Social programmes
Sustainable
Strengthen body & mind with ice swimming
An adventure all year round: from November to March in the natural swimming pond with integrated swimming area. In the warmer months in special ice tubs. Under the professional guidance of world record holder Josef Köberl, ice swimming offers a fascinating opportunity to strengthen body and mind. It boosts power and stamina, calms the mind, controls breathing and sharpens the senses. The combination of icy nature and human willpower releases energy. Concentrating on the essentials sharpens the focus and brings clarity.
All year round, dates on request
Course leaders: Josef Köberl, Barbara Anderl
Prices from €850 plus €400 organisation fee
Duration: 3 hours
Participants: max. 20 persons
ab 850 €
Sustainable
Breathing and Mental Training
Hold your breath. Dive in. Learn from world record holder and freediver Christian Redl how to strengthen your concentration, reduce stress and promote relaxation through breathing exercises. Learn to breathe away fear and stress and to accelerate your recovery after exertion.
Cost from €300 per person plus €400 organisational fee
Duration: 3 hours
Participants: 8-14 persons
from € 300,-
Teambuilding
Burgermania
Tasteful team event!
Experience the delights of a wide range of delicacies during a team cooking session and create your own creations at our burger stand. Use a variety of ingredients to create your own burger and show off your culinary creativity.
Organisation fee: €550 (net price)
Duration: from 3 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 130,-
Wellness & Relaxing
Disc Golf Course
‘Austria’s first hotel disc golf course’! The eco-sport of disc golf is very similar to ball golf. The aim is to get a ‘Frisbee’ disc golf disc from a drop zone to a target with as few throws as possible. Ideal for groups, but also an exciting sport when played alone.
– Retterchen disc golf course – easy
– Hirschbirn disc golf course – difficult
Guide on request € 69,- per hour; deposit for the disc € 15,-
Duration: 2 - 3 hours
Participants: max. 4 persons per group
Free of charge for hotel guests
Winter
Wine tasting
Aperitif wine tasting
Taste three typical Styrian aperitif wines in our old wine cellar before dinner | € 16,- p.p.
Wine tasting
Taste five exquisite Austrian and international red or white wines after dinner | € 55,- p.p.
Duration: 30 - 90 minutes
Participants: 10 - 50 persons
€ 16 - 55,- per person
Winter
Evening events at Retter BioGut
You have a choice of FLAMMEREI (a selection of tartes flambée), FLATTEREI (organic chicken specialities) or SCHWEINEREI (delicacies from our Retter’s organic pork)
*surcharge on Retter all-inclusive package, without Rent € 850,-.
Duration: open end
Participants: 25 - 60 person
€ 25,-* per person
Teambuilding
Christmas Games
A peaceful competition as the highlight of your next Christmas party!
Various activities have to be completed in small teams. You can put your skills to the test by throwing the Christmas tree or driving a wheelbarrow blind. At the end of the competition, there will be a well-deserved mulled wine at the award ceremony.
Organisation costs € 550,- (net prices)
Duration: from 2 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 98,- per person
Teambuilding
Highland Games
- Medieval world
- Team spirit
- Increasing motivation
- Creative achievements
The Highland Games combine a time-honoured Scottish tradition with modern fun. Fun games such as caber tossing, clan flag painting, Highlander quiz and much more require full physical commitment and skill from the participants. A consistently good team performance is most valuable for the overall ranking. Stressed laugh muscles guaranteed!
Duration: 3 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 98,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
Raftbuilding Workshop
- Strategy & Communication Skills
- Experiencing team dynamics
- Common goal or challenge
- Building a floating island
The summery teambuilding-activity requires strategy, cooperation and common sense from the whole team as the floating island has to be built first. The method of construction is up to the team – it just has to carry the participants on the water. Action and fun guaranteed!
Duration: 2 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 90,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
GinSpiration
- Brew your own gin
- Culinary experience
- Team communication
- Gin bottle as a give-away
Become a master distiller with our gin distillery, experience the passion for gin, learn everything about gin culture and find out more about the aromas and the unmistakable taste. After tasting, you can fill your own personal souvenir.
Total organisation € 550,- (net prices)
Duration: from 1.5 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 69,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
E-Bike Pleasure Tour
- Individual route
- Exercise in nature
- Guided excursion
- 1 drinks stopp
Explore your favourite region in an exciting way with state-of-the-art e-bikes and helmet. The route is tailored to your group and schedule in advance.
Discover the unique interplay of the landscape and enjoy the cool breeze. On request, we can include culinary stops along the route.
