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Farms & Alpine Huts Page Farms & Alpine Huts Page Restaurants Page Restaurants Page 1. ALPEN ADRIA GASTHOF RAUSCH 98 13. SONNHOF 104 1. DIE GARTENRAST 118 7. GASTHOF PENSION HOCHSTEINER121 2. GRUBENBAUERHÜTTE 98 14. STAUDACHHOF 104 2. DRUCKERBRÄU 119 8. LANDHAUS HAZIENDA 122 3. HANEBAUER 99 15. WABNIG 105 3. GASTHAUS GOSTISCE 9. LINDENHOF 122 4. KRASSNIGHOF 99 16. ZIRBEN TROADKAST’N 105 TRATTORIA OGRIS “MIKLAVZ” 119 10. STIFT ST. GEORGEN AM LÄNGSEE 123 5. KRISTANHOF 100 17. ANDERLE 106 4. GASTHAUS RAUNIG 120 11. VERWÖHNHOTEL ESCHENHOF 123 6. LEBEN 100 18. BIOHOF SEIDL 107 5. GASTHOF JOAINIG 120 12. WACHSSTUB’N CAFÉ 124 7. LEEBHOF 101 19. FAMILIENHOTEL GASTHOF 6. GASTHOF MARCHER 121 13. WIRT IN JUDENDORF 124 8. LIENDL 101 HINTEREGGER 107 9. NATURHOF HOJOUTZ 102 20. MATLHOF 108 Places of Interest Page Places of Interest Page 10. PETRITSCHHOF 102 21. NATUR-GUT LASSEN 108 11. PICHLER 103 1. AFFENBERG MONKEY 6. LOLLIPOP 132 12. PLESCHINHOF 103 MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE 129 7. TSCHEPPASCHLUCHT GORGE 132 2. ADVENTURE WATER TRAIL 129 8. LAKE WÖRTHERSEE SHIP Direct Farm Marketers Page Direct Farm Marketers Page 3. THE THREE LAKES’ TRAIL 130 EXCURSIONS 133 4. THE HEIDI ALM ALPINE PASTURE 130 9. KENNY BEAR LAND 133 1. BUSCHENSCHENKE KRAINZ 109 3. UNTERWIRT 110 5. ROSEGG ANIMAL PARK, 10. KLAGENFURTER HÜTTE 2. SIGI’S NATURSAIBLING 109 4. ZECHNERIN 110 CASTLE & MAZE 131 ALPINE HUT 134

Country Shops Page Country Shops Page West Carinthia Farms & Alpine Huts 1. ARRIACHER WERKSTUBE 112 2. KLOSTERLADEN WERNBERG 112 Direct Farm Marketers Central Carinthia Country Shops Restaurants East Carinthia Places of Interest Fun and sexy KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN Central Carinthia Central Carinthia

A heaving sea of teenagers in scanty shirts, making Carinthia‘s favourite meal, Carinthian Delightful Addresses bikinis and shorts shout, dance, jump and noodles. The special feature isn‘t the dough Realm of Delights: Nockberge cheer, sitting in the bleachers in the eastern or the fi lling, but the crimped edge. It requires Mountain Alpine pasture beef bay of Lake Wörthersee. Below them, people nimble fi ngers to seal the dough so artistically. +43 (0)4275/301 are playing volleyball on the white sand. Wiry A folk proverb says: “A lass who can’t crimp Realm of Delights: Carinthian Laxn (lake trout) bodies, lightly clad, strapping brown - they noodles won’t fi nd a husband” – which must be +43 (0)4246/23 45 go at the game for all they’re worth. At the the reason so many Carinthian girls stay single Realm of Delights: Metnitztal Beachvolley Grand Slam in August, it isn’t just nowadays! But the diversity of the region also Valley Venison time for sport in Carinthia’s largest natural dishes up many more delicacies: pike, carp, +43 (0)664/12 32 872 Realm of Delights: Gurktal swimming pool – above all, it‘s party-time. sheatfi sh, whitefi sh and lake trout (Carinthian Valley Air-Cured Bacon Yet Central Carinthia also has culture to offer: Laxn), which are fi shed or bred in the pure +43 (0)4266/22 25 on the , to the north of the lively lakes. As a bonus, in Central Carinthia the Realm of Delights: Rosental Valley Carnica Honey regional capital, Klagenfurt, stands the cradle abundantly-decked table is also garnished with +43 (0) 4227/51 19 of Carinthia, so to speak. Here, you’ll fi nd Celtic aromatic Metnitztal Valley venison or Gurktal and Roman excavations, the Herzogstuhl Valley air-cured bacon. (Duke’s Chair) on which Carinthia’s dukes were enthroned, as well as hundreds of castles and palaces. Carinthia’s variety-rich central region extends from the rugged Karawanken Mountains to the south, through the Rosental Valley, where the Carinthian bees produce the fi nest honey from the lushly-blooming fl ower meadows, and over the culture-rich cities of Klagenfurt, St. Veit and Friesach, to fi nally lose itself in the Nockberge Mountains. Meanwhile, thanks to its uniqueness, this gentle mountain formation has been declared a National Park. Here, and only here, can one gather the curative, intensely-scented Celtic valerian. Which brings 76 us to the subject of food: this area is famous for 77 Historical Route KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN A tale of castle damsels and the fair youth KÄRNTEN

A10 Metnitz Hüttenberg Friesach Flattnitz Gurk Deutsch- Griffen Klein St. Pa statt Radenthein Reichenau St. Veit Bad a. d. G. Kleinkirchheim Feldkirchen i. K. Griffe stritz Pörtschach a. W. Tainach Völk Velden a. W. Villach Klagenfurt a. W. A2 St. Jakob i. R. Bad A11 Ferlach Eisenkappe Historical Route Historical Route Historical Route Historical Route

Nowhere can you fi nd as many castles and Eatinggg & Drinking palaces, fortifi ed churches and cathedrals Gasthaus Kollerwirt, Affelsdorf of Romanesque origin, as here. A region rich +43 (0)4223/24 55 in history and works of art. Traces left by the Gipfelrestaurant +43 (0)4224/22 49 Romans and Celts, small historical towns, La Torre, St. Veit +43 (0)4212/39 250 a fairy-tale castle and lots of hidden art Braukeller Hirt +43 (0)4268/20 50-45 treasures. It goes without saying that, in a Metnitztalerhof, Friesach region this rich in culture, you can also eat and +43 (0)4268/25 10 drink superbly. Here, food for the body and the Gasthaus “Zur Bauernstub’n”, Sirnitz soul are in harmony. +43 (0)4279/564 Wirtshaus Kunsthandwerk, Liebenfels +43 (0)4215/28 94 Description of the route Nature Golf course St. Veit Längsee • Visit to the Cathedral of Maria Saal +43 (0)463/53 72 23 +43(0)4213/41 41 30 • Tour of Maria Saal Cathedral +43 (0)4223/22 54 Hikinggg region Hochrindl Summer toboggan run Nocky Flitzer • Detour to the Herzogstuhl, or ducal chair, where Carinthia’s princes were on the Turrach mountain enthroned • Romano-Celtic excavations and the “Youth of Magdalensberg” Sightseeinggg Hotel Fuchspalast, St. Veit +43 (0)4224/22 55 +43(0)4212/46 60 • Continue on to Burg Hochosterwitz, a castle straight out of a fairy-tale Shoppingpp g Castle Schloss Tanzenberg with church +43 (0)4213/20 20 Thomas Jordan, Maria Saal, (bread, milk and frescos +43(0)4223/22 30 • Lunch at Gasthaus Liegl +43 (0)4213/21 240 and bacon) +43 (0)664/43 22 365 Castle ruin Burgruine Taggenbrunn • Continue, via Kraig, to Gurk, visit to the Romanesque Cathedral of Gurk Isabella Kelz, Goggerwenig +43 (0)664/63 37 183 +43 (0)4266/82 360 (fruit products) +43 (0)664/51 00 066 Monastery Stift St. Georgen/Längsee Karl Meierhofer, St. Veit (meat) +43(0)4213/29 046 • Visit to the old fortifi ed church in Deutsch-Griffen +43(0)664/79 03 066 Castle Schloss Frauenstein • Stop at Schloss Albeck Castle for coffee and cake and to buy typical souvenirs Fleischerei Seiser, Straßburg +43 (0)4212/27 510 +43 (0)4279/30 34 (Gurktal Valley air-cured bacon) , Castle Kraiger Schlösser • Continue, via Feldkirchen, to St. Veit +43 (0)4266/22 25 +43(0)4212/27 510 • Stroll and shop in the town of St. Veit Metnitztaler Wild Association, Metnitz Castle Strassburg +43 (0)4266/27 173 (venison) +43 (0)664/12 32 872 Open-Air Museum Maria Saal • Dinner at the Restaurant Vitus +43 (0)4212/30 080 Edelheiss traditional costume fashion, +43(0)4223/28 12 78 Goggerweni g +43(0)4212/28 30 219 Church of St. Leonhard bei Metnitz 79 and Dance of Death frescos Lakes Route KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN Still waters run deep KÄRNTEN

A10 Metnitz Hüttenberg Friesach

Gurk Deutsch- Griffen Klein St. Pa statt Radenthein Reichenau St. Veit Bad a. d. G. Kleinkirchheim Feldkirchen i. K. Griffe stritz Pörtschach a. W. Tainach Völk Velden a. W. Villach Klagenfurt a. W. A2 St. Jakob i. R. Bad A11 Ferlach Eisenkappe Lakes Route Lakes Route

IWhere lakes are concerned, Carinthia is in its Shoppingpp g Eatinggg & Drinking Benedictine Market in Klagenfurt Castle Schloss Leonstein, Pörtschach element. 1,271 lakes in all sizes, shades of blue, Organic food shop Fruhmann, +43 (0)4272/28 16 shapes and degrees of warmth - and all with Wernberg +43 (0)4252/22 21-0 Lakeside, Reifnitz water so pure that even a sip from a lake tastes Alexander Kandolf, Velden +43 (0)664/43 00 990 delicious. Passing the most beautiful lakes, this (milk and fruit) Lakes, Pörtschach +43 (0) 4274/52 212 +43 (0) 4272/28 220-4800 route leads to the big cities of Klagenfurt and Johann Schöffmann Köstenberg Schloss & Schlossstern, Velden Villach, where you can linger, stroll through the (cider, wine, milk and meat) +43(0)4274/52 888 shops and marvel at old and modern sights. +43 (0)650/70 58 100 Gasthof Joainig, Pörtschach Along the route, you can stop to be served Johann Spendier, Arriach +43 (0)4272/2319 (sheep’s wool) Weidenhof, Viktring sumptuous dishes with a view of the turquoise +43 (0)676/64 82 778 +43 (0)463/28 15 40 waters. Martin Gfrerer, Landskron Stiftsrestaurant Allegro, Ossiach (pasta) +43(0)4243/45 594 +43 (0)664/11 19 860 Restaurant Maria Loretto, Klagenfurt Stylish traditional costume fashion at +43 (0)463/24 465 Description of the route Rettl, Villach +43 (0) 4242/26 855 Sightseeinggg • Stroll through Klagenfurt’s old town Altstadtbummel +43 (0)463/53 72 23 Natur Minimundus Klagenfurt Panoramic Tower Pyramidenkogel +43 (0)463/21 19 40 • Take the road along the southern shore of Lake Wörthersee to the pilgrimage +43 (0)4273/23 28 Planetarium Klagenfurt church of Maria Wörth +43 (0)4274/38 288 Excursions by ship Wörthersee +43 (0)463/21 70 021 • Continue on to Lake +43 (0)4273/24 50 and Lake Hafner See Schifffahrt +43 (0)463/21 155 Wappensaal coat of arms hall Excursions by ship Drau und in the Landhaus Klagenfurt • Visit to Rosegg Animal Park, Castle and Labyrinth Ossiacher See +43 (0)4242/58 071 +43 (0)463/536-30552 +43 (0)4274/30 09 und 52 357 Magic Forest with fairy-tale scenes Museum of Modern Art in Klagenfurt • Continue on to Lake Faaker See Zauberwald MMKK +43(0)463/536-30542 • Lunch at the Gasthaus Tschebull in Egg +43 (0)4254/21 91 +43 (0)4273/23 25 Gustav Mahler’s Composing Cottage, Mountain railway Gerlitze Sekirn +43 (0)463/59 02 10 • Continue on to Villach with a stroll round the town +43 (0)4248/29 686 Castle ruin • On to Lake Ossiacher See, visit to the Monastery of Stift Ossiach +43 (0)4243/497 +43 (0)4254/51 05 11 • Continue, via the Ossiacher Tauern, to Pörtschach Monastery Stift Ossiach • Dinner at the Bad Saag lake restaurant in Saag +43 (0)4272/43 501 +43 (0)4243/497

