Cycling in Austria - South Styrian Wine Street

South Styrian Wine Street

Freedom Holiday

Self Guided

Grading

8 days/7 nights

Price £650pp

Tour Code AU011

The Southern part of Austria, known as the “Austrian Tuscany” is a mecca for wines and spas. After this holiday you will feel relaxed and fitter as the fresh air and exercise do their magic. Follow the South Styrian wine street and taste the locally produced wines and delicacies.

Beautiful scenery in Styria, fresh air and the exercise will do their magic and you will feel well in no time at all. Your palate will be pleased by the local delicacies and wines of “Südsteirische Weinstraße” – the South Styrian Wine Street – around Ehrenhausen and Gamlitz. Here the wine gourmets will find a true paradise. And the local cuisine with home-made cheese and Styrian Beef is something the Styrians are rightfully proud of.

Cycling in Austria - verlooking the vineyrds in Slovenia

Includes

1 night in 4 star hotels (Graz)
6 nights in typical country hotels of 3*** standard
7 x breakfast
Bike hire
Luggage transfer
Maps and route information
Wine tasting at the wine house Stainz
Dinner with wine tasting in Klöch
Voucher per person for 5 drinks (beer, beer & lemonade) of the brewery in Murau, or they can be converted at restaurants that sell Murauer beer.

Excludes

Flights
Cycling Helmets

Optional extras

Insurance £22pp
Single Supplement £120
Half board £95pp
Extra night in Graz £46pp (Single £75)

How to get there

Fly to Graz
Fly to Vienna or Salzburg then train to Graz
Website for train timetable and booking tickets is Bahn.de

Departure Dates 2009 - Every Saturday from 16th April to 17th October

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Daily Itinerary

Cycling in Austria Day 1 (Saturday): Arrival in Graz.

Arrive in Graz where Italian and Austrian culture and cuisine meet with a truly extraordinary result.

Day 2 (Sunday): Graz to Sulmtal/Gleinstätten, 38 miles (60 km).

Today you are cycling through a lot of pumpkin fields, as well as through villages such as Stainz with its castle and museum "Joaneum". Stop for your wine tasting at the house of Stainz. After your wine tasting you cycle along the well-known Schilcher wine street and “pumkin seed oil track bike path” where you will reach Sulmtal valley.

Day 3 (Monday): Sulmtal/Gleinstätten to Gamlitz, 22 miles (35 km).

Vineyards wherever you cast your eyes! The most famous local grapes are Riesling wines and Weißburgunder white wine. Some climbs are rewarded by stunning views of the soft hills of “Styrian Tuscany” and neighbouring Slovenia. You stay overnight in Gamlitz, where you can visit the very interesting wine museum of Castle Gamlitz.

Day 4 (Tuesday): Gamlitz to Klöch, 29 miles (47 km).

The river Mur is your guide to Mureck, where you can see the river mill. You pass Lake Röcksee, where you can take a refreshing plunge. Today you stay in Klöch and in the evening you will have dinner with wine-tasting.

Day 5 (Wednesday): Klöch to thermal spa of Loipersdorf, 31 miles (50 km).

Sunflowers, colourful pumpkin fields and a fruit trees are leading you along the Austrian-Slovenian boarder to the well-known thermal spa village of Loipersdorf.

Day 6 (Thursday): Thermal spa of Loipersdorf to Gleisdorf, 34 miles (55 km).

Persuade yourself to stop in one of the numerous “Heurigen” and try the high quality of the tasty Styrian food. You also have the possibility to make an excursion to the castle “Riegersburg” where you can visit a unique bird’s eye view.

Day 7 (Friday): Gleisdorf to Graz, 22 miles (35 km).

You have to manage one last uphill stage, afterwards you cycle always downhill to Graz. In the afternoon you can discover Graz with its numerous sightseeing possibilities.

Day 8 (Saturday): Departure from Graz.

Time to make your way home.