Duration: from 3 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 125,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
Plant your Planet
- Digital team game
- Climate protection as a task
- Common goal
- Trees are planted for the points
Built on the pillars of climate protection, social responsibility and health, this digital team challenge addresses current issues in our society. Together, points are collected and tasks are mastered. Virtual and haptic puzzles require quick thinking and teamwork from all participants. Trees are then planted for the points achieved, thus supporting the environment.
Duration: from 3 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 110,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
Firewalking Workshop
Attention: walking on fire can change your life! Participants realise that they are capable of doing things they previously thought impossible. Preparation comes before the highlight of walking on fire. Energy exercises alternate with meditation to achieve the desired peak condition. We guarantee that the moment you overcome your fear of fire, you will gain a whole new perspective.
Duration: from 4 hours
Participants: from 10 persons to max.150 persons
from € 125,- per person + organisation flat rate
Winter
Culinary themed evening
Surprise your guests and conference participants with a Styrian gourmet buffet and enjoy regional delicacies. On request we can organise traditional Styrian music (at an additional charge).
Further themed evenings on request.
*surcharge to the all-inclusive package
Duration: 2 hours
Participants: from 20 persons
from € 28,-* per person
Culinary & Tasting
Indulgence BBQ on the terrace
A barbeque on the Retter-terrace is the perfect highlight for your summer event.
Enjoy our grilled delicacies.
*surcharge to the all-inclusive package, plus organisation fee € 350,-
Duration: 3 hours
Participants: from 30 persons
from € 29,50-* per person
Wellness & Relaxing
Guided mountainbike tour
Guided mountain bike tours in the Pöllau region and surrounding area. The difficulty of the tours depends on the ability of the participants.
- Half-day tours with a total duration of 3 hours
- Full-day tours possible on request.
*Cost per guide: from € 165,-
Cost per rental eBike: from € 49,-
Min. 2 people, max. 10 people per guide
Duration: 3 hours
Participants: from 2 persons
€ 165,-*
Wellness & Relaxing
Yoga- and breathing meditation
Introduction to the simplest but also most effective meditation technique, breathing meditation or Zen. Perfect for anyone who wants to quickly relax and recharge their body’s energy. Suitable for beginners and advanced students. Outdoors or in your seminar room. Please note that there may be costs for converting the seminar room and allow enough time for the conversion (approx. 30 minutes).
Duration: 50 minutes
Participants: 4 - 30 persons
€ 120,-
Teambuilding
Drone Workshop
- Innovative workshop
- Team tasks
- Competitive element
- Drone Air Race with award ceremony
This is where innovation meets team building! The workshop gives flight enthusiasts a first insight into drone flight and provides valuable tips and tricks. The handling and the device are explained in an exciting way. Then, the participants put what they have learned into practice and start their first flight attempts with small tasks. Finally, the participants prove their skills and compete for the title of king of the skies in an adventurous air race.
Duration: from 2 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 110,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
Distilling fine schnapps
Let’s celebrate a special Christmas Party! Celebrating together with a difference. Learn all the secrets of the art of schnapps distilling as you make your own ‘x-mas schnapps edition’. In teams, you will distil and talk shop under expert guidance before tasting and bottling your unique product.
organisation costs: €550 (net price)
Duration: from 1.5 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 65,- per person
Teambuilding
Dragon Boat Challenge
- Wooden boat for up to 11 people
- Live out your creativity
- Team spirit
- Ceremonial award ceremony
Dragon boat racing has always been about honour, faith, loyalty and steadfastness. We would like to inspire you and your team with these virtues. You can give your creativity free rein by painting the team flags together. Of course, we will do a practice run before the exciting race.
Duration: from 3 hours
Participants: from 30 persons
from € 115,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
soapbox racing
- Team-building with a racing flavour
- Motivation, fun and excitement
- Design your own unique soapbox
- Medals for the fastest racer
In small teams, you will build soapboxes, giving your creativity free rein. Build, paint, decorate and, of course, test. A jury will test the constructions for roadworthiness and then it’s off to the spectacular race.
Duration: from 2 hours
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 115,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
Curling Lane Experience
Our mobile curling rink brings an old tradition to the modern age, popular with young and old alike. Have you already fallen for this sport, too? Whether summer or winter, indoor or outdoor – a flat surface is all you need to set up the snow-white rink made of high-quality plastic. And off you go! Whether you divide into teams or have individual scoring, you are guaranteed to have a great time at your Christmas party or company celebration, your customer event or your team-building exercise.
Duration: from 1 hour
Participants: from 10 persons
Group-package from € 1.950,-
Teambuilding
Mobile Gourmet Safari
- E-car & road book
- Discover the region anew
- 2 gourmet stops
- Special driving pleasure
With us, you can enjoy a luxury electric car that accelerates to 100 km/h in just 5.4 seconds. You can look forward to visiting two gourmet stops, which you will explore with a personal guide. Of course, you can try and snack to your heart’s content.
