Graz Travel Guide: When to Go to Graz?

Actually, you can always go to Graz. Although we don’t know if it’s not cold anymore, it seems like you can always go to any city unless there is a hurricane or something, that’s a separate issue.. However, based on our personal preferences, we can make the following suggestion: Go to Graz in autumn. Because it is a very green and visually beautiful city, we can go in September-October and see the city in its autumn colors. it can affect you a lot. In addition, if you will go without being exposed to the filthy cold of Central Europe, you will have snow with you, and you will have a wonderful interim period where you can travel without freezing and getting bored.. Yes, you can be a “coat me” once in a while (kisses to Umut Sarıkaya lovers) because the air temperature, which rises to 20 degrees during the day, can drop to 5-6 degrees in the evening and surprise your body.. But still, our favorite season is definitely autumn.

*While talking about when to go to Graz, let’s not forget how long it would be logical to stay in Graz for a touristic trip.. Because then we don’t want you to go and stay for 5 days and go crazy.. 2-3 days will definitely be enough for this place. We can also say that we should get up and leave when you can combine the feeling of “what if we go to a different place for this weekend” with a cheap flight ticket.

Is Graz Expensive?

We wouldn’t call Graz a particularly expensive city, but it wouldn’t be right to say that it is an affordable city.. You know, if we are going to an alternative city, there is a thought that the prices will be somewhat more affordable, you will have to put it aside here.. Sad but true. As an example for you, we can make a list based on the places we eat and drink:

-Water: Drinking from the tap. Put your money in your pocket dear.

-3. Coffee at Wave Coffee Shops: 3-4 Euros

-Eggs Benedict/Scrambled Egg-like breakfast at cafes: 4.5 – 7 Euros

-Main course in an average/good restaurant: 9-16 Euros (valid for high price meat)

-Cocktails in a popular bar: 4-9 Euros

–Some of the museums and attractions that we will describe below and that you may want to visit are within the scope of the Universalmuseum Joanneum. (such as Styrian Armory, Kunsthaus, Schloss Eggenberg, Neue Galerie, Museum im Palais)) For this reason, they have made a general card that you can buy to enter all these museums and it is definitely something that will lighten your budget, not a tourist trap. The 24-hour version is 13 Euros, the 48-hour version is 19 Euros.. When you go to any of these museums, you can get tickets from the place where you buy tickets.

Graz Travel Guide: A Problem of Transportation in Graz

Difficulty in reaching Graz No, because there is a direct flight from Turkey and you find yourself in Graz in about 2.5 hours.. So everything is easy enough.

You are not likely to have any problems with transportation from Graz Airport to Graz city center.. You can use bus or taxi. If you are going by bus, you can go to the bus stop that will appear when you exit the terminal and reach Jakominiplatz, the main station of the city, for a fee of 2,20 Euro.. If you’re going to use a taxi, it costs something around 18-20 Euros, it can be considered if you are a few people. Since most of the taxi drivers are Turkish, maybe you can negotiate for 15 Euros or something, we say give it a try.. If it’s been a long time since you went to Büyükada and tried to cycle, and you couldn’t get enough of your enthusiasm, it’s time to make a new attempt here.

Graz Travel Guide: Accommodation in Graz

We are dying of love for Hotel Wiesler, the hotel we stayed at in Graz, friends. We loved their room so much, we liked the style so much that it is fair to say that we got cold from our own house, our own room, we have been praising Wiesler since we returned.. It also holds an important place in Graz’s history, we will describe it below.. Of course, the beauty of the rooms or the hotel is not the only reason we recommend this place to you.. It is also at a very good location in terms of location and within walking distance of many points in the city that you might want to explore.. We strongly recommend it.

Graz Travel Guide: Places to Visit in Graz

If we approach it from a typical tourist point of view, here are the places to visit in Graz. We can conclude that the number of. But of course we won’t approach it that way.. Are we tourists, friends, what does it matter? In our opinion, the beauty of Graz is hidden in its details.. If you don’t approach it with this logic, you will be one of those people who visit a cathedral and two squares of every small city they visit and then say “it’s a 1-day city lölölölö”. Don’t!

Before we talk about the places to visit in Graz in detail, let’s talk about this place a little bit so that you can get to know and understand the city.. Don’t run away just because you saw a long paragraph, we’re not going to say it’s boring, let go of that mouse.