80 81 Nature is the best medicine KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN Special Topic 1 / Wellness Special Topic 1 / Wellness Special Topic

The room is dark and smells of larch wood. unfathomable depths. Carinthian spas Hot Addresses The embers fl are up like a bonfi re as Hans are comfortable wellness temples, Warmbad-Villach Jörg Aschbacher, the owner of the Karlbad where in addition, a host of therapists +43 (0)4242/30 01-0 swimming pool in the Nockberge Mountains, and masseurs, saunas and steam baths, Maibachl, Villach throws stones heated to 1,000 degrees into the are there to ensure your well-being. +43 (0)4242/30 02 750 ice-cold stream water in the wooden troughs, A n d , a s a f r e e b o n u s , t h e r e ’ s l a k e w e l l n e s s Römertherme & Kathreintherme, Bad Kleinkirchheim where they instantly crack. Bathing guests and Alpine wellness. Research has +43 (0)4240/82 82 immerse themselves in the 40-degree water. proved that staying by a lake improves Bad Bleiberg There are no pain-contorted faces or hysterical sleep and boosts your health, while the +43 (0)4244/90 500 yells: only expressions of well-being and bliss bracing climate of the mountains helps Karlbad, Nockberge spread over the reddened faces. The warm to reduce weight and blood pressure. +43 (0)4246/34 30 Hotel Hochschober, Turracher Höhe mineral water penetrates deep into the skin and +43 (0)4275/82 13 joints, and washes stress away. Its properties were long known to the farmers of the Nockalm Further suggestions in Carinthia Alpine pasture, who gathered fresh strength Bad Weißenbach, for their hard labour in Carinthia’s oldest St. Margarethen/Lavanttal +43 (0)4352/34 588 farmers’ baths. Nature is, after all, the best Almwellnesshotel Tuffbad Dörfl medicine and Carinthia has a plentiful supply. +43 (0)4716/622 In the midst of favourite holiday Biohotel Daberer, St. Daniel regions, like Warmbad-Villach, +43 (0)4718/590 Bad Kleinkirchheim and Naturgut Lassen, Himmelberg Bad Bleiberg, warm +43(0)4716/47 58 mineral waters 82 bubble up from 83 Special Topic 2 / Sport KÄRNTEN 84 in Klagenfurt every year. every in Klagenfurt half-marathon runs”) all (“Carnthia take place rally, car läuft” vintage and the“Kärnten Alpenfahrt Oldtimer Run, the Glockner the Slam, theIronmanGrand Triathlon, theBeachvolley well forhere: and truly catered are events towatch who prefer sporting Those Carinthia. in are available everywhere and riding stables courts tennis innumerable and courses, golf nine forbeing lazy: way. noexcuse There’s are mountainfor hiking, walking and climbing, and and there hiking guides Carinthia’s mountainssport-lovers. are ideal to show for mountains and over and valleys cyclists, the Carinthia fl -over covers tracks of cycle network A close-meshed and rafting. boating stress. leisure on avenue forswimming,offering surfi borders it that reach, there’salake in orriver easy Everywhere, shape, into soul and body togetboth many opportunities are so south of Austria simply can’t stay still, as there in the who stays Anyone you. Carinthia moves hiking round lakes mountains, in Bathing at terrain forrelaxed ng, sailing, Further suggestions in Carinthia inCarinthia suggestions Further Addresses Sporting Skiing World Cup in Bad Kleinkirchheim Kleinkirchheim inBad Cup World Skiing Petzen Mount on Championship World Walking Nordic Vinta Classic Cu World Klammer’s Franz on Day Hiking Dutch Eleven-Cit S Week Bike European Davidson Harley A1 Beachvolle G I ronman ronman p TI rall orting o y www.woertherseetre A ustr pp g ortunities y e Car Rally e Car i a ball y T r -Tour Ice Marathon on Lake Weissensee Lake on -Tour Marathon Ice i at G rand hl o www.kaernten.a n www.al www. S lam ff www. en.at i ronman.a p enfahrt.co www.europeanbikeweek.co b eac t www.badkleinkirchheim.at p h t Route vo m ll ey snow cannons let fl let cannons snow snowing, isn’t it when Even guaranteed. is Snow gentle orchallengingregions offer slopes. at either. genuine 30 sneezed skiing Over thewinter hereis For notmountains. tobe all in toski theCarinthiana few. learned They athleteand thetrack Steffi Klammer, Strobl, Rainer Schönfelder Fritz suchastheskiing Franz legends top athletes, many No wonder Carinthia so hasproduced www.badkleinkirchheim.at b a ll .at + 43 www.weissensee.co ( 0 ) 4235/22 4 4235/22 m KÄRNTEN y with all guns blazing. 6 m Graf, to name but 85

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During the Wiesenmarkt (“Meadow Market”) in S eptemb er, the town of St . Veit is in e xc eptionally high spirits. At the market, everyone’s busy trading, buying, haggling, celebrating, eating, dancing and drinking. So as to fi t in all that activity, the market goes on for a full ten days. The Backhendlfest (“Fried Chicken Festival”) at Lake Längsee is slightly less strenuous. Here, you simply spend a weekend tasting your way through Carinthian fried chicken specialities. Gurktal Valley Bacon Festival in Weitensfeld in May “Blondvieh” Beef Festival in Eberstein in July “When the Music Plays” Open-Air Festival in Bad Kleinkirchheim in July Medieval Festival & Pageant at Friesach in July Villach Kirchtag Festival at the beginning of August Beef Festival on the Ossiacher Tauern in August Metnitztal Valley Venison Festival in Metnitz in August Altstadtzauber in Klagenfurt in August Rosental Valley “Pohaca” Cake Festival in Ferlach in August Goulash Festival in Feldkirchen in September St. Veit Meadow Market in September Farmers’ Fried Chicken Festival in St. Georgen on Lake Längsee in September Organic Festival in Klagenfurt in September “Ritschert” Barley & Ham Stew Festival in Rosegg in September

90 Alpine Pasture Cattle-Drive Festival in Bad Kleinkirchheim in September 91 Recipe KÄRNTEN 92 dish thebaking for Butter graisins100 cinnamon 2 tablespoon g sugar100 gbutter 50 Filling: aniseed 1 teaspoon salt teaspoon 1 gsugar 50 and yolk 1 egg 1egg ¼ litremilk gbutter -100 50 20 gyeast gfl 500 Yeast dough: raisins. and dough and fi yeast Carinthian snack, withwhitecoffee. love havingthispastryforbreakfastora ham andeggs&horseradish.Carinthians Reindling then tipitout. at 180°.Allowtocoolinthebakingdish, Rein well-buttered (preferablyearthenware) tightly. Curlintoaspiralandplacein sugar, cinnamonandraisins.Rolltogether sprinkle fi Roll outtoathicknessof1cm,and knead thoroughly. Make theyeastdough,letitrisewelland Preparation: Carinthian “ (=bakingdishofstoneware).Bake our iseatenatEastertime,with rst withmeltedbutter, then Reindling Reindling lled withlled cinnamon, sugar is made from kneaded ” Cake 93 Recipe KÄRNTEN 94 into balls. everything togetherthoroughly, andshape them. Addtherestofingredients, knead milk overthebreadrollstoslightly moisten bread, andlightlyfrythemboth.Pour enough the fi Cut upthebreadrollsintosmallcubes.Sweat fi for as spices Same milkA little 1 egg gonions 50 gbutter 50 salt teaspoon 1 gcurd cheese 500 rolls bread 2 stale Roll Filling: &Bread 2. Curd Cheese intothe mixture balls of any sizeyoulike. together thoroughly. everything Shape Knead themin butter, fi and choptheherbs fry andthe onions thegarlic orleek into fi into Cut them. Crumble thecurdthem. cheese while hot peel and mash Boil thepotatoes, marjorama little fi of each teaspoon 1 of1 clove leek or onions g 50 gbutter 50 salt teaspoon 1 gcrumbly curd cheese 500 Filling: gpotatoes 500 & Cheese Curd 1. overnight. dough andleaveitforafewhours, preferably is nottoothick.Itessentialtocoverthe a bowlandkneadintosmoothdoughwhich Mix thefl water ormilk 6 -8tablespoons 1 egg salt teaspoon 1 250 gplain fl Dough: Noodle 16 noodles. medium-sized are suffi ingredients The cooking. CarinthianReal home-style Carinthian Cheese Noodles Cheese Carinthian ne-chopped onionsinbutter, addthe our, salt,eggandliquidthoroughlyin our lling 1 No. eld mint and chervil herb, eld mint herb, and chervil cient tomake about ne slices, nely. 95 Recipe KÄRNTEN 96 a smooth sauce. a smooth sauce. into oil, and pepper salt pumpkinseed cream, mix thesour make sauce: thepumpkinseed the vinegar, basil. To sugar and oil, fresh salt, with and season dice cores, remove peel, then with rinse water, cold for 3seconds, into thetomatoes boiling water Place to cool. and leave dish with themeat and vegetables, and allow Pour it into up. toboil thecasserole gelatine into powder stock theboiling beef the dish. Mix in acasserole and place beef water.cold Mix them with theprime boiled with boil themand rinse thevegetables, dice and Wash, beef. theprime peel boiled Dice Preparation: pepper Salt, oil pumpkinseed 2 tablespoons cream sour 4 tablespoons basil Fresh sugar Salt, olive oil cold-pressed 2 tablespoons vinegar balsamic 2 tablespoons ½ onion 4 tomatoes powder gelatine g 35 stock ½ litre beef beans Green 1 yellow fi 1 carrot gof beef prime boiled 300 : Ingredients: Vinaigrette and Pumpkinseed Sauce Pumpkinseed and Vinaigrette Jellied Prime Boiled Beef with Tomato eld carrot

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St. Gregor Weg 1 Edling 4 9581 Ledenitzen 9344 Weitensfeld

