Graz, Austria: travel guide
Austria's second city and a UNESCO City of Design, with a red-roofed old town, the Schlossberg clock tower and modern Kunsthaus.
- Country
- Austria
- Currency
- EUR
- Time zone
- Europe/Vienna
- Nearest airport
- GRZ
Top places to visit in Graz
Schlossberg & Clock Tower
Fort · about 1.5 h
Wooded hill above the old town crowned by the 16th-century Uhrturm clock tower, reached by funicular, lift or stairs.
Kunsthaus Graz
Museum · about 1.5 h · entry EUR 11
Biomorphic blue "Friendly Alien" contemporary art museum on the Mur's west bank.
Murinsel
Cultural · about 0.5 h
Floating steel island-bridge with a café and amphitheatre set in the middle of the river Mur.
Eggenberg Palace
Heritage · about 2 h · entry EUR 18
UNESCO-listed Baroque palace laid out on cosmological principles, set in a deer-grazed park.
Hauptplatz
Cultural · about 0.5 h
Triangular main square with the Renaissance town hall and Archduke Johann fountain.
Styrian Armoury (Landeszeughaus)
Museum · about 1.3 h · entry EUR 11
The world's largest surviving historic armoury, with some 32,000 pieces of weaponry and armour.
Schlossberg Slide & Cave Railway
Activity · about 0.8 h
A 64 m spiral slide and a fairy-tale grotto railway tunnelled into the Schlossberg.
Graz Cathedral (Dom)
Church · about 0.7 h
Late-Gothic imperial cathedral with a faded 15th-century Divine Plagues fresco.
Mausoleum of Ferdinand II
Heritage · about 0.5 h · entry EUR 11
Ornate Mannerist-Baroque imperial mausoleum beside the cathedral.
Things to do
- Schlossberg & Old Town Walking Tour Tour · 2 h · from EUR 16 per person
- Graz Culinary Market Tour Food · 2.5 h · from EUR 45 per person
- Eggenberg Palace & Gardens Tour Tour · 2 h · from EUR 20 per person
- Graz Design & Architecture Walk Tour · 2 h · from EUR 18 per person
- Schlossberg Slide & Cave Railway Adventure · 0.8 h · from EUR 8 per person
Day trips and tours
- Graz Old Town & Eggenberg 5 h · from EUR 59
Where to stay in Graz
- Innere Stadt about EUR 150 per night
Graz's UNESCO old town, walkable to the Schlossberg and squares.
- Lend about EUR 130 per night
Trendy west-bank district by the Kunsthaus with bars and design hotels.
Hotels
- Hotel zum Dom 4-star · EUR 120 to EUR 220 per night
- Schlossberghotel 4-star · EUR 150 to EUR 270 per night
- Hotel Daniel Graz 4-star · EUR 110 to EUR 210 per night
- Hotel Wiesler 4-star · EUR 140 to EUR 260 per night
- A&O Graz Hauptbahnhof 2-star · EUR 22 to EUR 80 per night
Where to eat
- Landhauskeller Austrian, Styrian · about EUR 30 per person
- Der Steirer Styrian, Modern European · about EUR 26 per person
- Aiola Upstairs Austrian, International · about EUR 24 per person
- Ginko Vegetarian, Asian · about EUR 16 per person
- Frankowitsch Austrian, Deli · about EUR 14 per person
- Eckstein Austrian, Modern European · about EUR 34 per person
Getting around
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- Walking
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