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Excursion destinations for families in Styria

Adventures for children – relaxation for their parents: The green heart of Austria offers leisure activities for the whole family. In summer, the beautiful lakes invite you to go swimming. On a hike, parents can enjoy the breathtaking views of Styria's mountain world while kids get to romp around on alpine meadows or play near babbling mountain streams. In winter, families spend time together going skiing, cross-country skiing or tobogganing ...

And in case it rains, there's plenty to do indoors: from delicious tastings at the Zotter chocolate factory to sliding and bathing at the H2O thermal spa in Bad Waltersdorf or at one of the other 8 thermal spas in Styria. Tours of exploration at Lurgrotte Peggau, Austria's largest water-bearing stalactite cave, a visit to the Lipizzan stud farm in Piber or a visit to Herberstein Animal World are particularly impressive as well. At the latter, the animals often spend the winter in their homes and can thus be admired at close quarters.

Excursion destinations for families

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Climbing box | © Mirja Geh
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  • Bad Mitterndorf

Boulderbox Bad Mitterndorf

The climbing box in Bad Mitterndorf offers climbing and bouldering on an area of 150 m².
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  • Grimming-Donnersbachtal

Swimming pond in Irdning

Water, Art & Grimming.
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Der Freizeitsee mit großer Liegewiese | © TV SWV
  • Krieglach

Wasser- und Naturerlebnisbad Krieglach

The water and nature adventure pool in Krieglach has a natural pond, leisure lake, water playground, Kneipp pool, beach...
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  • Schladming-Rohrmoos-Pichl

Leisure park Pichl

An unforgettable summer day
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Joglland arena_view_Eastern Styria | © Joglland Arena
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  • Strallegg

Joglland arena

The Joglland Arena in Strallegg combines various sports options: football, tennis, swimming, beach volleyball and a...
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Schaubäckerei | © Familie Kirchengast
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Bio-Bäckerei "Vom Lichtenberg" - Haute Boulangerie

Organic show bakery with sales store in the middle of nature, where CO2 neutral is baked with the first pellet steam...
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Ice Stick Shooting_Eastern Styria_Häusler | © Bernhard Häusler
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Ice Rink Tober

The small but nice ice rink in Tober is not only a pleasure for the locals but also for all guests! Children and adults...
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Barefoot Park Wenigzell_Station bark_Eastern Styria | © Barfußpark Wenigzell
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  • Wenigzell

Barefoot Park Wenigzell

Out of the shoes - Into the 1st Barefoot Park of Austria
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Badespaß in Landl | © Christian Scheucher
  • Landl

Bathing lake Landl

In a place where Austria's temperature records are beaten year after year in summer, there must surely be a good place...
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Jagdmuseum Schloss Stainz 1 | © UMJ, M. Wimmler
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  • Stainz

Universalmuseum Joanneum - Jagdmuseum Schloss Stainz

For millennia hunting has been part of human life. The Hunting Museum in Stainz Castle has been showing hunting culture...
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Tierwelt Herberstein_Vari _Eastern Styria | © Tierwelt Herberstein
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  • Stubenberg

Animal world Herberstein

Playful gangs of monkeys from a total of 7 different species of primate cavort among the 85 animal species from all...
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Mobility Park_Ballance_Eastern Styria | © Stadtgemeinde Gleisdorf_Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
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  • Gleisdorf

Mobility Park Gleisdorf

The “heart” of the leisure and exercise area in the Gleisdorf region is the new mobility park.
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Summer, sun, Styria

Summer activities for families

Whether you head to the alpine pastures and huts with a rucksack on your back or to the lakes and open-air swimming pools with a beach bag in your hand: The list of excursion destinations for sunny days in Styria is long and diverse.

Exciting adventures and fun in the snow

Winter activities for children

Skiing, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, snowshoeing, and more: As soon as the green heart of Austria shows itself in its white Sunday best, countless winter family adventures await.

Gondola ride up the Planai | © Steiermark Tourismus | photo-austria.at

Scenic rides up the mountains

Take a leisurely ride up the mountain on one of the summer mountain railways. From aboard the cable car or on the lift, excursionists enjoy stunning scenic views of impressive mountains such as the Dachstein, Grimming, Zirbitzkogel, or Hochschwab.

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Excursion destinations for kids – come rain, Sunshine or snow

When it rains, storms or snows, there are lots of leisure activities you can do indoors. How about a visit to a museum, thermal spa or one of the many other excursion destinations for families?

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Exciting excursions with the whole family