There is a river that divides Graz in two: Mur River. You may have envisioned this river as something like the gentle flowing rivers you encounter in other European cities, but it is not! On the contrary, we are talking about a river that flows like maniacs, and even in the middle of the city in the summer, there are people who try to surf on this river.. Already, the Old Town region is largely shaped around this river.. We say water is life, we don’t say it for nothing. For many years, one side of the city (where Hauptplatz is) was a walled part where the nobles, the rich, and those who could not find bread to eat cake lived.. The other side of Mur (where Hotel Wiesler is) is the side where the poor, homeless, prostitutes live and as you can imagine, these places are not sheltered at all.. The merchants and vendors who came to the city also stayed on this side, mostly at the Hotel Wiesler, and crossed the only bridge in the city in the mornings to sell to the other side.. Today, of course, both sides of the city are back to normal.. That “less safe” side has already been taken over by hipsters with a passion for white sneakers, as well as an assortment of restaurants and shops.. Towards Mariahilferplatz and Lendplatz, one or two places that leave the brothel can be encountered, but this should not cause any misunderstanding, these are the heart of the city and extremely safe.. So don’t think that you went to the back streets of Aksaray, you will understand when you see it.. We will tell you a lot of places to visit in this area below.. The Old Town area, on the other hand, is considered one of the best preserved old city areas in Europe and many points you will visit are located here.. Now, back to our Graz Travel Guide.

*Hauptplatz

Every city has a main square, this one is Hauptplatz. We used to call it the most touristic square, but don’t expect dozens of cafes around that classic square as it is not a very touristic city.. But you can expect to see a large statue in the middle of the square and the magnificent Rathaus, or city hall, rising right next to it.. Or Asian tourists who live by looking at life from the camera’s frame… This is also the main square where the merchants we talked about in the old times came and sold their products.. This is the square where people were executed and important announcements were made… Today, it is one of the most central points of the city, but it continues to exist as a square in the middle of which demonstrations take place, where modern era merchants set up stands and sell.. In summary, it might be a good idea to start your exploration of the Old Town from this square.

-One of the buildings that might catch your attention on Hauptplatz is that interesting building with embroidered reliefs on it.. When you look carefully, you will notice that the motifs that look like this embroidery are images of flowers and fruits.. The building now houses the Swarovski Boutique Graz. If you have come here with your marriage addicted lover or something, do not panic and leave calmly without any reaction…..

*Sporgasse

Ready Hauptplatz’ If you come to the above-mentioned Swarovski Building, you will find yourself in Sporgasse.. This is one of the main streets of the Old Town.. You can see many shops and boutiques on it.. If you follow the slope, you can explore this area in more detail by entering the interior of the Old Town.. Also, if you look at the hills of Palais Saurau at number 25, you will see a Turk holding a machete. (You know, we’re used to Turks with machetes lately, you know) Thank God the story of this is cute too: While a senior Ottoman soldier was having a meal in this building during one of the periods when the Turks were trying to besiege this place, a cannon was fired by the Schlossberg towards this place.. When the ball hit the spot where our Turks were, the piece of meat on the man’s plate jumped out of the window.. As one of the man’s soldiers jumped out the window to catch the meat, he tripped over the window and just stood there.. And now he continues to watch the people of Graz through that window.. Dear…

*Herrengasse

As people who set out from Turkey, we have to compare every place to a point from Turkey, so this place is also immediately We compare it to that certain place you can imagine: İstiklal Caddesi. All kinds of shops, cafes, boutiques, all on Herrengasse. Already one end of this place connects to Hauptplatz, which we mentioned above, so you can walk in this direction while you’re at the square.. In our opinion, the biggest event of Herrengasse is the Landhaus Courtyard located at number 16.. Landhaus, one of the most beautiful courtyards you can come across in Graz, which is famous for its courtyards, is a full photograph.. While you’re at this street, don’t forget to go and have a look.

*Schlossberg Hill

Schlossberg Hill was named after this hill 1000 years ago. from the castle that was built. According to what we heard, the castle, which was located here at the time, even entered the Guinness Book of Records as “the strongest castle ever”.. So much so that even Napoleon could not take this place, but when they entered the city, they plundered this place so much, only various ruins, the bell and the clock tower remained from the huge structure, thank God the clock tower remained, because it has turned into an extremely beautiful and iconic structure.. In fact, the existence of the hill is quite interesting, because we are talking about a 473-meter-high hill in the middle of the city, we can say that it is a wonderful opportunity to do “I looked at you from above, dear Graz”, a pure tourist activity.

