Mauerreste der neuzeitlichen Befestigung der Stadt Graz

The route hangs from a World Heritage site that arrived in two instalments: the historic centre in 1999, Schloss Eggenberg on the western edge in 2010.

Between Burgenland, south-eastern Styria and the Slovenian borderland lies one of the densest concentrations of castles in Europe.

The Semmering Railway is more than a railway. It is a ribbon of engineering genius that clings to the Alps, a ribbon that earned UNESCO status in 1998 for being Europe’s first normal-gauge mountain railway.