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Ökoregion Kaindorf Water & Wine Tour with Vockenberg Loop
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Maria Fieberbründl place of pilgrimagePhoto: Christa Pollhammer, CC BY, TVB Oststeiermark
The almost 30-kilometre tour takes us from Kaindorf via the pilgrimage site Maria Fieberbründl to Tierwelt Herberstein and back, with numerous wine taverns along the way.
A bike tour for the senses! Culinary, historical and scenic highlights are offered by the Water and Wine Tour, which starts and ends in Kaindorf. Several historic buildings, including a pilgrimage church, several chapels and two castles (Herberstein and Schielleiten) can be explored on this circular route as well as delicacies for our palate. Numerous wine taverns and restaurants are just waiting to be visited by us and offer regional delicacies. All those who love flora and fauna should plan a detour to the Herberstein Animal World with its garden castle! And for those who want to taste their way through the region, there is the Höfler oil mill with farm shop.
Author’s recommendation
The baroque Schielleiten Castle and its grounds are well worth a detour!
Track types
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Kirchenwirt DurlacherBachwirt Prettenhofer
Bachwirt Prettenhofer
Landgut Riegerbauer ****
Buschenschank Gruber - GenussCard Partner
FENG SHUI Buschenschank Gutmann-Thaller GenussCard Partner
Ballonhotel Thaller ****
Safety information
Partial traffic on the roads as well as oncoming hikers. Use at your own risk.
- Emergency call mountain rescue: 140
- Emergency call fire brigade: 122
- Emergency call police: 133
- Emergency call rescue: 144
- Euro emergency call: 112
- ÖAMTC emergency breakdown call: 120
- ARBÖ emergency breakdown call: 123
Tips for reporting emergencies - give answers to the six W-questions:
- What happened?
- How many injured?
- Where did the accident happen (possibly GPS coordinates)?
- Who reported the accident (call-back number)?
- When did the accident happen?
- Weather at the accident site?
Tips and hints
Connection/ networking: R57, Wine Country Tour
More information:
Hartbergerland Tourist Board Alleegasse 6
8230 Hartberg
+43 3332 603306
The Styria Tours App, which is available free of charge on Google Play and in the App Store (Android, iOS), offers detailed first-hand information: short facts (length, duration, difficulty, ascent and descent in metres of altitude, ratings), map, route descriptions, altimeter, compass, summit finder, navigation along the tour. In addition, you can create your personal list of favourite tours and points, save tours and excursion destinations offline, use social media channels and more.
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Destination
Turn-by-turn directions
Ideally, you should start at the multi-purpose hall in Kaindorf, as there is plenty of free parking available there, and there are also e-charging stations and a large overview board of the region. The route follows the B54 towards Graz for a short distance, and after only a few hundred metres there is the first opportunity for a stop at the Höfler oil mill. The circular route continues via Vockenberg to Maria Fieberbründl, where there is a pilgrimage church. The tour continues via the Fieberbründlweg to Herberstein, to the zoo of the same name with its castle and castle garden. You then cycle on past the next castle. The baroque Schielleiten Castle with its large grounds and many ponds invites you to take a short break and have a picnic. Via the Tiefenbacher wine road, past a few wine taverns, it takes you to Hofkirchen, where there is a delightful church in the district of St. Stefan. A side road brings you back to the starting point.
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
- Collective taxi "SAM" - Mobility in Eastern Styria - SAM closes the gaps in the public transport network and offers affordable mobility for EVERYONE (bicycle transport partly possible).
- ÖBB - Austrian Federal Railways (bicycle transport possible)
- BusBahnBim - timetable information of bus, train and Bim in Styria (and in the whole of Austria)
- MOBILZENTRAL - Central information point for all questions regarding public transport.
With the BusBahnBim app of Verbundlinie, timetable information has never been easier: all connections by bus, train and tram in Austria can be queried by entering places and/or addresses, stops or important points. The app is available as a free app for smartphones (Android, iOS) - on Google Play and in the App Store.
By road
Detailed information on how to get there can be found here.
Parking
There is plenty of free parking at the multi-purpose hall Kaindorf, the starting and finishing point.
Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
You can order further information material on the Eastern Styria Adventure Region from the comfort of your own home on our website, or you can obtain it at the offices.
East Styria Tourist OfficeHartberg office
Alleegasse 6
8230 Hartberg
+43 3332 603300
Author’s map recommendations
Cycling maps, hiking maps and excursion destination maps are available at the information offices of the Eastern Styria Adventure Region and on our website.
Equipment
The tour can be done with a touring bike, city bike or even a road bike. 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.
Statistics
- 14 Waypoints
- 14 Waypoints
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