Stage 08 Wine Country Styria Cycling Tour Bad Radkersburg - Leibnitz

From Bad Radkersburg we head upriver along the Mur Bike Path R2, but still very comfortably through idyllic villages and meadowlandss and past pumpkin and corn fields. The fact that, in addition to the wine, pumpkin seed oil is increasingly becoming the dominant culinary product is also shown by the excursion destinations along the route. The oil mill Sixt with its unique water wheel for the oil press not far from our bike path gives us insights into the production of the 'green gold' of Styria.

In the historic town of Mureck there is another a gem: The  Mureck ship mill in the middle of the Mur meadows with the attached restaurant and typical Styrian cuisine gets a lot of cyclists off their schedules, since they often stay longer than planned. A few kilometres after Mureck at the height of Vogels - Ehrenhausen, the start of the Southern Styrian Wine Road, we come to the Genussregal [Enjoyment Shelf] Southern Styria, where Styria shows itself in all its culinary diversity. Here we learn in an entertaining atmosphere how honey, wine or vinegar and many other products are produced, which methods are used and which people are behind the quality and regionality.

Along the Mur, the route continuesto lead us to  Leibnitz, our entry point into the Sausal Wine Road. Before Leibnitz, however, at the height of the village of Wagna, which is known for the Roman Museum Flavia Solva we have to branch off to the left onto the Roman Cycle Route R6. We bypass the town of Wagna and after a few minutes arrive at one of the most beautiful main squares in Styria with its numerous cafes and shops.