Travel guide to the historic center of Graz, Austria

travelling guideline:

1. You can get Graz’s tourist map and OBB train timetable for free at the ticket office of the train station. European rail cards and European intermodal transport cards are applicable.

2. You can only consult at the tourist information office. All transportation and travel tickets can be purchased at convenience stores or cigarette shops.

3. You must follow a tour guide to visit Eggenberg Castle, and photography is absolutely not allowed inside! The main rooms are concentrated on the second floor, and a rough tour takes about an hour.

4. There are three main ways to visit Castle Mountain: cable car, transparent elevator and Chris Trail. It is recommended that tourists take the ropeway or elevator up the mountain, then take the stone steps down, and walk from the Chris Trail to the mountainside platform; or choose a romantic and quiet mountain path to Camelite Square, and then head towards Sport Street until Exit at Hairen Street.



Main attraction information:

1. Major museums, castles, etc.: http://www.museum-joanneum.at/.

2. Art Museum: http://www.kunsthausgraz.at, +43-316/8017-9716.

3. Austria Tourism (Chinese): http://www.aodili.info/home.html.

Tour route:

1. Austrian Royal Tour

D1 (Innsbruck): Hofburg Palace, Hofchurch, Golden Roof, Anna Column and Arc de Triomphe, etc., Winter Olympics jumping platform, Northridge Park → Swarovski in Wattens Shiqi Crystal World, Alpine Folk Song and Dance Show - Tirol Night. (It is recommended to use the 24-hour Innsbruck City Sightseeing Card.)

D2 (Innsbruck → Salzburg): Princess Sissi Memorial Statue, Salzburg Old Town, Mozart’s Former Residence, Grain Alley and purchase authentic Mozart chocolate balls → Castles, puppets and other museums → Enjoy the classic "Sound of Music" dinner or Mozart music dinner. (It is recommended to use the 24-hour Salzburg City Sightseeing Card.)

D3 (Salzburg → Bad Ischl): Mirabella Gardens, Sound of Music Bus Half-day Tour, Moon Lakes and other movie locations → Heilbrunn Water Palace → Bad Ischl, the center of the Salzkammergut region.

D4 (Bad Ischl → Wachau): the small town of Bad Ischl, visit the Emperor's Villa, the Royal Pastry House of Zonar, etc. → Fauscher Lake, Wolfgang Lake, Harstad Lake Tet, etc. → Wachau town Melk.

D5 (Wachau → Vienna): Melk Abbey, Danube River Cruise, Wine Museum → Vienna, classical concerts.

D6 (Vienna): Ringstrasse, Hofburg Palace, Sissi Museum → Old Town of Vienna, Demoor Cafe, Shopping Street, Stefan Cathedral, etc. - Schönbrunn Palace and Meizu Museum Quan Gong Zoo → New Wine Tavern.



2. Austrian Nature Tour

D1 (Vienna → Vienna Woods → Graz): Vienna Woods, Hinterbrühl Underground Lake → Hundred Waters Villa → Graz, Old Town.

D2 (Graz → Klagenfurt → Grossglockner Mountain → Zell): Klagenfurt → Franz Josef Heights, overlooking the Grossglockner Mountain → Zell (when the Grossglockner Glacier Road is closed in winter , you can choose to take the tunnel through the mountains to Bad Gastein, famous for its hot springs and winter sports, to Zell am Lake).

D3 (Zell → Wattens → Innsbruck): Klimt Falls → Swarovski Crystal World-Innsbruck, Northridge Park → Enjoy the singing and dancing Tyrolean night.

D4 (Innsbruck → Salzburg): Rockbach, Lake Achen → Salzburg, Old Town (Mozart’s former residence, grain alley and castle, etc.), Mirabella Gardens, Hel Buren Water Palace or Winterberg → Feel the beer culture.

D5 (Salzburg → Hallstatt → St. Wolfgang): Salzkammergut Lake District, Hallstatt, Salt Mine → St. Gilgen → St. Wolfgang Wolfgang.

D6 (St. Wolfgang → Melk → Vienna): Wachau, Melk Abbey, Danube River → Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace, Kalundborg Hill, Neuhaus Tavern.

Best time to visit:

All seasons

Shopping recommendations:

(Shopping) Crystal, antiques, metal products, chocolate, pumpkin seed oil, wine, etc.

(Gourmet) Sausage, steak, meatballs, fried chicken, etc.