Bike & Spa: twelve spas by bike.
The 12 Spas Tour (12-Thermen-Tour) links the thermal spas of the Thermen- & Vulkanland with those in Slovenia in one grand cycling loop. s’Genussplatz’l is a partner of the project.
- Distance
- around 418 km
- Stages
- 13 daily stages
- Climbing
- around 2,300 m
- Spas
- 12, in Austria and Slovenia
One loop, two countries.
The circular tour runs in 13 daily stages averaging a good 30 kilometres through the Thermen- & Vulkanland and the Slovenian regions of Pomurje and Podravje, partly on existing cycle routes such as EuroVelo 9.
The stage towns are Bad Waltersdorf, Bad Loipersdorf, Kapfenstein, Bad Radkersburg, Moravske Toplice, Lendava, Banovci, Mala Nedelja, Ptuj, Maribor, Mureck, Bad Gleichenberg and Riegersburg.
The first stage, from Bad Waltersdorf to Bad Loipersdorf, has already been published with a GPX download on the steiermark.com tour portal.
A break on the Gleichenberg cycle route R45.
s’Genussplatz’l lies in Unterpurkla on the Gleichenberg cycle route R45, which links Bad Gleichenberg with the Mur Cycle Path. The stage from Mureck to Bad Gleichenberg runs right past us here. Waiting for you: shade beneath the walnut tree, regional drinks, a toilet, free e-bike charging and, on hot days, an air-conditioned room.
The project.
Bike & Spa is a project in the Interreg Slovenia–Austria 2021–2027 programme, funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund. It runs from September 2024 to August 2027.
The lead partner is the Thermen- & Vulkanland tourist board (Tourismusverband Thermen- & Vulkanland), together with the Association for the Promotion of the Styrian Vulkanland (Verein zur Förderung des Steirischen Vulkanlandes) and partners from Lendava, Moravske Toplice and Maribor. The aim is to bring cycling, thermal spas, culture and cuisine together across the border into one shared offering.
Information according to the Thermen- & Vulkanland tourist board and the Interreg project database keep.eu, as of November 2026.