

Country-City-Round, Pöllau - Hartberg
Apart from a short stretch, the cycle tour leads along asphalted roads, with the only real ascent being up to St. Anna.
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The Pöllau Valley Nature Park is located in the heart of Eastern Styria, the garden of Austria, approx. 60 km north-east of Graz and approx. 150 km south of Vienna
By car from ViennaIf you are driving from Vienna to Pöllau bei Hartberg, take the A2 towards Graz and drive about 110 kilometres until you reach the Hartberg exit. From there, follow the B54 in the direction of Pöllau.
By car from GrazTo get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Graz, take the A2 motorway in the direction of Vienna. After about 30 kilometres, take the Gleisdorf West exit and then take the B54 towards Hartberg/Pöllau. Follow the B54 for about 25 kilometres until you reach Pöllau.
By car from SalzburgTo get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Salzburg, take the A1 motorway towards Vienna. Drive about 110 kilometres to exit 109 (Salzburg junction). There change to the A9 motorway in the direction of Graz. At St. Michael, follow the S6 towards Kapfenberg. Continue on the S6 until the Krieglach exit. From there, take the B72 and then the L405 to Pöllau.
Marking: R57/Pöllau cycle path, HB26/D'Anninger mountain tour
- We join the R57/Pöllau cycle path and ride in the direction of Stubenberg/Pöllauberg.
- We continue along Lamberggasse and pass the Ebner pastry shop.
- We cycle out via Freiberg and Safental to Schönaudorf, where we keep left at the traffic circle and continue along the R57 in the direction of "Hartberg".
- Immediately after the Buschenschank Spindler, we cross the main road at the traffic circle, leave the traffic circle at the 3rd exit and continue in the direction of "Winzendorf".
- At the crossroads "Söldnerdorf/St.Anna" or "Oberneuberg/Pöllauberg" we continue right along the R57.
- At GH Stiegenwirt we turn right in the direction of "Flattendorf". Directly in front of us on the mountain we see the little church of St. Anna.
- At the next crossroads with the path up to St. Anna, we continue straight ahead.
- We have now reached the wine village of Löffelbach, Neuburg Castle towers above Löffelbach.
- We reach Hartberg via Schildbach at the traffic circle on the Bundesstraße 54. We keep left and cycle along the cycle path towards the town center.
- Immediately after the monastery church/elementary school, we turn left uphill into the town park.
- Turning right, we reach the old town of Hartberg via the gate at the fortified tower, straight ahead up to the castle = start of the tour in Hartberg
- For the return journey, we cycle back onto the R57/Pöllau cycle path in the town park and take the same route back to Löffelbach. If you don't want to do the "mountain climb" up to St. Anna, you can of course take the same route/R57 back to Pöllau.
- There we continue straight ahead and thus leave the R57. For the route up to St. Anna, we now follow the HB26/D'Anninger Bergtour.
- After a decent climb, we reach the church of St. Anna on the Masenberg, where the view invites us to take a break.
- We continue along the path, at the next junction we turn left towards "Flattendorf and thus leave the HB26.
- We ride down the St. Anna-Weg until we reach the R57/Pöllau cycle path on the right.
- On the R57 we cycle back along the path we already know from the outward journey to the center of Pöllau.
For local transport we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
Pöllau, P&R at the Pöllau bypass
Tourism region Eastern Styria
Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office
Schloss 1, 8225 Pöllau, Austria
Phone: +43 3335 4210
Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM
Find out about cycle maps and other tour tips at the tourist office.You can also order information material from the comfort ofyour own home on our websiteTourism region Eastern StyriaNature Park Pöllauer Valley officeSchloss 1, 8225 PöllauTel: +43 3335 4210 www.naturpark-poellauertal.atwww.oststeiermark.com