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Carinthian Lake

A picture book cycling trip in austria

The Austrian Riviera.

The “Austrian Riviera”, as the Carinthian lake region is called by the locals, tempts you here to the southernmost and at the same time Austria's sunniest land for a picture book bike tour. Many lakes magically embedded in a unique background of staggered mountain ranges; cultural treats such as the castle Hochosterwitz or Maria Saal; cultured cities such as Villach and Klagenfurt; splendid places to swim and a lot of untainted nature spoil you on this bike tour par excellence. And not to forget: the most beautiful weather in the Carinthian lakes land!

Austria
Easy to moderate
  • 8 Days / 7 Nights
  • Self-guided tour
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Itinerary

The Romans and later Paracelsus sized up the healing power of the thermal springs in Villach.

The first destination is the castle ruin Landskron. Along the Lake Ossiacher See to Ossiach (Benedictine convent and the collegiate church ‘Assumption’). Via Steindorf – a charming lakeside town – you continue to Bodensdorf and back to Villach.

You cycle a few kilometres on Drau bike path towards East. Your next aim is Velden – pulsating village on Lake Wörthersee. Through slightly hilly landscape you continue into the valley of Keutschach. You can take a bath in Lake Hafnersee, Lake Keutschacher See, Lake Baßgeigensee and Lake Rauschelsee which are located around the bathing resort of Keutschach. Along Lend Canal you reach the capital of Carinthia – Klagenfurt. Alternative you can also cycle along the northern banks of Lake Wörthersee via Velden, Pörtschach and Krumpendorf to Klagenfurt. 

After strolling through Klagenfurt you cycle to the castles Ebenthal and Grafenstein (an arcade courtyard worth seeing) and to the Völkermarkter Stausee (reservoir) on to the warmest lake in Carinthia, the Lake Klopeiner See.

 

Today you cross the last time river Drau. You cycle in a slightly undulating territory in direction Maria Saal. Also you pass the duke chair and castle Hochosterwitz (excursion about 15 km extra) on your way to St. Veit.

St. Veit was the capital city for centuries and domicile of the Carinthian bishop. Even today this time is evident through the city wall, the medieval square, the gorgeous houses, the castle of the duke and lots of monuments. Along the river Glan you cycle to Glanegg (castle ruin) and Feldkirchen, surrounded by romantic castles, ruins and hills. On Glan bicycle path back to Villach.

We leave the town and bike along the mountain range Karawanken eastwards to the last lake on our tour, the turquoise Lake Faaker See.

Individual return journey or start of extension.

The route

The alternation between the individual river valleys and Lakes – as well as avoiding roads with heavy traffic – brings about a slightly hilly tour course. This journey can be easily overcome with a “normal” biker's constitution. Mostly you cycle along asphaltic bike paths and side roads with less of traffic.

Prices and events

All data for 2024 at a glance
Place of arrival: Villach
  Season 1
14.04.2024 - 27.04.2024
29.09.2024 - 06.10.2024

Wednesday and Sunday
Season 2
28.04.2024 - 19.05.2024
08.09.2024 - 28.09.2024

Wednesday and Sunday
Season 3
20.05.2024 - 07.09.2024

Wednesday and Sunday
Carinthian Lakes, 8 days, AT-KARVV-08X
Base price
899.00
989.00
1,059.00
Surcharge single room 329.00 329.00 329.00

Sustainability with Rückenwind!

Help us to achieve greater sustainability. If you choose to use the digital route book and forgo the printed version you will help us to reduce our environmental impact and we’ll give you a discount of 20 Euro per room as a thank you.

Season 1
Apr 14, 2024 - Apr 27, 2024
Sep 29, 2024 - Oct 6, 2024
Wednesday and Sunday
Season 2
Apr 28, 2024 - May 19, 2024
Sep 8, 2024 - Sep 28, 2024
Wednesday and Sunday
Season 3
May 20, 2024 - Sep 7, 2024
Wednesday and Sunday
Carinthian Lakes, 8 days, AT-KARVV-08X
Base price
Surcharge single room
899.00
329.00
989.00
329.00
1,059.00
329.00

Sustainability with Rückenwind!

Help us to achieve greater sustainability. If you choose to use the digital route book and forgo the printed version you will help us to reduce our environmental impact and we’ll give you a discount of 20 Euro per room as a thank you.

