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From Maribor to the Mur.

The big tour from Slovenia: from the city on the Drava via Šentilj to the Mur and downstream via Mureck to us.

Distance
approx. 49.3 km
Climbing
approx. 161 m
Start
Maribor
Finish
s’Genussplatz’l, Unterpurkla
Map of the route From Maribor in Slovenia to the Genussplatzl in Unterpurkla Maribor Šentilj Mureck s’Genussplatz’l
Route calculated with BRouter, course of the Mur and Drava from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors

Along the way

  1. Start

    Maribor

    Slovenia’s second-largest city, on the Drava, and a stage town of the Bike & Spa loop.

  2. km 19

    Šentilj

    On the border with Austria, just before the Mur.

  3. km 36

    Mureck

    The ship mill was set back on the Mur in 1997 after a historic model. From here the route runs flat along the river.

  4. Finish

    s’Genussplatz’l

    A rest beneath the walnut tree with regional drinks, shade, a toilet, a free e-bike charging point and an air-conditioned room for hot days.

Paths: Cycle paths and back roads to Šentilj, then Mur Cycle Path R2, finally the Gleichenberg cycle route R45.

Elevation profile

Elevation profile From Maribor in Slovenia: 49.2 kilometres, from 262 to 221 metres, lowest point 221 metres, highest point 313 metres 220 240 260 280 300 320 0 km 5 km 10 km 15 km 20 km 25 km 30 km 35 km 40 km 45 km
Lowest point 221 m, highest point 313 m above sea level.

Worth a stop along the way

Maribor, Lent

Maribor, Lent

The Lent riverside on the Drava with the Old Vine House, the old town behind.

Photo: Jernej Furman, CC BY 2.0

Šentilj

Šentilj

The parish church of the border village.

Photo: KocmutD, CC BY-SA 3.0

Mureck ship mill

Mureck ship mill

Back on the Mur since 1997, one of Central Europe's last floating mills.

Photo: Ewald Gabardi, CC BY-SA 3.0

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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The Genussplatzl at dusk, lit from within

Journey’s end: a rest beneath the walnut tree.

At the end of the route you will find shade beneath the walnut tree, regional drinks, a toilet, free e-bike charging and, on hot days, an air-conditioned room. From March to October, daily from 9 am to 10 pm.

Directions and opening hours

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