Photos: Bernd Thaller from Graz, Austria, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 Taxiarchos228, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 Isiwal, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo credits
Photos: Bernd Thaller from Graz, Austria, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 Taxiarchos228, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 Isiwal, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
The grounds behind the calendar palace
Your local guide
Barbara Wach
View profile
Highlights
- Peacocks that have roamed here for generations
- Old trees older than the city around them
- A quieter side of the palace grounds
- Parkland extending the palace's own design
- Eggenberg's grounds, away from the facade
About this tour
This walk stays entirely within the palace grounds rather than the building itself. You see a shaded path beneath old trees and the free-roaming peacocks that have lived on the lawns for generations. It moves slowly through the parkland rather than toward the facade.
I keep an easy pace along the shaded paths, stopping properly wherever the peacocks come close enough to explain their history here. Questions about the grounds are welcome throughout.
This suits anyone who wants a quieter, greener side of Eggenberg away from the palace itself. It also works well paired with the facade and courtyard session for a fuller visit.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
-
Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Graz before heading out.
-
Park Path 15 min
The camera follows a shaded path through the palace grounds, and I point out the old trees that have grown here since long before the surrounding city reached this far.
-
Grounds Peacocks 15 min
Free-roaming peacocks wander the lawns here, a tradition at the palace stretching back generations, and I explain how they came to live on the grounds in the first place.
-
Your questions 7 min
Time to ask anything about Graz: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
-
A short list to keep 3 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Zwetschkenknödel (plum dumplings) and Jakomini, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Vienna time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 12 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Graz, showing you Park Path and Grounds Peacocks live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet and the link comes with your booking. I worked on the grounds team here for years before guiding, so I know the palace's design in real detail.
Times shown in Vienna time (CET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
Reviews
No reviews yet. Reviews appear here after travellers have completed this tour.
How reviews work
Only travellers who booked and paid through Locals Guide and whose tour took place can leave a review, within 60 days of the tour. Every review is marked "Verified booking". We check reviews before they appear and publish positive and negative ones alike; we remove only reviews that break our rules (insults, personal data, unrelated content). Guides cannot pay for, edit or hide reviews, and ratings are the plain average of all published reviews.
Next: Tue 3 Nov · 12 seats left From 17,00 €
Book