Tel. +43 (0)4254/28 44 Tel. +43 (0)4265/622 Fax +43 (0)4254/28 44-4 Fax +43 (0)4265/622 [email protected] offi [email protected] www.gasthofrausch.com [email protected] www.hanebauer.at Accomodation: New rooms with shower/WC, satellite TV, Beds: 55 Accomodation: Farm in a peaceful location with a view of Beds: 8 balcony and holiday apartments (even directly on the lake). Altitude: 605 m the Karawanken Mountains. Two new, comfortably furnished Altitude: 1000 m Breakfast buffet, our own farm produce, choice of menu. Distance: holiday apartments, each with satellite TV and balcony. Distance: Animals: Cows, pig, mini-ponies, dwarf goats, sheep, cats, Nearest skiing area 10 km Animals: Cattle, horses, chickens, pigs, cats, ducks . Nearest skiing area 30 km donkeys, rabbits . Nearest bathing lake/pond 3 km Nearest bathing lake/pond 5 km Nearest town: Villach 10 km Own farm product: Gurktal Valley air-cured bacon . Nearest town: Feldkirchen 15 km Own farm product: Meat and vegetables. Price / day in € HS LS Special features: Rural wine tavern on the farm. Tasty Price / day in € HS LS Farms Huts & Alpine Special features: Children’s paradise with plenty of animals to snacks from our home-grown produce. Bathing fun on Lake Farms Huts & Alpine pet, playground with cable car, children’s cinema, tractor rides. B&B > 34 > 29 Goggausee. Plenty of hiking options. Winter sports on the A p t m t / 4 P . 6 5 5 5 Own bathing beach on Lake Faaker See with boat rental. Great H B > 4 2 > 3 6 Simonhöhe, Flattnitz and Hochrindl mountains. You’re welcome network of hiking trails and cycle paths. New Alpine-Adriatic Aptmt > 80 > 37 to lend a hand around the farm! wine list. Traditional Carinthian cooking. Aptmt on lake > 127 > 51 Holiday apartment: + fi nal cleaning, electricity, local tax

GRUBENBAUERHÜTTE 2 KRASSNIGHOF 4 Franz Gruber Sylvia & Franz Krassnig

Winkl 6 Zwattendorf 4 9565 Ebene Reichenau 9554 St. Urban

Mobile +43 (0)664/53 65 367 Tel. +43 (0)4277/82 51 +43 (0)664/53 09 862 Fax +43 (0)4277/82 51-4 [email protected] offi [email protected] www.grubenbauers-almheu.at www.krassnig.at

Accomodation: Traditional old hut. Cosy little kitchen- Beds: 5 Accomodation: Well-run family hotel in the midst of the Beds: 40 cum-living room, cooking & heating range, lounge corner. Altitude: 1840 m Carinthian mountains. Family rooms and multi-bed rooms Altitude: 700 m Room with pull-out couch. Two 2-bed rooms up a fl ight of Distance: with shower, WC, satellite TV, some with balcony. Distance: stairs, bath with original wooden bath tub, wash basin, hot Nearest skiing area 8 km Animals: Cows & calves, horses, cats, dog, rabbits . Nearest skiing area 6 km water, separate WC. Solar lighting and electricity. A well, Nearest bathing lake/pond 25 km Nearest bathing lake/pond 2 km seating area and open-air fi replace are in front of the hut. Nearest town: Feldkirchen 25 km Own farm product: Farmhouse bread, meat, bacon, salami, Nearest town: Feldkirchen 9 km milk and cheese . Special features: Precious Alpine pasture hay in a refi ned Price / day in € HS LS Price / day in € HS LS form: relaxing bath, therapy pillow, aroma bags/pillows, Special features: Swimming pool with children’s pool, large inhalation bags, which can be used at home, in the tourist A l p i n e h u t 5 9 5 9 playground. Icelandic horses and ponies (riding is free). Flower B&B 33-38 28-33 wellness area, and also for the therapeutic area. Original + 28 € for fi nal cleaning and local tax garden. Good, traditional cooking. Non-smoking dining H B 4 2 - 4 8 3 3 - 3 8 Grubenbauer’s hayfl ower or stone pine schnapps. Stone pine room with play corner, billiards and darts. Hunting snuggery. aroma & therapy pillow. Barbecue evening with bonfi re.

98 99 KRISTANHOF 5 LEEBHOF 7 Birgit Köck Rosemarie Weissmann KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

Pollenitz 6 Mitterdorf 6 9560 Feldkirchen 9564 Patergassen

Tel. +43 (0)4276/81 31 Tel. +43 (0)4275/333 Fax +43 (0)4276/81 31 Fax +43 (0)4275/333 Mobile +43 (0)664/39 63 530 l [email protected] [email protected] www.leebhof.at www.reiterhof-koeck.at Accomodation: Riding stables with 45 Icelandic horses in Beds: 29 Accomodation: Farm handed down in the same family Beds: 19 the heart of Carinthia, the land of sunshine. Superb view of Altitude: 750 m for 500 years, original wooden farmhouse. 3 tastefully Altitude: 1065 m the mountains and Lake Ossiacher See. Distance: furnished holiday apartments. Romance and wellness on Distance: Animals: Icelandic horses, ponies, donkeys, cows, sheep, Nearest skiing area 15 km the farm. Nearest skiing area 6 km goats, chickens, rabbits, pedigree pigeons . Nearest bathing lake/pond 5 km Animals: 33 cows and calves, 2 dwarf goats, cats, chickens, Nearest bathing lake/pond 15 km Nearest town: Feldkirchen 2,5 km Nearest town: Feldkirchen 20 km Own farm product: Carinthian wine, different types of pigs, rabbits . Price / day in € HS LS Price / day in € HS LS

Farms Huts & Alpine schnapps, bread, milk, butter, cheese, jams . Own farm product: Bacon, wood-stove bread, herb tea, Farms Huts & Alpine Special features: Riding camp, riding lessons, school sport B & B 3 2 2 9 eggs, jam . Aptmt/2-6 P. 56-80 52-70 weeks, petting zoo and playground. Own swimming pool and A p t m t / 4 P . 9 9 7 9 Special features: Cosy spot in the fl ower garden. Romantic A l p i n e h u t / 4 P . 7 2 7 2 bathing area on the lake. Panorama terrace. Own vineyard and four poster bed. High-quality wellness area & hay bed. 2 Alpine + 12 € for each additional person; 30-50 € grape harvest. 200-year-old farmhouse. huts at 1,800 m above sea level in the National Park Nockberge for fi nal cleaning and local tax Mountains with log sauna, small bathing pond and waterfall.

LEBEN 6 LIENDL 8 Brigitte Sima Sonja & Peter Scheriau

Pulpitsch 5 Am See 3 9536 St. Egyden 9074 Keutschach

Tel. +43 (0)4274/81 65 Tel. +43 (0)4273/26 44-0 Fax +43 (0)4274/81 65 Fax +43 (0)4273/26 44-8 Mobile +43 (0)650/73 56 664 [email protected] [email protected] www.liendl.at http://members.aon.at/familiesima Accomodation: Peacefully situated in the midst of nature, Beds: 8 Accomodation: Comfortable family rooms (2-4 people) Beds: 45 only 5 km from Velden am Wörthersee. Sun and recreation Altitude: 450 m and holiday apartments (2-6 peoples) with solid wood Altitude: 540 m betwixt the lakes and mountains – pure bliss! Distance: furniture and parquet fl oors. Distance: Animals: Cows, horses, chickens . Nearest skiing area 20 km Animals: Dog, cats, pigs, goats, sheep, donkeys, pony, Nearest skiing area 30 km Nearest bathing lake/pond 5 km bunnies, chickens . Right by the bathing lake /pond Own farm product: Homemade brandy, herb and berry Nearest town: Klagenfurt 20 km Nearest town: Klagenfurt 12 km garden . Own farm product: Sausage, ham, salami, apple juice, Price / day in € HS LS Price / day in € HS LS Special features: 120 m2 large and comfortable holiday apple cider, pear juice, different types of schnapps, liqueurs. apartment with eat-in kitchen, living room, 3 bedrooms, bath, Aptmt/4-6 P. 70-90 56-70 Special features: Directly on the lake, with its own bathing B&B > 33 > 26 WC, sunny balcony and panoramic view. Ideal for families, + 30 € for fi nal cleaning and local tax beach, water slide and 3,000 m2 large sunbathing lawn. Pedal Aptmt > 79 > 60 hikers, anglers and cyclists. Directly on the Drau Cycle Path. boats, bicycles. Rural wine tavern. Barbecue evenings. Large playground, arts and crafts. Feeding the animals together each day. 100 101 NATURHOF HOJOUTZ 9 PICHLER 11 Dr. Maureen Devine Thomas Huber & Monika Pfeifer KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

Penken - Pleierweg 28 Tassach 13 9535 Schiefl ing am See 9542 Afritz

Tel. +43 (0)4274/51 616 Tel. +43 (0)4247/21 57 offi [email protected] Mobile +43 (0)664/91 29 694 www.naturhof-hojoutz.at [email protected] www.amberg.at

Accomodation: Lovingly furnished farmhouse at the end Beds: 8 Accomodation: Mountain farm on the sunny side of the Beds: 11 of a forest road with 2 studios/family rooms for 2-4 people Altitude: 683 m local valley, with a view all the way to the Julian Alps. A Altitude: 1220 m each. Distance: double room and two holiday apartments. Distance: Animals: Sheep, chickens, rabbits, dog, cats, fi sh. Nearest skiing area 35 km Animals: Cattle, pigs, goats, chickens, cats, dogs . Nearest skiing area 15 km Right by the bathing lake/pond Nearest bathing lake/pond 7 km Own farm product: Herbs and herb products, fruit, juices, Nearest town: Villach 20 km Own farm product: Bacon, sausage, liver sausage, butter, Nearest town: Villach 20 km eggs . milk, bread . Price / day in € HS LS Price / day in € HS LS Farms Huts & Alpine Special features: Enjoy peace & relaxation, and a long- Special features: Organic farm. Traditional breeds of domestic Farms Huts & Alpine forgotten sense of luxury. Bathing and fi sh pond. Jacuzzi tub, B & B 5 5 3 5 - 4 5 animals. You’re welcome to lend a hand in the cowshed or B & B 2 2 1 8 infrared cabin. Reading rooms with a wide selection of books Reduction for children - 60 % (aged 3-15) harvesting the hay, making butter and baking bread. Child- A p t m t / 4 P . 5 0 4 2 & magazines. Open-air reading areas. Guided autumn tours: friendly, ideal for families. A p t m t / 5 - 6 P . 6 0 5 2 Experience autumn with all your senses. Holiday apartment: + 25 € for fi nal cleaning

PETRITSCHHOF 10 PLESCHINHOF 12 Gertraud & Johann Kreschischnig Evelyn & Johann Schöffmann

Kleinsattelstraße 43 Laaserweg 8 9500 Villach 9231 Köstenberg

Tel. +43 (0)4242/33 300 Tel. +43 (0)4274/70 58 Fax +43 (0)4242/33 300-8 Fax +43 (0)4274/70 58 [email protected] Mobile +43 (0)650/70 58 100 www.petritschhof.at [email protected] www.pleschinhof.at Accomodation: Exquisite organic farm between the town Beds: 24 Accomodation: Adventure farm in a peaceful location Beds: 12 of Villach and Lake Faaker See. Cosy holiday apartments in Altitude: 400 m with a magnifi cent panoramic view. Spacious, comfortable Altitude: 900 m different sizes. Distance: holiday apartments & double room with breakfast. Distance: Animals: Horses, cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks, rabbits, cats, Nearest skiing area 10 km Animals: Cows, pigs, chickens, horses, rabbits, dog . Nearest skiing area 14 km dog. Nearest bathing lake/pond 3 km Nearest bathing lake/pond 3 km Nearest town: Villach 3 km Own farm product: Carinthian wine, smoked meat Nearest town: Villach 13 km Own farm product: Different types of schnapps . products, different types of schnapps, honey, apple juice, Price / day in € HS LS Price / day in € HS LS Special features: Vintage tractor to drive yourself. Daily pony apple cider, wood-stove bread . rides in summer. For our small guests, we have plenty of space A p t m t / 2 P . 5 0 4 5 Special features: Family-friendly farm, ideal for relaxing. B & B 3 1 2 9 to play and romp, lots of animals - large and small - to love, and A p t m t / 2 - 4 P . 6 5 5 5 - 6 0 Wellness oasis with herb sauna, Finnish sauna, infrared sauna Aptmt/2-5 P. > 70 > 60 no end of fun on our organic farm. Aptmt/2-6 P. 80-85 65-75 and quiet room. Homemade delicacies on the breakfast buffet. Sunbathing lawn with sunbeds.

