Here your own guide to explore Graz. Good restaurants, cultural activities, cool action.....this page is ever expanding and would include your suggestion. Please email us if you think you found something which could interest other GrazRentals guests. Please forgive us if you find spelling mistakes - we are still working on this. And just to be on the safe side - here the emergency contacts:
Police: +43 133
Emergency Service (Ambulance): +43 144
Fire Department: +43 122
Poison Control center: +43 1 4064343
Grazguide
Guidebook
Essentials
Just a three mintues walk from your apartment.
This supermarket is a 10 minutes walk from your apartment.
The nearest organic supermarket - a 10 minutes walk from your apartment.
If you need an ambulance call 144. To find the hospital use the Google maps link below.
Getting Around
the good old train.....quite a good way to travel around Austria
Buses are a 2 or 3 minutes walk from our apartments
Food Scene
The bakery in our own house, ideal for fresh bred and a breakfast coffee.
Just a 3 minutes walk, also open on Sundays. A wonderful bakery with great coffee.
Typical Austrian Food like Salad with Pumpkin seed oil, the real Wienerschnitzel, the Viennese Tafelspitz and many more. The restaurant "Der Steirer" gets our big recommendation!
The Purberg is in a perfect location. You can drink coffee, eat a delicious meal, directly beside the Hilmteich in the mids of plants and flowers as the Purberg is based at the "Lederleitner", a well known garden center. All of this is only a 10 minute walk from your apartment.
Organic, fairtrade meals and coffee just 6 walking minutes from your apartment.
8 minutes walk from the apartments, delicious coffee, cozy atmosphere and polite staff
The Tonkin opened newly and has excellen food. Its beside the Gernal Hospital (Landeskrankenhaus) and is a 12 minutes walk from your apartment.
A great walk, or even simpler just use the Schloßberglift/elevator and you find yourself in this restaurant with wonderful views and great food.
The pizzeria around the corner. Thats where we sometimes get our Pizza.
Tribeka = Trink besseren Kaffee (drink better coffee - in German). They do know their stuff! The nearest to your apartment is 10 walking minutes away. Also great with kids - as they do not only serve coffee.
Very good Japanese food - tested and approved by us for you :-).
Spring rolls, sushi and make only a 10 minutes walk away.
Parks & Nature
Just a 10 minute walk from the apartments you can do a romantic boat trip followed by a picnic or some ice skating in the winter, great climbing experience for the whole family, a gentle walk around the lake or explore several jogging tracks through the forest?
Our Central/City Park is a 10 minutes walk from our apartments. If you walk into the city center you will automatically cross the it. The park is about 22 hectar ( 55 acres) large, has about 2000 trees any of them really old and is a nature convervation area. Great to stroll through on the way to one of the coffee shops near the park.
The backyark mountain of Graz is 1445 meters (4740 feet) high and you can use several footpaths or the cable car to get to the top. There you will be awared with beautiful views, good food, a summer toboggan run and the offer of many other activities.
Shopping
Our own Harrods or Macie’s, with lots of style and tradition. Very recommendable and right in the middle of the city center.
A must for heathly shopping and spending a good time!
Just a 6 minutes walk. For a healthy body and mind.
Entertainment & Activities
Actoin for young and old - just a 10 minutes walk away, just beside the Hilmteich.
Rainy day.....what about a movie!
Movies in English - KIZ Royal Cinema
For an art movie try the Geidorf or the Rechbauer Cinema.
For Hollywood blockbusters go to the Annenhof or the Cineplexx.
This is the highest underground slide worldwide (2nd highest overall). Its about 64 meters (210 feet tall) located in the heart of the Schloßberg. The 40 seconds of fun with up to 30km (19mph) of speed is a must for your kids. Parents give yourselfe a treat in the Aiola Coffee Shop beforehand.
Arts & Culture
Exhibitions, beautiful gardens, the largest and most significant baroque palace complex in Styria, within the city boundaries and easily to reach via tram line, which is only a 10 minute walk from your apartment..
The world's largest preserved historical armory displays some 32,000 objects from the 15th to 18th century including armaments for knights even horses - great also for families with kids.
Sightseeing in Graz
The heart of Graz. With our own "Lisl" bell in the clock tower, a mountain climbing train, great views and good food. Taking a walk up the Schlossberg is a must.
Use the Schlossbergbahn as its nice for young and old to be pulled up the hill with a steady increase of the views of Graz.
Sightseeing in Styria
A brilliant trip for the whole family. Watch how chocolate is made, taste delicious flavors and experiment with the amount which fits inside you.
A highly recomendabel day trip to one of the most famous breeds of horses - the white Lipizzaner.
A great webpage to explore the region surrounding Graz.
Great Website to find walks, good food and things to do outside of Graz.
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