow Stadler Straße past Schloss Stadl until we reach the junction with the L72. Here we turn right onto the L72 towards Weiz. We continue to Greith where we turn right after a petrol station to Obergreith to the Weizer Schafbauern. There we experience everything to do with sheep and Weizer mountain lamb. Discover lamb products for gourmets, refined sheep's cheese, warm cosy wool and sheep's milk cosmetics - sustainable, natural and organic. After this culinary experience, we follow the L72 towards Weiz. At the roundabout in Weiz, we continue straight on, following the L71 towards Birkfeld. We follow this road until we reach Hart-Puch, where we turn right onto the L391 towards Puch. In Harl we turn right to the Leitner fruit farm, vulgo Niglbauer: delicious apple juices, cider, brandies, vinegar and honey. At the Niglbauer on the Styrian Apple Road, everything revolves around this special fruit. Be sure to try the ‘Garden of Eden’ apple sparkling wine! We then head back towards Harl, but continue on to Puch bei Weiz at the crossroads in Harl. 

There we make our next stop at the Höfler adventure gardens & tree nursery. A treasure trove of flowers, shrubs and trees, nestled in rolling hills, invites you to browse, savour and shop in a quiet, relaxed atmosphere. After the Höfler nursery, we take the Kulmstraße and the Kulmkeltendorf through the beautiful landscape of the Styrian Apple Road. Enjoy the fragrant apple orchards and wonderful views of Eastern Styria, the garden of Austria. We continue to Siegersdorf near Herberstein, where we meet the East Styrian Roman Wine Route. The unique landscape between the vineyards invites you to take a break and enjoy the breathtaking views. Our next and last break is at the Posch winery and tavern: the outstanding wines, produced with love for generations, have won national and international awards. Accompanied by smoked sausages, refined according to a family recipe. Pure enjoyment! We continue via Hollerberg and Romantschachen to the B54, where we turn right towards Großpesendorf and Gleisdorf. We follow the B54 to the roundabout in Gleisdorf where we take the first exit and drive back to St. Ruprecht an der Raab to the Garten-Hotel Ochensberger.
Treat yourself to culinary delights at the Garten Hotel Ochensberger before starting your garden tour.
Information about the region, places to stop and stay overnight, excursion destinations, etc., can be found here

Eastern Styria Tourist Board
St. Ruprecht an der Raab office
Untere Hauptstraße 27
8181 St. Ruprecht an der Raab
Tel. +43 664 2353414
www.oststeiermark.com 

ruprecht@oststeiermark.com
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