102 103 SONNHOF 13 WABNIG 15 Karin Fankhauser Hermine Kogler KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

M a x - L a u r i t s c h - S t r a ß e 5 9 Unterlinden 11 9523 Gratschach-Landskron 9062 Moosburg

Tel. +43 (0)4242/41 397 Tel. +43 (0)4272/83 030 [email protected] [email protected] www.sonnhof-fankhauser.at www.urlaubsbauernhof.at

Accomodation: Three snug holiday apartments with 2 Beds: 22 Accomodation: Small mountain village with a panoramic Beds: 18 bedrooms, shower, WC, fully-furnished kitchen, radio, TV. Altitude: 500 m view, only 5 km to Lake Wörthersee. Comfortable, snug Altitude: 650 m Dolinza Hut for 8 people, 50 km from the farm in the Carnic Distance: holiday apartments with balcony or terrace. Distance: Alps. Nearest skiing area 2,5 km Animals: Milking goats, horses, cats, dog, small animals, Nearest skiing area 22 km Animals: Horses, donkeys, sheep, pigs, chickens, rabbits, Nearest bathing lake/pond 2 km chickens . Nearest bathing lake/pond 5 km Nearest town: Villach 6 km Nearest town: Klagenfurt 19 km turkeys and geese in summer. Own farm product: Goat cream cheese (for those allergic Price / day in € HS LS Price / day in € HS LS

Farms Huts & Alpine Own farm product: Venison salami, bacon, homemade to cow’s milk), vegetables, fruit, juices, jams, eggs . Farms Huts & Alpine sausages, schnapps . Aptmt/2-4 P. 62-69 43-59 Special features: Fresh air, fresh water and fresh food every B & B 3 9 3 5 Special features: Playground and recreation room with play Aptmt/2-5 P. 62-82 43-65 day! Riding lessons and riding in the freedom of open nature. A p t m t / 2 P . 6 9 5 9 corner. Gently unwind in the hammock at the “Lei los’n Platzl” A p t m t / 4 - 6 P . 8 1 - 1 0 1 7 0 - 8 8 Free admission to the bathing beach at Lake Wörthersee, A p t m t / 4 P . 9 9 8 9 (“Live and let live corner”). Drive to the forest with the farmer in mountain railways and panorama roads, museums and animal his tractor to cut wood. Enjoy the zest for living and the family Alpine hut > 60 > 60 park, and much more. All-included! atmosphere here. + 30 € for fi nal cleaning and local tax

STAUDACHHOF 14 ZIRBEN TROADKAST’N 16 Maria & Arnulf Warmuth Xandi & Dietmar Huber

Weindorf 1 F a l k e r t s e e 6 5 9330 Althofen 9564 Patergassen

Tel. +43 (0)4262/22 68 Tel. +43 (0)4275/70 82

Fax +43 (0)4262/22 68 Fax +43 (0)4275/70 82-2 Mobile +43 (0)650/93 30 121 Mobile +43 (0)664/53 09 851 [email protected] [email protected] www.staudachhof.at www.kaerntnerhaus.at Accomodation: Snug and comfortable in the holiday house Beds: 15 Accomodation: Traditional, comfortably furnished granary Beds: 5 on the farm or in the 300-year-old farmhouse in spacious Altitude: 680 m on the Falkert Alpine pasture in the Carinthian Nockberge Altitude: 1800 m and lovingly furnished apartments. Distance: Mountains. Directly in the skiing and hiking region! Distance: Animals: 50 Cows & calves, cats, rabbits, sheep, goats, Nearest skiing area 25 km Special features: Converted granary with three fl oors. Kitchen Directly in the skiing area chickens, donkeys, mini-ponies . Nearest bathing lake/pond 15 km with electric hot plate, small oven, microwave, fridge, three Nearest bathing lake/pond 20 km Nearest town: Althofen 2,5 km Nearest town: Feldkirchen 30 km Own farm product: Jams, liqueurs, fi ne brandies, salami, piece suite, 2 bedrooms (2+3 beds), one with bunk beds, bath bacon, bread . Price / day in € HS LS with shower/WC, washing machine, satellite TV. Open fi replace Preis / Week in € HS LS and Swedish wood stove. Barbecue, well and large sun terrace Special features: Just the kind of farm you’re looking for: B & B 2 8 2 7 with lovely view. Restaurant 80 m away. Alpine hut/Week > 469 > 320 quiet and relaxing, with plenty of space to move, and ample Aptmt/2-4 P. 70-80 50-70 + Final cleaning, Electricity acc. to usage, adventure for young and old. Farm golf, bonfi re and a little A p t m t / 5 - 7 P . > 6 5 local tax, fi rewood, telephone stream to paddle in. Fish ponds.

104 105 BIOHOF SEIDL 18 Natural Cycle Farms Karin & Konrad Schabus KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

Immerse yourself in a world of rustic cosiness, amid the magnifi cent setting of Dorfstraße 107 9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim the Nockberge Mountains. Our Natural Tel. +43 (0)4240/274 Cycle Farms live both with and for the Fax +43 (0)4240/274-4 cycle of nature, and you’ll experience [email protected] this as our guest with all your senses: in www.biohof-seidl.at the healthy food, in the natural lifestyle, in our wellness services, and on the Accomodation: Organic farm offering spacious, lovingly Beds: 30 furnished apartments with solid wood furniture in the midst Altitude: 1100 m meadows and forests roundabout. of the National Park Nockberge Mountains. Distance: Whenever you see this sign, you’ll know Animals: Horses, pony, cows, pigs, cats, chickens, sheep, Nearest skiing area 2 km goat, rabbits, ducks . Nearest bathing lake/pond 12 km that you’re moving in the very best Nearest town: Spittal 30 km Own farm product: Milk products, meat products, pastries, Price / day in € HS LS

Farms Huts & Alpine circles, in the Natural Cycle Farms in the juices, berries, herbs . Farms Huts & Alpine heart of Carinthia. Special features: Farm wellness in a four poster bed. Play D Z 3 2 3 0 barn and craft corner. A large number of sport options: Aptmt > 63 > 59 thermal baths, 100 km of pistes to enjoy, 200 km of marked Aptmt: + 25 € for fi nal cleaning hiking trails, golf, cross-country skiing and culinary delights.

ANDERLE 17 FAMILIENHOTEL GASTHOF HINTEREGGER 19 Veronika & Hubert Reiner Franz Josef Hinteregger

Rauscheggen 3 Rosennockstraße 56 9572 Deutsch Griffen 9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim

Tel. +43 (0)4279/203 Tel. +43 (0)4240/477

Fax +43 (0)4279/203 Fax +43 (0)4240/477-7 Mobile +43 (0)664/51 09 904 [email protected] [email protected] www.gasthof-hinteregger.at www.kinderbauernhof-anderle.at Accomodation: Two spacious holiday apartments (60m2) Beds: 19 Accomodation: Sunny, peaceful location near the Beds: 33 with separate bedrooms & balcony, a romantic granary in Altitude: 1200 m Brunnach National Park Railway. Snug apartments, double Altitude: 1390 m the midst of a herb garden, and an Alpine hut (80m2). Distance: room, single rooms with shower and WC. Distance: Animals: Cows & calves, ponies, horses, pigs . Nearest skiing area 4 km Animals: Cows, chickens, pigs, rabbits and plenty of animals Directly in the skiing area Nearest bathing lake/pond 6 km to pet . Nearest bathing lake/pond 14 km Own farm product: Milk, butter, bacon, salami, juices from Nearest town: Feldkirchen 25 km Nearest town: Villach 30 km organic farms . Own farm product: Milk, fresh meat, bacon, salami, Price / day in € HS LS Price / day in € HS LS Special features: Alpine pasture hikes with ponies and Bündner (dry-cured) meat, butter, cheese from organic horses. Bonfi re, tractor ride, go-karts, mountain bikes. A p t m t / 4 P . 7 8 6 0 farms . H B 6 4 - 7 4 5 5 - 6 7 Children’s Wendy house, playground and child care. Sauna, G r a n a r y / 4 P . > 8 0 7 0 Special features: Located directly on the ski piste. Right in the whey and hayfl ower baths, hammocks. Relax a while and let Alpine hut/5 P. > 85 70 middle of the hiking region. Action for the whole family! Sauna, your feet dangle! steam bath, infrared, solarium, Kneipp water-stepping basin and fi tness room. Book tower, playground and herb garden. Brunnachhof farm at 1,700 m above sea level, for groups. 106 107 MATLHOF 20 BUSCHENSCHENKE KRAINZ 1 Monika & Bernhard Michenthaler DI Thomas Kuschnig KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

Mitterdorf 8 D o b e i n 5 9564 Patergassen 9074 Krainz

Tel. +43 (0)4275/249 Tel. +43 (0)664/54 38 768 Fax +43 (0)4275/249 [email protected] [email protected] www.krainz-hof.at www.matlhof.at

Accomodation: Renovated 300-year-old traditional Beds: 15 farmhouse. Lovingly designed holiday apartments and Altitude: 1064 m Our farm is idyllically-situated on the heights of the Altitude: 620 m rooms, each with solid wood furniture and balcony. Distance: Keutschacher Seental 4-lake valley. 10 minutes from Distance: Animals: Cows and calves, cats, goats, pigs, chickens, rabbits. Nearest skiing area 5 km the lake with reduced admission to the nudist bathing Nearest town: Klagenfurt 19 km Nearest bathing lake/pond 18 km beach. Our own home-grown food. Lots of animals: Opening hours: Own farm product: Bread, eggs, milk, yoghurt, jam . Nearest town: Feldkirchen 20 km rabbits, dwarf goats, chickens, pigs and Highland Mid-June to beginning of September: open daily from 4 p.m. Special features: Enjoy simply feeling good on the organic Price / day in € HS LS cattle. Herb garden. Holiday on a farm in comfortable Farms Huts & Alpine farm in the Carinthian Nockberge Mountains. Near Bad holiday apartments. Direct Farm Marketers B&B 25-28 25-28 Kleinkirchheim. Enjoy peace and unspoilt nature, and the Special features: Wacholder schnapps, herb curd family atmosphere on the farm. Alpine pasture hikes, barbecue Aptmt/2-3 P. 46-50 37-47 evenings, playground. cheese and Carinthian Brett’ljause (snack served on a Aptmt/4-5 P. 52-70 52-70 wooden plate). Farm shop with herb aspics, jams, herb salt and herb vinegar.

