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Styrian Wine Country Cycling Tour - Variant East Styria

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/ Kräuter-, Rosen- & Hexengarten Söchau
Photo: Christian Contola, Kräuter-, Rosen- & Hexengarten Söchau
/ Rast am Wasser
Photo: Tom Lamm, CC BY-ND, Steiermark Tourismus/Tom Lamm
/ Picknick
Photo: Leo Himsl, Steiermark Tourismus/Leo Himsl
/ Unterwegs in der Oststeiermark
Photo: Tom Lamm, (c) Steiermark Tourismus/Tom Lamm
/ Pause zwischendurch
Photo: Tom Lamm, (c) Steiermark Tourismus/Tom Lamm
/ Blick auf die Riegersburg
Photo: Harald Eisenberger, CC BY-ND, Thermen- und Vulkanland Steiermark/Harald Eisenberger

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This variant of the Styrian Wine Country Cycling Tour takes us from the spa town of Loiperdorf in the Spa and Volcano Country of Styria to Gleisdorf in East Styria. This variant results in a 2-3 day round trip through East Styria with its Römerweinstraße. The route follows the Rittscheintalradweg R21, a real insider tip among cyclists.

moderate

Distance 43 km

3:30 h

273 m

152 m

460 m

246 m

In addition to several wine taverns and inns, there is also a culinary flagship directly on this variant of the Weinland Steiermark cycle tour, the Haberl & Fink's Delikatessen inn in Walkersdorf. A culinary experience in a class of its own awaits us here at Mario Haberl's inn with its walk-in wine cabinet, cosy parlours and beautifully landscaped garden. In the adjoining delicatessen manufactory, Bettina & Hans Peter Fink produce handmade pickled and preserved Styrian specialities from fresh fruit and vegetables. The assortment ranges from vinegars, chutneys, pestos, roasters and jams to rarities like pickled rowan berries. The delicacies are presented and sold in a farm-gate shop, where we also have the opportunity to taste the products.

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Author

Günther Steininger

Update: July 22, 2021

Difficulty

moderate

Technique

Stamina

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Highest point

460 m

Lowest point

246 m

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Rest stops

Thermenresort Loipersdorf
Franks Naturprodukte
Freibad Söchau
Gasthaus Haberl & Fink's Delikatessen
Mostothek Markt Hartmannsdorf

Safety information

Emergency assistance number: 144

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Tips and hints

Steiermark Tourismus

Tel. +43 316 4003

info@steiermark.com

www.steiermark.com/en

If you would like to hire a tour operator, simply book with Steiermark Touristik, the official travel agency of Steiermark Tourismus:

Tel. +43 316 4003 450

www.steiermark-touristik.com

The Steiermark Touren app, available free of charge on Google Play and the App Store (Android, iOS), offers detailed first-hand information: brief facts (length, duration, difficulty, ascent and descent/elevation gain, ratings), map, route descriptions, altimeter, compass, peak finder, navigation along the tour. You can also create your own personal lists of favourite tours and sites, store tours and destinations offline, use social media channels, and much more.

Start

Bad Loipersdorf (246 m)

Coordinates:

47.017475, 16.102812

DMS

47°01'02.9"N 16°06'10.1"E

UTM

33T 583814 5207696

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Destination

Gleisdorf

Turn-by-turn directions

In the village of Loipersdorf, not far from the thermal bath of the same name, we turn east to cycle along the Rittscheintal cycle path R21 to the herb village of Söchau. In this idyllically situated village, a number of hotels and restaurants as well as a freely accessible herbal garden await you. From Söchau, the tour continues via Breitenfeld an der Rittschein to Walkersdorf, where another culinary highlight awaits us: Haberl & Fink's Delikatessen offers a walk-in wine cabinet, cosy snugs and a beautifully landscaped garden in the inn, and the adjoining delicacy manufactory produces hand-pickled and preserved Styrian specialities from fresh fruit and vegetables.

From Walkersdorf, the route continues leisurely along the Rittschein river via Markt Hartmannsdorf with its outdoor adventure pool to the Raabtalradweg cycle path, which leads from the natural park Almenland to Hungary. At the cycle path junction, we now keep to the right to head north into the small town of Gleisdorf with its small, fine centre around the imposing church on the main square. Here, we also rejoin the main route of the Styrian Wine Country Cycling Tour.

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all notes on protected areas

Public transport

Public-transport-friendly

Accessible by train and bus.

Detailed information about arriving by ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) can be found at www.oebb.at or on the Verbundlinie Steiermark website www.busbahnbim.at

With Verbundlinie’s BusBahnBim route planner app, planning your journey has never been easier: simply enter towns and/or addresses, stop names or points of interest to check all bus, train and tram connections in Austria. The app is available free of charge for smartphones – on Google Play and in the App Store

Getting there

Parking

Coordinates

47.017475, 16.102812

DMS

47°01'02.9"N 16°06'10.1"E

UTM

33T 583814 5207696

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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike

Book recommendation by the author

Folder "Weinland Steiermark Radtour" mit Routenbeschreibung, Übersichts- und Detailkarten sowie Ausflugszieletipps und mehr: Steiermark Tourismus, Tel. +43 316 4003 www.steiermark.com

Weinland Steiermark Radtour 1:50.000, ISBN 978-3-85000-755-9 Verlag Esterbauer - bikeline Tel. +43 2983 28982 www.esterbauer.com

Author’s map recommendations

Pocket Card "Radwege in der Steiermark" Tel. +43 316 4003 www.steiermark.com

All publications

Equipment

Touring bikes or city bikes are recommended. Road bikes rather not, as there are short sections also on gravel, which can, however, be bypassed via country roads. Tip: A basic equipment of tools and accessories such as spare inner tube and/or repair kit, spanner, air pump, brake and shift cable as well as a screwdriver can never hurt.

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Difficulty

moderate

Distance

43 km

Duration

3:30 h

Ascent

273 m

Descent

152 m

Highest point

460 m

Lowest point

246 m

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