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Culture on the Castle Road
The Castle Road connects 43 historic castles, palaces and abbeys 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 page you will find 74 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.
Here you can experience…
- Baroque setting and balloon ride
- Picnic outing with a castle coachman / Summer
- Organ music walk & Styrian Summer Art
- Day of Early Music / August
- Guided tour of the Augustinian monastery
- Academy of Early Music / September
- Guided tour of Austria’s biggest private crypt
- Musical Güssing / July + August
- Uhudler wine tasting in the castle courtyard
- Opera festival JOPERA / August
- Historic tour of the old town
- Soul & Blues Groove Summit / July
- Castle tour with Slovenia’s largest collection of musical instruments
- Arsana Festival: Classic music concerts in Ptuj Castle ballroom / July
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…
- Archduke John of Austria guided tour of the Agricultural Museum
- Educational forest tour
- Archeo Norico Museum guided tour
- Schilcherberg in flames / Jakobi weekend
- Arts breakfast with the castle’s owner
- The castle & its inhabitants – guided tour
- Explorer tour arount the castle with the owner
- Exclusive castle concerts / monthly
- Guided castle tour with Count Bardeau
- Exhibit tour: The small world of large castles
- The language of Prekmurje with coffee and prekmurski gibanica
- The history of the Jews in Murska Sobota – exhibition
- György Zala – famous works by the sculptor from Lendava
- The arts colony’s bronze sculptures – 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 horse stud tour
- Mother’s Day gala in the Lipizzaner stud
- Of knights and roses – tour
- Herberstein for connoisseurs – tour
- Volcanism & wine tour
- Picnic in the vineyard
- Tour of the historic spa park
- Biedermeier festival / June
- Guided tour of the Landscape Park and the castle
- Handicrafts and Culinary Day / October
- Guided tour of the castle (Negova helmets) and the herb garden
- Fejst Sparkling Wine / June
- Guided tour of the castle and wine tasting
- Climb to the highest castle tower in Slovenia
- Costumed tour led by the countess
- Screening of a historical film from 1935 in the castle cinema or a screening of the film about the witch Doroteja (2025)
- Walk through the castle park and a visit to the tomb of the last noble family
The experiences can be booked here.
Beautiful pavilions, hidden corners, butterflies in the stomach and moments full of passion – it’s 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…
- Tour with castle owners
- Picnic in the castle garden
- Castle tour with wine tasting
- Castle matinee
- Night watchman tour
- Knights, commoners, farmers – exhibition, Summer/Autumn
- Castle and garden tour
- Art history seminar with dinner & overnight stay
- Castle tour
- Picnic in the castle garden
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…
- Art history tour of churches and chapels
- Church service in the monastery castle
- Burgenland – history exhibition with all the senses
- Medieval Christkindl market / December
- The story of the Blood Countess – tour
- Castle festival – journey to the MiddleAges / June
- Tobacco & „Kruzitürken” Museum – tour
- Walk along the fortress path
- Tour of Castle Weapons and Witches’ Exhibitions
- Daily bird of prey watching
- General museum tour
- Tabor festival / September
- The Teutonic Knights and the origins of Vedlika Nedelja
- Visit the Jeruzalem church
The experiences can be booked here.
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