NATUR-GUT LASSEN 21 SIGI’S NATURSAIBLING 2 Heike & Günter Zeilinger Siegfried Gruber

Lassen 1 Winkl 64 9562 Himmelberg 9565 Ebene Reichenau

Tel. +43 (0)4276/47 58 Tel. +43 (0)4275/23 138

Fax +43 (0)4276/47 58-4 Fax +43 (0)4275/23 138 [email protected] Mobile +43 (0)664/ 39 65 548 www.natur-gut-lassen.at [email protected]

www.natursaibling.at Accomodation: On a high plateau, surrounded by meadows Beds: 30 and forests with a breath-taking distant view over Carinthia. Altitude: 1040 m Treat your family and yourself to our fresh char Altitude: 1300 m Solid wood rooms, designed in different types of wood. Distance: specialities. The char are bred for the table in small Distance: Animals: Cows & calves, pigs, donkeys, chickens, ducks, Nearest skiing area 12 km ponds which have mountain water fl owing through Nearest town: Feldkirchen 26 km rabbits, pony, fi sh . Nearest bathing lake/pond 9 km them constantly. The cold temperature of the water all Opening hours: Nearest town: Feldkirchen 11 km year round is the reason for the extraordinarily high May – October: cooked meals served Own farm product: Venison salami, bacon, liver sausage, daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. November – Price / day in € HS LS quality of the char. We’re directly accessible via the butter, honey . toll-free Nockalmstrasse road. April: book in advance by phone Special features: Sensory experiences on the barefoot H B 5 9 5 6 Special features: Char cooked whole, char fi llet plain path. Heated swimming pool, spacious sauna landscape and Reduction for children (free up to age 3, 50 or smoked, smoked char spread, whole smoked char meditation hut. Seminar room, fi sh ponds, our own spring % up to age 5, 70 % up to age 12) (order in advance). water. Child care (3 times a week) and children’s cookery courses. Herb kitchen. 108 109 UNTERWIRT 3 Ilse & Peter Krenn Folk Art Circle of Carinthia KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

T i e f e n b a c h s t r a ß e 3 9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim Tel. +43 (0)4240/84 72 Fax +43 (0)4240/84 72 Mobile +43 (0)699/17 19 85 08 [email protected] www.unterwirt-bkk.at

The Volkskunstkreis or Folk Art keeping them alive for the next Stop at this hut to go “back to nature”. When you fi nd Altitude: 1342 m yourself amidst the superb setting of the eminently Distance: Circle of Carinthia is made up generation. Exquisite pieces hikable Carinthian Nockberge Mountains, you’ll know Nearest town: Radenthein 6 km of 7 artists who practice and can be purchased at various you’ve arrived at the new Unterwirt Alpine hut. The Opening hours: cultivate old folk arts and crafts, exhibitions, or produced on focus here is on stylish cosiness and good service, May - October & December - April instead of self-service and mass production! You’ll be presenting them historically and request.

Direct Farm Marketers served hearty, freshly-prepared Carinthian specialities Folk Art Circle coming from our own farm and the local area. You can stay the night in tastefully-furnished holiday Monastic art Theresia Kornberger apartments on our farm. Skilled artistry in handmade pictures, 9360 Friesach, Jakobusweg 10 friendship and prayer eggs with creative +43(0)676/53 18 641 decorations made of precious materials. [email protected]

Textile printing Heidrun Planton ZECHNERIN 4 A touch of romance from times gone 9556 Liebenfels, Weitensfeld 6 Christa & Franz Taumberger by. 300-year-old wooden stamps +43(0)4215/31 407, beautify linen, cotton and silk. +43(0)676/83 555 760 Handwork of value. [email protected]

Candle-making Isabella Marx Something special for every occasion. 9556 Liebenfels, Karnberg 22 Handmade wax tapers, artistically +43(0)676/47 43 411 decorated in original patterns, [email protected] creatively-designed candles.

Bee-hive boards & embroidery Edeltraud Leitner Old, traditional folk art. Typical “naïve” 9371 Brückl, St. Walburgen 8 M i e d l i n g 3 painting on old bee-hive boards. +43(0)4214/20 10 9556 Liebenfels Painstakingly precise cross-stitch Tel. +43 (0)4215/51 16 embroidery. Fax +43 (0)4215/51 16-16 Painting Helga Vosatka Mobile +43 (0)660/88 86 000 Multifaceted passion in oils, acrylics 9360 Friesach, Neumarkterstraße 28 [email protected] and watercolours. Flower and landscape +43(0)650/59 69 628 www.glantal.at motifs, as well as the human body, using a special brush-stroke. There’s always something happening on the mountain Altitude: 724 m … and when hunger calls, the Zechnerin invites you to Distance: Lace-making Elisabeth Huber-Fercher stop for a snack! Here, you’ll be pampered with home- Nearest town: St. Veit 9 km Mastery of a skilled system of changing 9131 Grafenstein, Obitschach 25 made products: crisp bread, bacon, salami served Opening hours: and turning. Artistic lace and modern +43(0)4225/83 09 with apple cider from the Zechnerin’s own orchard. Open all year round For dessert - sweet Carinthian Reindling (yeast- designs through crossing and rotating dough cake fi lled with raisins) and different types of the bobbins perfectly. schnapps. The Zechnerin is also excellently equipped for celebrations of all kinds. Hike...snack...enjoy! Live Dolls Maria Schischegg webcam: www.glantal.at Living dolls’ world. Demonstrations of 9020 Klagenfurt, Baumbachplatz 17 traditional techniques. Intricate design +43(0)463/536-40581 work with needle and thread. 110 111 ARRIACHER WERKSTUBE 1 Sigrid Rainer It’s the nature of milk KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

Arriach 26 9543 Arriach Tel. +43 (0)4247/88 56 Mobile +43 (0)650/36 60 971 [email protected]

This little shop is located on the Meisslitzerhof farm Altitude: 980 m in Arriach. Guests, young and old, are warmly invited Distance: to come and see our creative arts and crafts, to buy Nearest town: Villach 18 km The areas around the National Park Hohe Tauern hand-made items or make their own in our courses Opening hours: and the Nockberge Mountains are the grassland - such as lace-making, painting, embroidery, sewing, Friday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. With advance knitting and hand-craft creative gifts, where everyone booking, we’re gladly available for and pastureland of the cows which supply the Country Shops can discover or improve their own handicraft skills. visitors on other days too. valuable raw materials for the “Kärntnermilch” Kärntnermilch We also offer cooking and baking courses on the farm and organise hikes in the Arriacher Purzel Wurzelwelt milk company. The fragrant herbs and grasses (“Arriach Root and Tumble Park”). on the juicy meadows enrich the milk with their aromas, and make Kärntnermilch and its milk and cheese specialities into a unique experience for the taste-buds. The company, based in Spittal/Drau, therefore processes raw 2 KLOSTERLADEN WERNBERG milk of the highest quality, using extremely gentle methods and painstaking precision at each step of the procedure. Kärntnermilch is thereby setting new standards of naturalness and quality in its processing methods. Regionalism is given the highest priority. And, most important of all: Kärntnermilch processes milk that is one hundred per cent GM-free, turning it into excellent, outstanding milk and cheese products! K l o s t e r w e g 4 9241 Wernberg Tel. +43 (0)4252/22 16-140 Fax +43 (0)4252/22 16-160 [email protected] www.klosterwernberg.at

Garden joys and delights for the palate, cultural Altitude: 56 0 m delights and monastic tranquillity: the heavenly and Distance: the earthly meet at the Klosterladen (“Cloister Shop”) Nearest town: Villach 8 km in Wernberg. Every day at this Renaissance palace, Opening hours: which is run as a living farm, you can buy fresh Monday to Wednesday 8 a.m. – 12 home-grown farm products, fi ne natural cosmetics p.m. and 2 - 5 p.m., Thursday and and home-made herb specialities, innovative grain Friday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 2 - 6 p.m., Kärntnermilch reg. GenmbH products or hearty fare for your Carinthian Jaus’n Saturday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. (snacks). The Walderlebnispfad (“Forest Adventure 9800 Spittal/Drau, Villacher Straße 92 Trail”), café and monastery garden await your visit. +43 (0)4762/61 061-0 Let yourself be inspired! offi [email protected] www.kaerntnermilch.at 112 113 Keeping added value in the region KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN Carnica Living Rosental Valley Space Carnica Living Rosental Valley Space

