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Day 1: Arrival in Mureck.
Welcome drink and personal tour information, distribution and adjustment of rental bicycles.
Day 2: Graz, 41 miles (65 km).
Take the train to Graz. The European Cultural Capital 2003 invites you
to explore museums, architectural gems, as the Italian architects
influenced the local style. Return to Mureck on the Mur cycle path via
castle Seggau.
 Day 3: Wine tour to Gamlitz, 16 miles (25 km).
Morning transfer to the South Styrian wine street. Guided cellar tour,
wine tasting and cold snack on the exquisite wine grower estate Polz
(included). Then you explore by bicycle the wine street with well known
wines such as Gamlitz and Ehrenhausen back to Mureck.
Day 4: Visit the neighbours – Slovenia, 13 to 37 miles (20 to 60 km).
Cycling without barriers! The River Mur is the border to Slovenia and
there you can stay for a day on lovely roads and beautiful countryside.
Day 5: Thermal Spa Bad Radkersburg, 31 miles (50 km).
Follow river Mur to Bad Radkersburg. Regenerate in the warm thermal
waters (entrance fee included!) and stroll through the historic city.
Return to Mureck through river meadows on the Mur cycle path.
Day 6: Pumpkins and churches in Straden, 13 to 31 miles (20 to 50 km).
In Straden a wine tasting and a guided tour through the wine cellar is
included. Pumpkin seed oil – the dark-green gold of Styria – and fruit are Styria’s most famous exports. Nowhere else can this unsurpassed quality can be reached. You cycle past pumpkin fields, fruit orchards and many chapels on tranquil country lanes to an oil-mill where you can watch the process of pressing the seeds (entrance fee included!).
Day 7: Departure from Murek.
It is the end of the holiday so time to make your way home
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Freedom Holiday 
Holidays where the locals love to be – this is possibility quite singular in South Styria. This region of Austria on the border of Slovenia is dominated by a range of ancient volcanoes. Modern thermal spas, impressing culture, delicious quality wines, lovely scenery and a mild climate. All these treasures you an explore during this centred tour. Discover a little paradise, untouched by mass-tourism. The “Green heart of Austria” will take your heart in no time at all!
