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Culture on the Castle Road
The Castle Road connects 39 historic castles, palaces, monasteries and historic fortifications in Austria and Slovenia. Our mission is to make history come alive, preserve our common historic cultural heritage and make it accessible for visitors. On this website you will find 92 inspiring cultural experiences in six different tourist regions which may all be individually combined with one another. The thematic structure and recommended experiences serve as an optional guideline that can help you to compile your own memorable cultural journeys along the Castle Road.
The unlimited possibilities enable customised travel planning which, in turn, ensures satisfied customers. We are happy to assist you in your research and availability enquiries, as well as with regional tour guides.
An overview of the cultural offerings of the Castle Road can be found here.
For centuries, life has been celebrated in castles and palaces with music and entertainment. When military threats subsided, people celebrated their new freedom in grand style. A lively atmosphere and strong emotions accompany you on your emotional musical journey. Listen to the song of angels in dramatic settings!
Here you can experience…
- Baroque setting and balloon ride
- Picnic ride with the castle carriage driver / Summer
- Organ hiking & Styrian Summer Art
- Days of early music – Summer courses and concerts / August
- Assumption Day (August 15)
- Augustine Festival: Festive Church Service
- Guided tour of the castle museum with gallery of the Batthyány family ancestors, castle impressions, and Carolus Clusius memorial room
- Guided tour of Güssing Basilica with the reliquary of Blessed Ladislaus and the Batthyány crypt
- Uhudler-Landestheater – varied theatre productions / August + September
- Opera and operetta performances in August
- Historical guided tour of the old town
- Big Band Festival / July
- Tour through the castle with the largest collection of musical instruments in Slovenia
- Arsana Festival: Classical music concerts in the ballroom of Ptuj Castle / June – August
The experiences can be booked here.
Carefully curated museums and art collections testify to the passion of past and current castle owners. With curiosity and a thirst for knowledge, they have enriched entire generations. Get to know innovative, tolerant and often eccentric figures who were far ahead of their time. Cross boundaries and explore the discoveries of some of Europe’s most notable explorers and visionary thinkers.
Here you can experience…
- Guided tour of the monastery
- Seasonal special tours and workshops
- Archduke Johann – A life dedicated to progress
- Hunting Museum – Culture and Wildlife
- Archeo Norico museum tour
- Museum “Waldglashütte” (Forest Glassworks), ‘Glaserwiese’
- Art breakfast with the owner of the castle
- A library with almost 20,000 items
- In the footsteps of ‘The English Patient’
- Nature walks and excursions for all ages
- Personal guided tour through the castle with Count Bardeau
- Handcrafted products and tastings
- György Zala – famous works by the sculptor from Lendava
- Bronze sculptures by the artists‘ colony – exhibition
The experiences can be booked here.
Nature and architecture can be seen in all their glory along the Castle Road. With a keen sensitivity for aesthetic harmony, landscape planners and interior designers have created enchanting testimonies to their times. A garden tour brings these precious natural highlights of the residences back to life. On personally guided tours, you will be taken back to a bygone era of promenading, flflirtations in the green and noble emotions, with these cultural gems as a background!
Here you can experience…
- Lipizzaner stud farm tour
- Spring festival and foal experiences at the Lipizzaner stud farm
- About knights and roses – guided tour
- Herberstein for connoisseurs – guided tour
- Volcanism & Wine Tour
- Picnic in the vineyard
- Guided tour of historic cure parks
- Biedermeier Festival / June
- Walk around the castle and through the Goričko Nature Park
- Crafts Day / October
- Castle garden tour with picnic
- Castle tour and wine tasting
The experiences can be booked here.
Beautiful pavilions, hidden corners, butterflies in the stomach and moments full of passion – it is the stuff that castle dreams are made of! For centuries, the castle gates, towers and chapels have provided the setting for many emotional events and magical tales. Head over heels in love, oriental influences and religious works of art will touch the heart.
Here you can experience…
- Guided tour with the owner of the castle
- Picnic in the castle garden
- Castle tour with wine tasting
- Castle matinee
- „Night guard“ tour
- Guided city walk through romantic
Hartberg
- Castle and garden tour
- Art history seminar with menu and overnight stay
- Castle tour
- Classical concert in the ballroom
- Historical castle tour (Negova Helmets) and the herb garden
- Sparkling wine festival / June
The experiences can be booked here.
Formerly fortified sites where brave knights offered protection, the carefully restored castle rooms today present the region’s eventful history. War and crusades went hand in hand with religion and superstition. Today, cultural associations recreate past heroism with journeys back in time to the Middle Ages. From high atop the defensive walls, look out over the valley below and form a personal impression of the importance of these hallowed halls for people in the past.
Here you can experience…
- Guided tour of the world’s largest preserved historical armoury
- Taken to task. Old idioms explained in a new way.
- Art history tour of churches and chapels
- Church ceremony in the monastery
- A castle transformed from a fortress to a place of peace | Six exhibitions under one roof
- The castle for the devil – castle history and Andreas Baumkircher
- The story of the Blood Countess – guided tour
- Chamber Music Festival / July
Pfeilburg Castle in Fürstenfeld
- Tobacco & Kruzitürken Museum – guided tour
- Walk along the Fortress Trail
- Guided tours of the castle: weapons- and witch museum
- Daily birds of prey shows
- The Order of Knights and the Origin of Great Sunday
- Visit to the Church of the Holy Trinity
The experiences can be booked here.
Mysterious and not-so-distant details of our past, waiting to be discovered. A picturesque setting, original walls that tell our story, which can also point the way to the future. These places stand for honesty. Only for real treasure hunters!
Here you can experience…
- Kunsthandwerkermesse „Kramuri“
- Führungen durch die Kapelle
- Führung durch das Universalmuseum
- Zweiter September Sonntag
- Museum des Wahnsinns
- Weinabend im Schloss Obermureck / August + September
- Die Geschichte der Juden in Murska Sobota – Ausstellung
- Ritter, Bürger, Bauern – Ausstellung
- Geschichte des Gesundheitswesens in Pomurje – Ausstellung
- Spaziergang auf die „Insel der Liebe“
- Natura 2000 Ausstellung
- Kaffee und lokaler Kuchen im Schlosscafe
The experiences can be booked here.
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