Season 1
Apr 14, 2024 - Apr 27, 2024
Sep 29, 2024 - Oct 6, 2024
Season 2
Apr 28, 2024 - May 19, 2024
Sep 8, 2024 - Sep 28, 2024
Season 3
May 20, 2024 - Sep 7, 2024
Villach
Double room p. P.
Surcharge single room
89.00
55.00
89.00
55.00
89.00
55.00
Additional nights
Place of arrival: Villach
  Season 1
Apr 14, 2024 - Apr 27, 2024
Sep 29, 2024 - Oct 6, 2024

Wednesday and Sunday
Season 2
Apr 28, 2024 - May 19, 2024
Sep 8, 2024 - Sep 28, 2024

Wednesday and Sunday
Season 3
May 20, 2024 - Sep 7, 2024

Wednesday and Sunday
Villach
Double room p. P. 89.00 89.00 89.00
Surcharge single room 55.00 55.00 55.00
Filter
21-gear unisex incl. rental bike insurance
21-gear gents incl. rental bike insurance
7-gear unisex incl. rental bike insurance
rental bike premium incl. rental bike insurance
Electric bike incl. rental bike insurance
99.00
99.00
99.00
169.00
259.00
Prices per person in EUR

Services & Extras

Services

Included:

  • 7 Overnights in hotels of the booked category incl. breakfast
  • Personal welcome briefing
  • At best elaborated route with maps (GE,EN)
  • Detailed travel documents with maps 1x per room (GE,EN)
  • App for navigation and GPS-data 
  • Luggage transfer 
  • For rental bikes, rental bike insurance
  • Service hotline

Not included:

  • Arrival and departure
  • Costs for parking
  • City tax
  • Transfers
  • Optional sightseeings
  • City maps
  • Repairs of own bike
  • Travel Insurances
  • Costs of the private requirements
Extras

Arrival / Parking / Departure

  • Good rail connections to Villach and good flight connections to Klagenfurt. 
  • Public parking garage near the hotel, costs approx.€ 40,- per week.
  • Airport: Klagenfurt
Hotels

Category X: Overnight stays in well-kept hotels of the national 3*/4* category, cottages, and inns. The Accommodations are situated in the city centre. All rooms are with shower/bath and WC.

Important notes

Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!

Ratings

3 of 5 Stars (1 Rating)
3 stars
Andrea Plett DE | 20.09.2023
Schön - es gibt aber schönere Touren in Österreich
- Vitalhotel Villach: super Auswahl beim Frühstück, zentral gelegen, trotz Bahnhofslage ruhige Zimmer - die anderen Hotels waren alle sauber, aber eine Klasse darunter aus unserer Sicht - diese Radwege verlaufen haufig entlang der Straßen an den Seen (Wörthersee, Ossiacher See), was bei anderen Touren von Eurobike/Rückenwind durch Österreich etwas weniger der Fall war - wir hätten uns mehr Updates von Ihnen bzw. dem Betreuer vor Ort gewünscht aufgrund der Hochwasserlage (z.B alternative Routenführung aufgrund gesperrter Straßen o.ä.).
Anke Tammen
Anke Tammen answered:
Danke, dass Sie sich die Zeit genommen haben, uns eine Bewertung zu hinterlassen. Sie haben bereits die schönsten Touren in den Vorjahren gebucht: den Etsch-Radweg und den Tauern-Radweg. Dagegen fällt die Kärtner Seen-Tour etwas ab, da haben Sie Recht. Wenn man viele Radtouren bucht, gibt es manchmal eine, die im Vergleich nicht so zusagt. Aber es gibt noch viele andere spannende Touren zu entdecken. Wir sind gespannt, welche Tour es im nächsten Jahr werden soll. In Ihrer Woche gab es auf einigen anderen Touren ganz massive Beeinträchtigungen wegen des Hochwassers und die personelle Situation bei unserem Partner war sehr angespannt, so dass zwar die Erreichbarkeit der Service Hotline für die Kunden jederzeit gegeben war, aber proaktive Kontakte nicht mehr möglich waren. Wir bedauern sehr, sollten sich dadurch bei Ihnen Unsicherheiten ergeben haben.

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