800 forest-owners and farmers from the area The new marketing outlet of Bleiburg, Eisenkappel, Dobrova, the Rosental for Carnica Lebensraum Valley, Lake Faaker See and the Keutschacher farm products has proved Seental 4-lake valley have banded together to of particular value. Valuable form a model collective. The task of “Carnica regional farm products are Lebensraum Roz” (“Carnica Rosental Valley sold in the country shop living space”) is to motivate its members in Strau, near Ferlach. One to exploit and market their agricultural and speciality is the crisp bread forestry products. This helps to preserve the made from organic Rosental farm as a place for living and working, and to Valley fl our, and baked using increase its income. only leaven. Also very popular are the meat and sausage The association negotiates extensive supply products, such as Eisenkappel agreements concerning locally-grown wood Schinken (ham), which is for its members. Forest owners who live Carnica Lebensraum matured in mining tunnels, far from a farm can also become members Rosental Rož fresh-caught fi sh, Carinthian and take advantage of the services offered 9162 Strau 27 noodles, curd cheese, fresh- by Carnica Lebensraum – ranging from the +43 (0)4227/22 022 baked Pohača (pasties) from forestry advisory service and practical support [email protected] different valleys, all types of in forest utilisation (tree-felling, transportation fl our and Carnica Bee Honey, and delivery), to professional marketing. Every which is known well beyond year, up to 50,000 solid cubic metres of logs, the borders of Carinthia. The pulpwood, woodchips for heating and fi rewood country shop is open every are sold. A new feature in the Rosental Valley Friday, from 12 to 6 p.m. is a woodchip fi lling station – i.e. a woodchip yard. Retail customers can obtain supplies of home-grown wood for their woodchip heating systems here. 114 115 Member Restaurants in Central Carinthia KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN Gasthof Lorenz, Ledenitzen +43 (0)4254/23 63 Metzgerwirt, Radenthein +43 (0)4246/20 52 Gasthof “Alte Point“, Arriach +43 (0)4247/85 23 Dorfgasthaus Zainer-Winkler, Föderlach +43 (0)4252/22 82 Hotel-Restaurant Zollner, Gödersdorf +43 (0)4257/28 56 Gasthaus Kuchlerhof, Feldkirchen +43 (0)4276/32 01 Gasthaus Seitner, Feldkirchen +43 (0)4276/21 58 Hotel-Landgasthof Kogler, St. Urban +43 (0)4277/83 29 Landgasthof Reid‘nwirt, St. Urban +43 (0)4277/82 44 Gasthaus Zur “Bauernstub‘n“, Sirnitz +43 (0)4279/564 Kulturgasthof Kirchenwirt, Gnesau +43 (0)4278/273 Seewirt Spieß, Maltschachersee/Feldkirchen +43 (0)4277/26 37 Standhotel Sille, Reifnitz +43 (0)4273/22 37 Gasthof Kirchenwirt, Maria Rain +43 (0)4227/84 237 Gasthof Joainig, Pörtschach +43 (0)4272/23 190 Gasthaus Pirker, Klagenfurt +43 (0)463/57 135 Gasthof Fleissner, Maria Saal +43 (0)4223/22 18 Gasthof zu den Linden, Reifnitz +43 (0)4273/20 39 Landgasthaus Kirschnerhof, Maria Rain +43 (0)4227/84 922 Carinthian Pub Culture Carinthian Hotel Krumpendorferhof, Krumpendorf +43 (0)4229/23 01 Pub Culture Carinthian Gasthof Gartenrast, Radenthein +43 (0)4246/20 17 Gasthof Kurath, St. Filippen +43 (0)4224/22 28 Gasthof Haslerwirt, Radenthein +43 (0)4246/20 14 Gasthof Kuttnig, Klagenfurt +43 (0)4633/17 79 Landhaus Stüberl, Bad Kleinkirchheim +43 (0)4240/688 Berggasthof-Pension Lausegger, Bodental +43 (0)4227/62 60 Restaurant Loystub‘n, Bad Kleinkirchheim +43 (0)4240/744 Gasthof Thadeushof, Pörtschach +43 (0)4272/64 21 Dorfhotel Schönleitn, Oberaichwald/Latschach +43 (0)4254/23 84 Restaurant-Hotel Weidenhof, Viktring +43 (0)4632/81 540 Berggasthof Baumgartnerhof, Latschach +43 (0)4254/22 90 Gasthaus Ogris, Kappl an der Drau +43 (0)4227/22 12 Kreuzwirt - “Das Kärntner Wirtshaus“, Villach +43 (0)4242/58 440 Alpengasthof Malle, Zell/Sele +43 (0)4227/72 01 Landgasthof Berghof, Villach-Landskron +43 (0)4242/41 133 Gasthaus Wispelhof, Klagenfurt +43 (0)4635/53 98 Landgasthof Fruhmann, Wernberg +43 (0)4252/22 210 Landgasthof Plöschenberg, Köttmannsdorf +43 (0)4220/22 40 Kirchenwirt, Finkenstein +43 (0)4254/21 78 Gasthaus Stefaner, Feistritz im Rosental +43 (0)4228/21 35 Hotel Schönruh, Drobollach +43 (0)4254/21 92 Gasthaus-Gostisce-Trattoria Ogris, Ludmannsdorf +43 (0)4228/22 49 Restaurant Urbani-Weinstuben, Villach +43 (0)4242/28 105 Alt-Kärntner Gasthof Antonitsch, Ferlach +43 (0)4227/22 26 Restaurant Kaufmann & Kaufrmann, Villach +43 (0)4242/25 871 Gasthof Plasch “Auf der Huab‘n“, Ferlach +43 (0)4227/23 70 Villacher Brauhof, Villach +43 (0)4242/24 222 Gasthaus Ratz, Kirschentheuer +43 (0)4227/23 28 Gasthof Kuchler, Treffen +43 (0)4248/28 26 Restaurant Karawankenblick, Keutschach +43 (0)4273/24 47 Familienrestaurant Gegendtalerhof, Treffen +43 (0)4248/22 68 Gasthaus Schiller, Moosburg +43 (0)4272/83 500 Stadtrestaurant “Zur Post“, Villach +43 (0)4242/26 101 Hotel-Fischgasthof Jerolitsch, Krumpendorf +43 (0)4229/23 79 Wirt in Judendorf, Villach +43 (0)4242/565 25 Familienhof Sereinig, Unterbergen +43 (0)4227/63 00 Gasthof Steirerhof, Villach +43 (0)4242/54 423 Gipfelhaus Magdalensberg, Pischeldorf +43 (0)4224/22 49 Stoffl wirt, Bodensdorf +43 (0)4243/69 20 Gasthof “Deutscher Peter“, Loiblpass +43 (0)4227/62 200 Jausenhof Polin, Finkenstein +43 (0)4257/26 22 Kärntner Kulturwirtshaus Bachler, Althofen +43 (0)4262/38 35 Weinschmeckerwirt Vinum, Feld am See +43 (0)4246/22 74 Metnitztalerhof, Friesach +43 (0)4268/2510 Gasthaus Ebner, Villach-Heiligengeist +43 (0)4244/23 910 Gasthof Erian, Gurk +43 (0)4266/82 22 Gasthaus-Kaufhaus Pirker, Gummern +43 (0)4258/223 Gasthof Seefriede, St. Veit +43 (0)4212/38 94 Restaurant Jedermann, Villach +43 (0)4242/55 860 Gasthof Gurktaler Hof, Weitensfeld +43 (0)4265/74 61 Gasthof Bacher, Villach +43 (0)4242/26 893 Hotel Prechtlhof, Althofen +43 (0)4262/26 174 Landhaus Hazienda, Drobollach +43 (0)4254/25 101 Landgasthaus Ranner, St. Veit/Glan +43 (0)4212/22 42 Josef, das bierig-urige Wirtshaus, Villach +43 (0)4242/72 78 33 Gasthof Schratt, St. Georgen/Längsee +43 (0)4213/21 36 Der Kärntnerhof, Faak am See +43 (0)4254/21 43 Gasthof-Fleischerei Seiser, Straßburg +43 (0)4266/23 30 Gasthof Thurnerhof, Feld am See +43 (0)4246/27 90 Schenke “Zum Krebsen“, Friesach +43 (0)4268/23 36 116 117 DRUCKERBRÄU 2 The art of making Carinthian noodles Andreas Kulmitzer KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

”Krendln” is as exclusive to Carinthia as “Kärntner Nudel” (Carinthian noodles) - and they’re both inseparably related. “Krendln” means the special art of sealing of each Carinthian noodle by hand, so the fi lling of curd cheese, mint and potatoes cannot run out of the noodles during cooking. Cover them with brown butter or Grammelschmalz (bacon fat) Zweikirchen 9 and this well-loved Carinthian speciality is 9556 Liebenfels fi nished. In Carinthian pubs, you’ll fi nd them on Tel. +43 (0)650/21 06 964 (almost) every menu – not only fi lled with curd www.druckerbrau.at cheese, but in multiple variations.

At the Drucker-Bräu brewery, with its Hardegger Altitude: 514 m Cellar dining area, you’ll fi nd specially-spiced home- Distance: brewed beer, such as Fastenbier (“fasting beer”), Nearest town: St. Veit 11 km Sommerweizen (“summer wheat”), Herbstbier Opening hours: (“autumn beer”) and Weihnachtsbock (“Christmas Open all year round, Thursday to bock”), regardless of the season. Above all, you can Saturday from 4 p.m., Sunday from 2 p.m. Restaurants watch Andy the master brewer at work in his brewery Restaurants and directly experience the step-by-step production of the barley-juice. To go with the house beer, the master brewer recommends the Drucker Jause (snack) of farmhouse delicacies and a hearty goulash – home- made, naturally! Specialities: “ Drucker-Bräu” – the house beer and a hearty Jause (snack) .

DIE GARTENRAST 1 GASTHAUS GOSTISCE TRATTORIA OGRIS “MIKLAVZ” 3 Familie Bacher Johann Ogris

Gartenraststraße 9 L u d m a n n s d o r f 1 3 9545 Untertweng bei Radenthein 9072 Ludmannsdorf Tel. +43 (0)4246/20 17-0 Tel. +43 (0)4228/22 49 [email protected] Fax +43 (0)4228/23 03 www.gartenrast.at [email protected] www.gasthaus-ogris.at

For decades, the Gartenrast (“Garden Rest”) has Altitude: 800 m The Gasthaus Ogris has been a popular meeting place Altitude: 570 m been a magnet for gourmets from far and wide. This Distance: for travellers and locals for centuries. Hospitality Distance: cosy guesthouse is situated the midst of absolute Nearest town: Villach & Spittal 25 km and friendliness, combined with outstanding quality, Nearest town: Klagenfurt 19 km tranquillity and, at 800 m above sea level with Opening hours: characterise our guesthouse. We are your culinary Opening hours: a magnifi cent view of the valley, this is the ideal Wednesday to Sunday 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. companions throughout the year, pampering you Cooked meals served from 11.30 destination for excursions. The speciality of the house with seasonal specialities all year round. We also offer a.m. – 2 p.m. and 6 - 9 p.m. Closed is a wide variety of fi ne chicken dishes. We basically select beverages from the Alpine-Adriatic Region. We Mondays, and closed for our annual use only quality-controlled agricultural products from also offer comfortable, modernly-equipped rooms to break in October our local area. Our beer list, which features roughly 40 guests who want to stay with us a little longer. Visit us varieties of beer, is another huge hit. and see for yourself! Specialities: Fried chicken, smoked saddle of venison, Specialities: Specialities made from asparagus, fi sh from the “Kärnten Fisch” farm in Feld am See . pumpkin and potatoes, meat specialities, fi sh from 118 local waters, Martinmas goose and venison dishes . 119 GASTHAUS RAUNIG 4 GASTHOF MARCHER 6 Birgit Juritsch Maria Marcher KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

Eggen 2 G u n z e n b e r g 3 9300 St. Veit/Glan 9341 Straßburg Tel. +43 (0)4212/64 11 Tel. +43 (0)4262/71 83 Fax +43 (0)4212/64 11-4 Fax +43 (0)4262/71 83 Mobil +43 (0)664/52 73 002 [email protected]

www.gasthof-marcher.at

The excursion guesthouse Raunig is situated in Eggen Altitude: 1070 m Our guesthouse, run by our family for generations, Altitude: 1200 m on Mount Kraigerberg, in the midst of the Wimitzer Distance: is situated at 1,020 metres above sea level, with a Distance: Mountains. The menu includes traditional dishes, such Nearest town: St. Veit/Glan 10 km breath-taking panoramic, haze-free view. Lovely, light Nearest town: Friesach 18 km as roast pork, Carinthian Käsnudel (cheese noodles) or Opening hours: rooms and a holiday house invite you to bide for a Opening hours: Carinthian Ritschert (stew made of pearl barley, beans Thursday to Monday 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. while. Enjoy typical Carinthian delicacies on our cosy Open all year round, closed Mondays and cured ham). You can try a Brettljause (snack Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays terrace, ranging from wood-stove roast pork, and

Restaurants served on a wooden board) with home-baked wood- Carinthian Käsnudel (cheese noodles) to Brettljause Restaurants stove bread or, to fi nish up with, enjoy the Eggener (snack served on a wooden board), Glandner cheese, Schokoladetorte (chocolate gateau) made from farmhouse bread and Reindling (yeast-dough cake our own home-grown produce. In summer, you can fi lled with raisins) and a lot more. Cooked meals enjoy the views from the terrace, and sit in the cosy served all day, coach parties welcome. snuggery in winter. Specialities: Gurktal Valley air-cured & farmhouse Specialities: Apple juice and apple cider from the bacon . Noric Region . GASTHOF JOAINIG 5 GASTHOF PENSION HOCHSTEINER 7 Familie Eisler Klaus Hochsteiner

Kochwirtplatz 4 Laas-Straße 9 9210 Pörtschach 9346 Glödnitz Tel. +43 (0)4272/23 19-0 Tel. +43 (0)4265/81 32 Fax +43 (0)4272/23 19-50 Fax +43 (0)4265/81 32-4 offi [email protected] [email protected] www.joainig.com www.pension-hochsteiner.at

