Pöllau circuit via Gschaid and Schloffereck, Pöllau
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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 Vienna
If 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 Graz
To 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 Salzburg
To 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.
- We start this circular walk in the castle park at the signposts to the east of the Parkcafe.
- The signpost "Richtung Gschaid" leads us through Ortenhofenstraße (alternative via the Aupark past the outdoor pool on the left) in a northerly direction to a wayside shrine and the blue house of the Almbauermühle, where we follow the yellow/blue markings and the "Naturpark-Erlebnisrundweg" to the Hotel Restaurant Gruber on the left.
- At the bridge by the hotel, we head in a north-westerly direction and follow the white-blue-white and white-yellow-white markings with the numbers 2 and 3.
- At the fork in the path at the farm "Almer" vulgo Toni on the Wiesn, we now choose marking no. 2.
- After the Grottenstüberl, the trail initially leads along the country road, then turns left into the forest and leads us to the junction towards GH Derler, where we keep right and reach the Gschaid saddle (SAM stop: HF 5996).
- Here we turn right and follow the red-white-red markings no. 921 to Wolfgrube, where we leave this and follow the signs to Schloffereck (SAM stop: HF 5995).
- After the viewpoint at Schloffereck with a view of the Pöllau Valley, we continue along trail no. 11 (white-blue-white), where we meet the red-white-red trail no. 5 (Roseggerweg) not far from Pöllau.
- The latter leads us back to the center of Pöllau to our starting point (SAM stop "Pöllau, Zwinger": HF 5943).
SAM - the shared cab service in Eastern Styria - can be reached on +43 50 363738 (waiting time approx. 1 hour).
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
www.naturpark-poellauertal.at
www.oststeiermark.com
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Find out about maps, hiking brochures and other tour tips at the tourist office. You can also order information material from the comfort of your own home on our website.
Rother hiking guide “Oststeiermark - Von den Fischbacher Alpen bis in die Thermenregion”, 50 tours, Elisabeth Zienitzer & Silvia Sarcletti paperback, ISBN-10, 376334577 available in bookshops
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