-The above mentioned clock tower is one of Graz’s landmarks. But there is a strange thing about the clock: The hour hand is bigger than the minute hand! That’s why most of them prefer not to use this giant clock tower to check the local time.. Who will use the clock tower on the top to look at the clock anyway?. (note to ourselves and to you: find out why these dials are called hour and minute hands). It felt weird when I wrote it)

-There are several different ways to get to Schlossberg, our suggestion is to use the elevator. For a price of 1.50 Euros and in less than 1 minute, you get to a point right next to the clock tower.. In addition, the view of the stairs at the point where you will take the elevator is very beautiful, it is a full photograph, you can not miss it.

*Kunsthaus Graz

There is the “other side of the river”, we can say that the Kunsthaus is the building that revitalizes this area and transforms it into a hip district.. The Kunsthaus, which is one of the strangest structures you can see in Europe, with its type that can be compared to 23469 kinds of things from octopus legs to crocodile skin, is currently used as the city’s modern art museum.. The building, which takes on a completely different view at night, draws attention with its light installations that will blow your mind, as it is covered with hundreds of tiny lights.. Don’t miss the building, also known as the “Friendly Alien”, visit the modern art museum, collapse into its very popular cafe, and go up to the top floor and have a look at Graz from here.

– If you want to look at Kunsthaus from above and take a detailed look at it, it is very well observed from the Schlossberg Hill, we can recommend it.. That hill is going to be climbed, the friend, Çare Schlossberg. a lot of things he keeps asking from here. (Oh god damn it)

-The museum is closed on Monday. Other days open from 10:00 to 17:00. Entry is €9.

*Künstlerhaus

Künstlerhaus is an independent exhibition space. It emerged when 4 different contemporary art institutions formed Voltron and joined forces, and they come to the fore with their periodical exhibitions.. If you have time, you can make your way here by checking the current exhibitions on this site.. For example, when we were in Graz, “Yes, but is it Performable? A group exhibition called ‘Investigating the Performative Paradox’ was being held. Within the scope of this exhibition, which will last for approximately 1 month, several different works are added to the exhibition every Wednesday, and more interactive presentations/works were carried out within the scope of the exhibition on the day the works were added.. Nezaket Ekici was also a part of this group exhibition, but we missed it because we couldn’t match it in terms of timing.. Therefore, based on our story with a sad ending, let us remind you once again that if you are interested, you should definitely check the program before you go.

-Burgring 2. closed on monday. Open until 20:00 on Thursdays.

*Murinsel

Murinsel is a strange building on the Mur River. In fact, we can also describe it as an artificial island.. Because even though it looks like a building placed on a very modern looking bridge at first glance, you will realize that it is actually a mechanical island in contact with water.. We’re talking about a Star Wars abandoned architecture.. You don’t need to be content with looking at this islet, which was built in 2003 when Graz was selected as the “European Capital of Culture”, you can enter it and spend time in its cafe.. There is also an amphitheater inside, who knows, maybe you’ll come across an event or something, it’s bad?. Since there is another bridge right next to it, do not forget to see how it looks over that bridge at night.

*Lendplatz and Its Surroundings

Hipster’ run, we found something. We’re on the other side of the Old Town again, wandering the streets again. This time we have dear David with us, he tells us that “other side”. If you’re after a more alternative trip to Graz, your area is Lendplatz and its environs. When we say around, it starts from the street behind Hotel Wiesler, which we can now consider as our pole star, and extends to Mariahilferplatz, where various festivals are held every year and a magnificent church rises, and from there to Lendplatz and the streets connecting here. we are talking about the region. While this area, whose history we have told above, was mostly settled by immigrants and working class (people from Yugoslavia and of course, Turks), it was a place slightly abandoned by Red Light, today the creative and productive area of ​​Graz has become a small hipsterland.. In the language of Berlin lovers, we can say Neukölln of Graz in the evolution process.. There are many small boutiques, collective workplaces, cafes and restaurants in the surrounding area.. There is also a market in Lendplatz, which has been established for many years (Mon-Sat until 13:00), where only products grown in and around Graz are sold by local producers.. The most crowded day is Saturday mornings, maybe you want to mingle with the people and pretend you can speak German.