Beetle Bean Tour for Families

• We start at the Peace Grotto on the main square, the central starting point of all cycle paths in St. Ruprecht an der Raab. We cycle between the church and the fire station to the Weizbach stream, which we cross. Immediately after the bridge, we turn left and cycle over another small bridge into Weizbachgasse.
• Follow this to the right and leave the village and, after crossing the main road through a subway, you reach Arndorf on the R11 Raabtalradweg. Passing the area of the Lieb timber construction company, we leisurely cycle along the cycle path that leads through the fields to the small, beautifully situated settlement of Neudorf.
• Here we continue to follow the R11 signs and branch off slightly diagonally to the left to reach Unterfladnitz, where a "right-left combination" awaits us. At the end of Unterfladnitz we come to a junction where we keep to the right.
• After about 200 metres, however, we immediately turn left again past a carpenter's workshop in the direction of Farcha. Rolling leisurely past apple orchards with a view of the town of Weiz and the Weizberg church towering above it, we reach Regerstätten.
• At the end of the town we leave the Raabtalradweg, go straight on (the Raabtalradweg R11 turns left) and change to the FunErgyTour, which takes us to Krottendorf, a suburb of Weiz. In Krottendorf we continue along the WZ10 and soon arrive at the Hotel Allmer and the roundabout immediately after.
• Here we turn left into Birkfelder Straße (if you feel like it, you can take the climb to the beautifully situated Weizbergkirche) and cycle along it to the large crossing with traffic lights, where we keep to the well-marked cycle path strip and turn right into Dr. Karl-Widmann-Straße.
• At this point, however, we should also do something for body and soul and consider which café to stop at. There are many possibilities and each café is worth a visit.
• After about 50 metres we turn left into Europaallee, which takes us right into the old town. Following Dr. Karl Renner Gasse, we reach the main square with the Tabor Church, which should definitely be visited. The small inner courtyard is not only worth seeing, but also an island of peace in the middle of the beautiful small town of Weiz.
• From now on, it's a bit of an uphill climb to the Göttelsberg for a short while: we ride across the main square, turn left at the end of the square and from now on keep to the WZ8 Energie-Achter, which takes us to the previously mentioned hill, from where there is another beautiful view of the town of Weiz.
• In a sharp right-hand bend we branch off to the left and get back onto the R11 Raabtalradweg via the Götzenbichl. Rolling out of the city, we now ride through the middle of the Bärental, a beautiful recreational area with forests just like this and the Raabklamm, a wildly romantic nature reserve that delights families, athletes and the young at heart with hiking, cycling and running trails.
• Here we almost have to make a short stop and put our feet in the cool waters of the Raab. Refreshed, we now follow the R11 Raabtalradweg via Mitterdorf an der Raab and past Stadl Castle, which hosts a festival worth seeing every summer, back to St. Ruprecht an der Raab, our starting point.

The tour is not specially signposted, but we follow the existing regional and district cycle paths.

For local transportation, we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark, which also takes bicycles if booked in advance.

Eastern Styria Tourist BoardOffice St. Ruprecht an der RaabLower main road 278181 St. Ruprecht an der RaabTel. +43 664 2353414 www.oststeiermark.com

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Eastern Styria Tourist OfficeSt. Ruprecht an der Raab officeLower main road 278181 St. Ruprecht an der RaabTel.+43 664 2353414 

www.oststeiermark.com

ruprecht@oststeiermark.com 

Travel guide of the Weiz and St. Ruprecht an der Raab region "Do schau her" (Look here)