The Gasthof Joainig is always a big culinary hit, Altitude: 460 m Good, homely guesthouse with excellent cooking Altitude: 740 m combining long-standing tavern tradition with a Distance: and a family atmosphere in the Nature Park Gurktal Distance: modern ambience, and warm-hearted hospitality with Nearest town: Klagenfurt 13 km Valley. Lovely light dining room for up to 100 people. Nearest town: Feldkirchen 22 km select delicacies. The choice is huge: traditional home- Opening hours: Ideal for birthdays, weddings, christenings, company Opening hours: style cooking, delicacies with a Mediterranean touch and Open all year round 7 a.m. – 12 p.m. parties and smaller private celebrations. Overnight Tuesday to Sunday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., tasty whole foods. Have meals served to you in friendly Cooked meals served from 11.30 a.m. accommodation in comfortable rooms (30 beds in all), cooked meals served 11.30 a.m. – 2 dining rooms and snug parlours, enjoy the sense of – 10 p.m. also available just for one night! Garage for mountain p.m. and 5 – 9 p.m. Closed Mondays wellbeing in the sunny outdoor dining area, absorb the bikes and cycles. Foodwise, there are barbecue Mediterranean atmosphere on the big terrace and enjoy evenings, farmhouse buffets, schnitzel weeks… Fried cool drinks. Big adventure playground! chicken bar. Specialities: Our seasonal menu: fi sh, lamb, asparagus, Specialities: Gurktal Valley bacon sausage: awarded the pumpkin, venison and goose weeks. title “Gurktaler Speckwirt”. 120 121 LANDHAUS HAZIENDA 8 STIFT ST. GEORGEN AM LÄNGSEE 10 Bernhard Rauter KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

S e e b l i c k s t r a ß e 1 4 1 S c h l o s s a l l e e 6 9580 Drobollach 9313 St. Georgen am Längsee Tel. +43 (0)4254/25 101 Tel. +43 (0)4213/20 46 Fax +43 (0)4254/25 101-25 Fax +43 (0)4213/20 46-46 offi [email protected] offi [email protected] www.hazienda-faakersee.at www.stift-stgeorgen.at

The Landhaus Hazienda barbecue restaurant and café, Altitude: 60 0 m An atmospheric place of power. Monastic simplicity Altitude: 540 m situated on one of the loveliest spots on Lake Faaker Distance: combined with a modern infrastructure, run as an Distance: See, offers not only the perfect view but also culinary Nearest town: Villach 8 km education centre and four-star seminar hotel, with Nearest town: St. Veit/Glan 8 km delights for the palate. Let yourself be pampered in Opening hours: comfortable, tastefully-furnished rooms offering up Opening hours: a family atmosphere, with hearty steaks from the Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. – 9 p.m., to 166 beds. Garden restaurant, lake-view terrace, Open all year round, Closed from grill, crisp salads, a variety of noodles, hot waffl es, Closed in February for our annual stone pine rooms, stone pine sauna, monastery Christmas to 6th January

Restaurants remarkable dessert creations and special menus on break garden, castle swimming pool, monastery gallery, Restaurants Sundays and public holidays. Traditional beers, select Baroque monastery church and a lot more. Guided wines and individual dishes for your cosy family or tours of the monastery, also garden and forest Christmas party. tours, on request! Ideal for holidays and seminars Specialities: Products from local farms. Awarded the far from the hustle and bustle! AMA Seal of Quality for food.

LINDENHOF 9 VERWÖHNHOTEL ESCHENHOF 11 Helga Mikula Hildegard & Gerhard Ortner

Tallach 19 Wasserfallweg 12 9182 Maria Elend 9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim Tel. +43 (0)4253/531 Tel. +43 (0)4240/82 62 Fax +43 (0)4253/531-4 Fax +43 (0)4240/82 62-82 [email protected] [email protected] www.lindenhof-mikula.at www.eschenhof.at

The Rosental Valley, with its lovely scenery, nestles Altitude: 48 0 m A classic guest-pampering hotel for the whole family, Altitude: 100 0 m between Lake Wörthersee and Lake Faaker See, at Distance: with culinary specialities from our top-rated, certifi ed Distance: the foot of the Karawanken Mountains – and here’s Nearest town: Villach 25 km organic cuisine. You’ll stay in tastefully-furnished Nearest town: Radenthein 7 km where you’ll fi nd us too! Start your holiday with a Opening hours: rooms or family apartments. Swimming facilities, Opening hours: seductive breakfast buffet, then home-made pastries May - October, cooked meals served Nivea spa, Tom & Tina’s Children’s World. Extended Open all year round and cakes to sweeten your afternoons, and every daily from 5.30 – 9 p.m., and also half-board includes a large breakfast buffet with evening your landlady, a dedicated cook, will delight from 11.30 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Sundays regional specialities, lunchtime , afternoon Jause your palate with hearty dishes, the products of good and national holidays (snack) with cake, and a choice of evening menu with home cooking. You’ll stay in a cosy, comfortable room salad bar and starter buffet. and enjoy the peace of the well-kept garden, with its Specialities: Cheese and meat from the Nockalm sunbathing lawn, swimming pool and playground. Region. 122 123 WACHSSTUB’N CAFÉ 12 Isabella Marx All catering businesses on the internet KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN So your search always hits the mark KÄRNTEN

Fürstenhofplatz 1 9360 Friesach Tel. +43 (0)676/47 43 411 [email protected] www.wachsstube-friesach.at

See – feel – experience – enjoy! Our Wachsstube Altitude: 634 m (“Wax Parlour”) with its own café is situated in the Distance: historical granary at Fürstenhof. Gain a special insight Direkt in der Stadt Friesach One tip in advance: into the old handicraft of dipping a wick into wax and Opening hours: Too much choice and not a clue? of making a wax taper (candle) by hand. Enjoy your Tuesday to Saturday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., coffee with home-made pastries on our terrace with Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Closed Please note that, due to

Restaurants a view of the lovely castle town of Friesach, or relax Mondays Do you want something in particular, but don’t the pressure of demand Restaurants in our cosy snuggery. In Friesach, a castle is currently know how to fi nd it? This is already a thing at some restaurants, being built using authentic medieval artisan methods. of the past in the Carinthian catering trade: table reservations are for whether you’re looking for specialists in recommended. vegetarian cooking, adore Mediterranean cuisine or simply feel like a pork roast, you’ll defi nitely fi nd it here: www.wogehmahin.info. WIRT IN JUDENDORF 13 Inge Kucher No matter whether inn, pastry shop, party service, snack bar, a current event or pubs with live music – you’ll fi nd anything you fancy here. You’d like to know where the name “wogehmahin.info” comes from? It’s very simple: In Carinthia, someone who wants to go to a pub with friends or business partners simply asks: “Wo geh‘ ma hin?” (“Where shall we go?“) This also applies to any sporting event Judendorferstraße 24 that one may want to watch in a companionable 9500 Villach circle in the pub round the corner. Tel. +43 (0)4242/56 525 At www.wogehmahin.info you’ll also [email protected] fi nd a list of all the pubs www.wirtipage.at which show Sky’s

extensive live sports broadcasts. Here, you At the Wirt in Judendorf, on the edge of Villach, Altitude: 501 m directly at the foot of the local mountain, Mount Distance: can fi nd important Dobratsch, the cycle of the year is marked by the “Wirt Nearest town: Villach 1 km food seasons”. No matter whether it’s “Fish and more” Opening hours: information - such at the beginning of the year, “Wok’s new?” (Carinthian Cooked meals served from 11.30 a.m. as the address, wok dishes) in summer, or the goose season in autumn – 10 p.m. Closed Mondays, and closed – food is always served in creative and diverse style in January for our annual break telephone number at the Wirt. The landlady always makes a point of and opening hours of continuously combining creative innovations with traditional cooking. the nearest bar with a Specialities: Local seasonal products, such as asparagus Sky license. or pumpkin ensure variety in the menu. 124 125 AMA seal of quality ensures authenticity KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN AMA Seal Quality of AMA Seal Quality of

Authenticity and regionalism are now and a pioneering spirit. For the more important than ever for both native restaurant landlord, the certifi cate Carinthians and their guests. Guests no involves a whole series of longer want to be fobbed off with beef from requirements which, however, fi nally Argentina or fi sh from Norway in local inns, bring their reward. “The landlord and increasingly want to enjoy food prepared buys food in a more conscious in a modern style from home-grown products. and selective way. Staff and the Due to increasing globalisation and the trend landlord receive information about towards fast food, the unique features of the identifi cation labels and certifi cates multifaceted Austrian cuisine are threatened of origin and thus acquire extra with a standardisation which must be competence in their sphere of counteracted. Since recently, restaurant infl uence. The guest defi nitely businesses which carry on the cultural legacy appreciates this and will reward the have been awarded the seal of quality of the landlord accordingly,“ emphasises AMA (Austrian agrarian marketing agency). Stephan Mikinovic, the Business This makes it clear that these businesses are Manager of Agrarmarkt Austria not only using traditional recipes, but are (AMA). He estimates that up to 3,000 also certifi ed with regard to the origin of the Austrian businesses will be certifi ed products. In the meantime, many restaurant with the AMA seal of quality. landlords have discovered a commercial power in this message of regionalism which they are eager to harness. The driving force AMA-GASTRO www.ama-gastrosiegel.at behind this power is the confi dence placed iPhone App in local regional products by the guests and consumers. A return to culinary roots, as well www.facebook.com/ama.gastrosiegel as an appreciation of living tradition, together

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Affenberg Monkey Mountain Adventure A real experience for the whole family! Here on the Affenberg (“Monkey Mountain”), you can see monkeys running about free in nature. You aren’t separated from the animals by cages or glass. We walk through the Affenberg with you and explain all about our monkeys, other species of monkey and the social life of these intelligent mammals. Our swimming monkeys are a special attraction for our guests. The monkeys have two ponds where they even dive after feeding- Wayfarer, if you come to Carinthia, you can trust Info time, cool off when it’s hot or just play. One of the offers made by the hoteliers based here. In Wirtschaftskammer Kärnten our major concerns is to make it possible for the turn, this applies, of course, to all other visitors – Fachgruppe Hotellerie Japanese macaques to have a life that is as close - such as swimmers or climbers, culture-lovers T +43 (0)5 90 90 4-625 as possible to living free. Find out all about our Hotel businessHotel Places Interest of or sports fans, business travellers or loungers. wko.at/ktn/hotellerie 131 happy monkeys in a fascinating 45-minute No fewer than 2,000 businesses in the hotel www.kaernten.at guided tour. trade are working in the service of hospitality. Opening times: 1st April to 31st October, daily It’s not just this fi gure which is so impressive, 9.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. but also how widely-spread these businesses 9523 Landskron, Schloßbergweg 18 are: town hotels around the central tourist +43 (0)4242/43 03 75 attractions or quite simply for business people, [email protected] guesthouses in idyllic valleys, holiday hotels in www.affenberg.com sunny lakeside spots or on rugged mountains, guest-pampering oases and wellness hotels, Adventure Water Trail and hotels specialising in gourmets, golfers or in Liebenfels anglers. Carinthia – an offer for each season. ADVENTURE HIKING in the market town of Whether cycling in spring, bathing in summer, Liebenfels spells pure enjoyment for young and old or hiking in the autumn, every season has alike. The ABENTEUER WASSER WEG (ADVENTURE its charm and also its special culinary focus. WATER TRAIL) offers fun, games and exciting For the fi rst time, this travel guide makes it exploration on water, showing you rare natural possible to combine the culinary experiences treasures in guided hikes. WEGKREUZWANDERN across borders, and to “sample” the delights (WAYSIDE CROSS HIKES) and KULTUR-WANDERN (CULTURAL HIKES) take you to special places of this three-country region in the truest of power and to gems of Carinthian folk culture sense of the word. – “Marterln” (wayside shrines). Develop stamina and energy in our CLIMBING GARDEN and LOW We wish you much pleasure in using ROPES COURSE at the foot of LIEBENFELS CASTLE, this practical travel guide, which is whose Castle and Torture Museum are always an indispensable companion worth a visit. We also offer fascinating guided tours for children and adults, according to the on any trip into this region. motto “Experiencing nature and culture through all the senses”.

