You can choose the program you would like to attend on Wednesday afternoon, when the symposium takes a break for half a day to give you time for a sighseeing tour or whatever you would like to do. If you do not want to join one of the programs we have provided, please ignore the form or click on "NONE" button at the registration page. Thank you.
Graz turns visitors into time-travellers. As a World Cultural Heritage site it takes them back through distant centuries of the past in a whirlwind tour of the Renaissance, Gothic and Baroque periods. Graz also captures the moment, the spirit of modern life.
In 2003 Graz was the Cultural Capital of Europe. The nomination brought may positive changes and left unmistakable and spectacular marks in the cultural and architectural face of the city such as the Kunsthaus called the "friendly alien" or the Island in the River Mur.
Euro 8,50 / Pers. (min. 10 participants)
Here, beneath poplars and chestnut trees, where the Klapotetz beats time, life revolves around wine. An internationally more and more popular variety of local white wine reach the peak of maturity amidst the gentle hills of southern Styria.
Wine-tasting and a cellar tour of the 300 year-old Episcopal Seggau Castle will help you acquire a taste for it.
Euro 55,50 / Pers. (min. 20 participants)
incl.: Guide, Bus, Wine testing at Seggau Castle, traditional Styrian meal in a " Buschenschank" (Attention vegetarians: This meal includes meat!).
3) White Horses - Red Wine
1pm - 7pm:
THIS TOUR HAS BEEN CANCELED!!!
Off we go over the hills to the home of the famous white horses of the Spanish Riding School — the Lipizzaner stud farm in Western Styria! This trip is not only for horse enthusiasts, though. It is for anyone who has a taste for the play of the light on the hills, a hearty snack of assorted homemade Styrian delicacies, a glass of the unique Schilcher wine, that glows with the colour of onion skin or the dark glint of pumpkin seed oil.
Euro 55,50 / Pers. (min. 20 participants)
inkl.: Guide, Bus, Entrance fees and guide through the "Bundesgestüt Piber" and a traditional Styrian meal in a " Buschenschank" (Attention vegetarians: This meal includes meat!).
European history once revolved around the House of Habsburg. From the Middle Ages to the Napoleonic wars and ending in World War I, Habsburg rulers dominated the political affairs of Europe. The Habsburgs were Holy Roman Emperors, Emperors of Austria, kings of Bohemia and Hungary and, last not least, the sovereigns of Spain and its vast colonial empire for more than 200 years. This tour retraces their history in Vienna including a tour of the splendid Schönbrunn Palace.
Euro 99,50 / Pers. (min. 20 participants)
incl.: Guide in Wien, Bus, Entrance fees and guide through St Stephan's Cathedral and Schönbrunn Palace, Lunch (Three-course menu without drinks)
