CARINTHIA
Carinthia has everything!
Sunshine. Good snow conditions. Southern flair. Inviting chalets. Carinthia: one big ski region. Some of the most attractive mountain scenery in the Eastern Alps. From rolling hills to peaks over three thousand metres.
Carinthia offers a great number of architecturally impressive and culturally historically significant constructions. They range from sacred constructions such as churches and monasteries to castles and palaces, and the secular and funcitonal buildings such as museums, administration buildings and much more. The Lake Wörthersee and the cities of Velden or Wörth with the famous casino nearby are popular holiday resorts in the summer. Ossiach and Villach are nice towns by a lake and best viewed from Landskron Castle, where people in medieval costumes display how the nobility in the Middle Ages used to hunt: through falconry, a very popular leisure back then. Today, the birds of prey are impressive to watch and you will learn a bit of history, biology and on local customs – combined with a good day out. More impressive in terms of the building is the Burg Hochosterwitz Castle, which is famous for its long row of gate towers that could be defended one after another. There is a State Park-like reserve (Nationalpark Nockberge) nearby. Heiligenblut is a small town that you will probably find on many postcards in Carinthia. Its scenic setting on the outskirts of the Hohe Tauern mountain range and National Park provides the perfect background for the parish church and village. From here you will get access to the Großglockner Hochalpenstraße, the road up to Austria’s highest mountain.
Carinthia has more to offer, you will find many scenic spots: Castles, market towns and villages, lakes and mountains. Pretty towns are Gmünd, the medieval Friesach, St Veit an der Glan, Spittal an der Drau, nearby Seeboden and Millstatt, the very popular St Kanzian am Klopeinersee or the county town Hermagor.
Top Attractions of Carinthia
- Heiligenblut & National Park Hohe Tauern
- Velden Casino, Lake Wörthersee & Maria Wörth
- Gurk: Romanesque cathedral in pretty surroundings
- Friesach: Medieval Town
- Bad Kleinkirchheim Spa, ski resort & Nockberge mountains
- Burg Hochosterwitz Castle & Magdalensberg (excavations)
- Ossiach, Lake Ossiachersee & Landskron Castle
- Spittal an der Drau, Medieval town with scenery
- Millstatt & Lake Millstättersee
- Seeboden: Water sports, hiking, Carinthian cuisine