The secret to vitality

Grünkraft Steiermark

At home and with all the tasks of daily life, it's often difficult to make time for oneself. If you agree, a holiday that helps you recharge your batteries in and with nature is just what you need! A getaway in Styria allows you to finally take a deep breath and pay more attention to your own needs.

The Grünkraft Steiermark offers in the green heart of Austria promise new ways to achieve inner balance and regain more quality of life – and the secret behind this promise can be found in nature ...

Holidaymakers who would like to take the opportunity to focus on themselves again and draw new strength from nature can choose from a variety of special Grünkraft offers. And of course, you will be professionally supported in this: Styria's Grünkraft guides are always on hand to answer questions and provide guidance. Refreshing forest air, relaxing thermal water, healing herbs and nutrient-dense fruits are just a few of the energy-providing resources that can be found in the green heart of Austria.

How to recharge your batteries in Styria

Between the Dachstein in the north and the Wine Country in the south, Styria offers countless opportunities to do something beneficial for your body and mind:

while forest bathing or while doing yoga in nature,
while Kneipping in a cold mountain stream or while immersing yourself in warm thermal water,
during wellness treatments with ingredients from nature – from an apple massage to a honey and pine bath,
or while savouring sustainable, regional delicacies from Styria.

The origins of Grünkraft

The medieval polymath Hildegard of Bingen recognised early on that the secret to a healthy life can be found in nature. She coined the term "viriditas" which means "green power" – "Grünkraft" in German – and which stands for vitality, an essential prerequisite for all life.

Forests – a source of strength

Pause, take a deep breath, and soak up the invigorating power of the forest. Styria is considered the most densely forested federal state in Austria, and the millions of trees truly work wonders. The energy-giving forests do your body good, help you to de-stress, and increase your vitality.

A heart-felt tip: In summer, forests serve as wonderfully quiet, yet powerful places to cool down.

Discover the Grünkraft of forests

Water – a source of life

Refreshing, crystal-clear and invigorating on the one hand. Warm, relaxing and healing on the other. All this describes water as a source of life in Styria. Between Bad Aussee in the north and Bad Radkersburg in the south, the restorative power of water can be experienced. Whether it's Kneipping in fresh mountain streams or a visit to one of the nine thermal spas: In Styria, wellness dreams come true.

By the way: The thermal spas with their beautifully designed outdoor areas invite you to kick back and relax in summer as well.

Experience the Grünkraft of water

Healing powers of nature

Healing mud, wild herbs, apple, elderflower or pumpkin ... Nature provides the best ingredients for a revitalising experience between the mountainous north and the sun-kissed south. Various treatments based around traditional concepts and innovative ideas are designed to invigorate you from head to toe.

Natural ingredients from Styria make for wonderful wellness treatments:

In the north, herbs, salt and Swiss stone pine are used to relax and energise you.
In the south, apple, elderflower, pumpkin and grape seeds help nurture and pamper your skin.

Recharge your batteries naturally

Mindful nutrition and Fasting

High-quality, unprocessed and, above all, natural foods that are locally grown and sourced: In Styria, people attach great importance to a healthy diet and mindful nutrition. Traditional as well as innovative nutritional concepts help bring the body back into balance in a healthy and enjoyable way.

Learn more about mindful nutrition

Recipe for happiness

There is no recipe for happiness? Well, in Styria, there is! Various courses and seminars help you focus on yourself, invite you to shift your perspective and promise a new attitude to life. Just the right thing if you would like to leave all stress behind and rekindle your zest for life.

Ways to experience happiness

Yoga in the green heart of Austria

In Styria, yoga is a matter of the heart. Whether you're a newcomer or an experienced yogi – on alpine pastures amidst an imposing mountain scenery or in the Wine Country with all its sunny, southern delights: Yoga in the green heart of Austria brings body and mind back into balance.

Take a deep breath and relax

Strength through movement

To maintain balance, you have to keep moving, and Styria's nature offers its guests the perfect environment for this: Hiking between the Dachstein mountain range and the Wine Country, swimming in healing thermal waters, or yoga on flowering meadows and in lush green forests – there's something for everyone.

Done correctly, exercise has the effect of a well-dosed medicine and helps promote blood flow, strengthen the muscles, release happiness hormones and more.

Always right there with you: Styria's Grünkraft guides. They guide you through outdoor activities or aquatic training as well as fitness exercises, and they cater to the individual needs of their guests.

Keep moving

Wellness- & Health hotels

Soothing massage treatments with regional products, paired with relaxing, spacious relaxation areas and, in some cases, thermal spas in the immediate vicinity. The wellness & health hotels in Styria are perfect for freeing your body and mind from the worries of everyday life.

To the Wellness- & Health Hotels

Experience Grünkraft Steiermark first hand

Grünkraft offers

Styria's treasures of nature are as diverse as the green heart of Austria itself

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Sustainable holidays

Summer retreats

Environmentally conscious accommodation options and excursion destinations with innovative offers.

Sustainable holidays in Styria

Health resorts

Spiritual travel

Thermal spas & wellness resorts

GIVE JOY

With the Styria vouchers it is easy to gift joy. The vouchers offer a wealth of possibilities. Over 120 culinary partners invite you to enjoy, 110 accommodation establishments to stay and 9 excursion destinations to discover.

You have the choice and can...

...design the voucher individually online and print it out at home
...have it conveniently sent to you in check format in the value of € 20,- € 50,- or € 100,- (free shipping)
...buy the voucher personally at the Steiermark Tourismus Office (St.-Peter-Hauptstraße 243, 8042 Graz) and take it with you

Gift Joy