Duration: from 4 hour
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 255,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
The Pyramid Challenge
- Creative team-building event
- Cross-team cohesion
- Indoor and outdoor options available
- Forward-thinking teamwork
The first task for each team is to build three-dimensional puzzle pieces out of cardboard, which are then put together into a pyramid with a great deal of thought.
The team pyramid not only promotes cooperation and teamwork, but also communication within and between departments.
Duration: from 2 hour
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 95,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
Team Cooking & Barbecue Workshop
Cooking at the Fun Cooking Table is ideal for any business event. Cooking and enjoying food together promotes communication between participants and is also fun. Enjoy regional organic ingredients together at Retter BioGut, regardless of the weather.
* €550,- organisation costs (prices are net)
Duration: from 3 hour
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 135,- per person + organisation costs*
Teambuilding
Adventurous iPad rallye
Take team spirit to a new level with a digital scavenger hunt: divided into groups and armed with iPads, you set off to complete various stations. Individually customisable. Can be done anywhere. Guaranteed fun.
Duration: from 2.5 hour
Participants: from 10 persons
from € 95,- per person + organisation fee
Teambuilding
Big Picture Painting
A CREATIVE TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY where things can get a little messy. 😉 Get creative and steal the tubes of the most beautiful indigo colours from your colleagues next door. At this team event with art, you will experience a painting workshop of a special kind. There are no limits to inspiration and creativity.
Total organization € 550,- (net prices)
Duration: from 2 hour
Participants: from 10 persons
Price on request
Wellness & Relaxing
Forest bathing
Discover the power of forest bathing. A guided walk in the surrounding forest will train your general awareness through conscious walking and breathing, sensory perception (seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and possibly also tasting).
This unique experience enables us to see the world with different eyes.
Duration: 90 minutes
Participants: 4 - 20 persons
€ 120,-
Teambuilding
Camp fire
Creative conversations around the campfire (fire bowl) on the seminar meadow or in the forest clearing. We will be happy to prepare the campfire site for you. We can also organise bread on a stick (costs as required) on request. Costs Beverages depending on consumption.
Cost of drinks according to consumption
Cost of bread on a stick per person € 6.90
Organisation fee up to 30 persons € 98
over 30 persons € 180.
Duration: 3 hours
Participants: 2 - 100 persons
from 98,- to max. 180,-
Culture & Entertainment
Pöllauer cathedral
A walk across the old, baroque main square of Pöllau, through the castle park to the Styrian St. Peter’s Cathedral with a guided tour (largest dome in Styria).
Registration required at the tourist office, phone: +43 (0) 3335 4210.
Transfer costs on request.
Duration: 1 hour
Participants: from 8 persons, max. on request
€ 67,50
Teambuilding
Hirschbirn-open-air
on the hotel terrace or at Retter BioGut
Hirschbirn-cocktail, fine Hirschbirn-appetisers, Hirschbirn-organic chicken from the wood-fired oven, fried chicken and heavenly Hirschbirn-desserts with Styrian folk music.
*Surcharge on the all-inclusive package, excluding rent €850.
Duration: 3 hours
Participants: 35 - 60 persons
€ 45,-* per person
Sport & Active
Go-Kart
Karting in the PS Racing Centre Greinbach. Experience the excitement of karting in a Honda 270 ccm, 4 stroke at approx. 70 km/h along the 1450 m track. Overalls and helmets are available on site free of charge!
- Duration: any length of time
- customised packages available on request
Duration: any
Participants: 8 - 100 persons
€ 15,-* per person
Winter
Herberstein castle and zoo
Experience culture and entertainment in one in Herberstein. You can visit Herberstein castle, the animal world, the historical gardens, Sigmund’s garden and the House of Biodiversity.
Costs per person: up to 19 participants from € 22,00
Costs per person: from 20 participants from € 19.50
20% discount with the GenussCard (for a stay of at least 3 nights)
Duration: 2 - 4 hours
Participants: any
from € 19,50 per person
Culture & Entertainment
Vorau Abbey
Vorau Abbey is a former monastery castle and was founded in 1163. It impresses with its lavish baroque church, the ‘Höllensturz’ (fall from grace) in the sacristy and the world-famous library. Right next to it is the open-air museum in Vorau.
Guided tours: Mon to Fri: 10 am and 2 pm, Sat: 10 am, Sun: 2 pm (open year-round)
Register for group tours at +43 3337 23 51
Duration: 1 hour
Participants: min. 5 persons
on request
