Cycling Star Tour Day 1 of 5 - The Castle and Pilgrimage Tour (Radsternfahrt Tag 1 von 5 - Die Burg- und Wallfahrtstour)

0 Feldbach - main square - Bürgergasse - small Raab bridge (KM 0.5 right)3.0 Raabau left (direction Obsthof Kaufmann) straight on up the hill7.4 Zotter chocolate - left on B66 (about 700m long)8.1 turn right at Backhendlstation Auer (Altenmarkterstraße) towards Altenmarkt8.6 right downhill (2 hairpin bends)11,8 Roundabout in Altenmarkt straight on up to Riegersburg12.5 either left to the castle lift, or straight on to the castle walkway12.6 Castle tour - castle café - left on B66 towards Ilz15.1 left towards Genusshotel - follow the road to Lichtenstern19.8 Lichtenstern at "Most Nestelberger" turn right - then straight ahead21,0 stay on hilltop - 23,1 left (stay on hilltop)23.7 Country road L225 - right to Reith near Markt Hartmannsdorf24,8 left - then straight ahead following the road until km 27,327,3 left (hairpin bend!) - straight ahead to km 30 (stay on hilltop)30,3 left towards Eichkögl; 30,6= highest point (452m)30,9 left and then straight ahead to Eichkögl33.0 Eichkögl (Klein-Mariazell) - through Eichkögl (L244)34.0 left towards Mitterfladnitz35.2 Mitterfladnitz - left and then straight up the hill38,2 right - now again following the same route as on the outward journey, until:41.1 right towards Buschenschank Krenn - then straight ahead42.7 left - KM44.5 then left again45.7 Buschenschank Mayer ("Moar Bertl" - open on Mondays!)46.2 left - straight on towards Gniebingberg Chapel (stay on hilltop!)47.3 left uphill towards Gniebingberg48.5 Gniebingberg Chapel - view! - then straight ahead and right50.0 Gniebing - on R11 (Raabtalradweg) (cross B57)54,0 Arrival Feldbach main square

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

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 Parking in the area of the city center: The parking time is 2 hours. Parking in the shopping city of Feldbach is free of charge. A parking meter must be used and is available free of charge at the tourist office.

P+R at Feldbach train station (no short-term parking zone). There are numerous parking spaces available.

Tourist office Thermen- & VulkanlandGuest information FeldbachMain square 1, 8330 Feldbach

E-mail: christine.neuhold@thermen-vulkanland.at Web: www.thermen-vulkanland.at

Opening hours:

Mon-Fri from 9-12 and 13-16 hrs.Foyer from 6-22 o'clock

Tourist office Thermen- & VulkanlandGuest information FeldbachMain square 1, 8330 Feldbach

E-mail: christine.neuhold@thermen-vulkanland.atWeb: www.thermen-vulkanland.at

Opening hours:

Mon-Fri from 9-12 and 13-16 hrs.Foyer from 6-22 o'clock