9556 Liebenfels, Hauptplatz 9 +43 (0)4215/22 16 [email protected] www.gemma-kaernten.com 128 www.liebenfels.at 129 Places of Interest KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

The Three Lakes’ Trail Rosegg Animal Park, Trail for all the senses between mountain Castle & Maze & lake Animal Park Turracher Höhe in the Nockberge Mountains Enjoy an extraordinary day with the whole is an idyllic high plateau at 1,763 m above sea family in the colourful living world of the level. The Turracher Three Lakes’ Trail is an easy, Animal Park. Stroll over sunny meadows and very well sign-posted round hiking trail (about 2 down shady forest paths in the extensive castle hours, 7.2 km), offering you a special opportunity grounds. Explore the large family of animals at to immerse yourself in the natural beauty of the Nockberge Mountains. This trail isn’t a hiking Rosegg, and enjoy watching American bison, trail or a nature trail in the usual sense – it rheas, cheeky Barbary apes, as well as ibex, lynx, roams about in celebration of nature, without Northern bald ibis and rare species of deer. One any fi xed goal, without strict rules, yet offering absolute hit with children is the small animals’ many opportunities to experience nature with zoo around the playground. all your senses. A relaxing 2 to 3 hour walk, with Opening times: 1st April to 2nd November,

Places Interest of the option of a short-cut, awaits the mountain Places Interest of hiker between Lakes , Grünsee and open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Last admissions Schwarzsee. at 5 p.m.

Opening times: May to November Castle The castle has been owned by the Liechtenstein 8864 Turracher Höhe 218 family since 1831. In 1997, the history of the +43 (0)4275/83 92-0 castle began to be shown in a wax fi gure display. [email protected] Experience an exciting journey into the past and www.turracherhoehe.at meet historical fi gures like the Empress Elisabeth, Emperor Franz Josef, Mozart and many more in The Heidi Alm the castle’s display of wax fi gures. Enjoy relaxing Alpine pasture in the castle café. the children’s adventure park Opening times: Beginning of May to the on Mount Falkert beginning of October, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Last admissions at 5.30 p.m. Open daily in July and The Heidi Alm Alpine pasture on Mount Falkert is August, otherwise closed on Mondays. the only family adventure park of its kind, and one of the most popular destinations for young and old. The well-loved story of Heidi has become a Maze magnet for visitors to the Nockberge Mountains, Who dares enter the labyrinth? Who’ll reach the for the small children’s adventure park, in the goal fi rst? Fun and excitement are guaranteed midst of a gnarled old stone pine forest, brings in the 2,400 m² maze, made of over 3,000 these stories to life again in the shape of 120 hornbeams. A tower in the centre serves as an characters from the well-known cartoon series. orientation point. The Heidi Alm Alpine pasture is open from the middle of May to the end of October, and as well as Opening times: Beginning of May to beginning the great stories, there’s still more to experience: of October, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Last a real “Grandfather’s Alpine hut”, a petting zoo, admissions at 5. 30 p.m. Open daily in July and giant slide, fi sh pond for anglers and much more. August, otherwise closed on Mondays

9564 Falkert-Patergassen 9232 Rosegg +43 (0)4275/72 22 +43 (0)4274/52 357 [email protected] +43 (0)4274/30 09 www.heidialm.at [email protected] 130 www.rosegg.at 131 Places of Interest KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

Lollipop Lake Wörthersee The family hit: have fun on 600 m2 ship excursions Welcome on board LOLLIPOP in the ATRIO in Villach truly is a land of adventure for old and young! Here, the daily Experience Lake Wörthersee from a completely programme offers diversion to the heart’s different angle, in all its diversity and beauty. Find content: a giant slide, climbing garden, football out more about Lake Wörthersee‘s architecture, fi eld, trampoline, maze and much more. The culture, celebrities and lots besides. Enjoy the family adventure world is packed with enjoyable adventure of an excursion by ship - with breakfast things for children aged up to 12! on board, or simply choose from our extensive Mum and Dad can either come too or relax and go menu. We sail daily for visitors from the middle of shopping in Carinthia’s largest shopping centre: April to the beginning of October. Start enjoying children aged over 3 can play freely here, even the most beautiful side of Lake Wörthersee now! without being accompanied by an adult.

Opening times: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 7.30 Your own private ship on Lake Wörthersee

Places Interest of p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Also open on Would you like to offer your friends, customers or Places Interest of Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (access via the business partners an unforgettable experience, ATRIO parking deck only). something they’ll be talking about for a very long time? Then surprise your guests with an 9500 Villach, Kärntner Straße 34 adventure on the “high seas” and their enthusiasm +43 (0)4242/37 760 will really make waves! We have the right ship for [email protected] any occasion. Check out our offer for yourself www.lollipop-atrio.at and take the opportunity of planning a unique experience in a very special setting. Tscheppaschlucht Gorge 9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Friedelstrand 3 in Ferlach +43 (0)463/21 155 [email protected] The Tscheppaschlucht Gorge is a unique natural www.woertherseeschifffahrt.at experience near Ferlach, Austria’s southernmost town. On the hike, visitors experience the primeval power of the plunging water and the bright magnifi cence of rare fl owers. Anyone can hike through the gorge. A mountain track (with a safe railing) leads you over wooden walkways Kenny Bear Land and bridges, past roaring waters and waterfalls. Experience a close encounter Attractions: the Tschaukofall Waterfall, Felsentor with a brown bear! (“Rock Gate”) and Teufelsbrücke (“Devil’s Bridge”). Cosy guesthouses await at the end of the hike. Kenny Bear Land is an extensive 5,750 m² habitat, On average, we have about 80,000 visitors per where Kenny the brown bear has lived since 1992. year and are thus one of the TOP destinations for It‘s mainly made up of forest, a large swimming excursions – and not only in the Alpine-Adriatic pool, high seats and a lot more – all the things a bear Region. likes best. Visitors watch a short fi lm showing Kenny Opening times: Open daily from beginning of as a cub, experience feeding him directly from hand May to 26th October, recommended hiking times to muzzle, and go on a guided tour through the bear are between 8.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. forest. Please book in advance! 9170 Ferlach, Sponheimer Platz 1 9585 Müllern/Villach, Lindnerweg 7 Tel.: +43 (0)4227/26 00-37 +43 (0)660/16 62 006 [email protected] [email protected] 132 www.ferlach.at www.kenny-bear.com 133 Places of Interest KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN

Klagenfurter Hütte Alpine Hut ...certainly the loveliest destination for excursions in the Karawanken Mountains

You’ll fi nd the Klagenfurter Hütte framed by craggy rock faces, nestling among the gentle green meadows of the Matschacher Alm Alpine pasture, at 1,664 m above sea level. The journey here leads from Feistritz in the Rosental valley and over the romantic Bärental valley by car (car park), then continues on foot for about another 1.5 hours until you reach the hut. Getting there via the Bodental valley, you can reach the hut in about 2 hours from the Bodenbauer guesthouse, going via the Märchenwiese meadow, the

Places Interest of Ogrisalm Alpine pasture and the Stinzesteig Places Interest of mountain track. The Klagenfurter Hütte offers two comfortable dining rooms, each with seating for about 50 guests, a spacious panorama terrace and, naturally, ample accommodation for overnight stays. The Klagenfurter Hütte is a great starting point for idyllic hiking or climbing tours up to heights such as Mt. Hochstuhl (2237 m), which can be reached in about 2.5 hours via the Klettersteig track, or about 2 hours via the Bielschitzasattel saddle. Mt. Klagenfurter Spitze (2116 m) can be reached in about 3 hours via the Kaminreihe route, or about 2 hours via the hiking trail. Also Mt. Bielschitza (1958 m, 1 hour), Mt. Vertatscha (2181 m, about 2.5 hours) or Mt. Geissberg/Kosiak (2024 m, about 1 hour). Stop by for a visit! Let “Schütte”, the hut landlord, pamper you with delicious food after a hike. Only meat and vegetables produced by farmers from the region are used. Bacon and sausages are made by the hut landlord himself. A well- assorted wine cellar, keg beer and different varieties of schnapps from local farmers are innovations of which we’re especially proud. We’re also gladly at your service for birthdays or other celebrations for up to 50 people (please book in good time).

Opening times: Open without a break from beginning of May to end of October. Open every weekend in winter (Saturday, Sunday) and from 26th December to 2nd January. Open at Easter, depending on snow and weather conditions. +43 (0)664/22 02 929 +43 (0)664/49 15 044 044 (Hut telephone) [email protected] 134 www.klagenfurterhuette.at 135 Carinthia, land of horses KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN KÄRNTEN Carinthia, land of horses of land Carinthia, horses of land Carinthia,

It’s impossible to imagine the farming world of breeding events – you can visit top-quality Carinthia without it: the horse is traditional - equestrian events all year round. The whether a hard-working workhorse, proud following are partners of the “Pferdeland steed or simply a beloved pet. The “Pferdeland Kärnten” umbrella brand: Urlaub am Kärnten” (“Carinthia, land of horses”) platform Bauernhof (Farm Holidays), Reit Eldorado combines all areas concerning horses - from Kärnten (Carinthian riding association), Pferdeland Kärnten tourist advertising to the training of horses and Landespferdezuchtverband Kärnten Hauptplatz 23 riders, and from horse-breeding to equestrian (Carinthian horse-breeding association), 9300 St. Veit an der Glan sports. For more than one hundred years, Landwirtschaftliche Fachschule Stiegerhof +43 (0)4212/28 880-6939 Carinthian enterprises have devoted themselves (Stiegerhof agricultural school), +43 (0)664/28 31 564 to horse-breeding. Breeds like the Noriker, Landesfachverband für Pferdesport offi [email protected] Hafl inger and Warmblood, which are bred in (regional equestrian sport association), www.pferdelandkaernten.at accordance with very strict criteria, are Pferd Austria (equestrian association), distinguished by their good character, and the Ländliches Fortbildungsinstitut willingness to perform and well-formed (rural further training institute), appearance. A pleasant landscape and good which offers a riding instructor horses make riding lessons a pleasure. Riding training schools with specially-trained, meek-tempered programme. horses offer a gentle introduction to riding and a sound further training. Trail riders also see their dreams come true in Carinthia: riding stables offer impressive trail rides. In Alpine rides up to the tree line in the National Park Hohe Tauern, nature and the animal merge into one unforgettable experience. In Carinthia, land of horses, there’s always something going 136 on: show jumping, dressage riding, horse- 137