CARINTHIAN LAKE LOOP: SPORTIVE OR E-BIKE CYCLING TOUR Past a Varied Landscape to the Most Beautiful Lakes Page 1 of 4

Bicycle holiday CARINTHIAN LAKE LOOP: SPORTIVE OR E-BIKE CYCLING TOUR Past a varied landscape to the most beautiful lakes Page 1 of 4

Kärnten Werbung / Edward Gröger

DESCRIPTION

AUSTRIA The Carinthian Lake Loop is a 375 km long cycle tour to the most beautiful lakes of Carinthia. Past blue and turquoise lakes, accompanied by a hilly and mountainous landscape, the route fascinates with a varied Lake landscape. The Mediterranean influence in the south of Austria makes Millstätter cycling a pleasure from April to October. The original tour is a cycle See Lake Millstatt tour for sporty, more ambitious and experienced cyclists, cyclists with Weißen- Lake see Ossiacher a couple of slopes to overcome and partially leading several kilometers See Lake along paved roads with some traffic. The cycle tour takes you from Klagenfurt Klopeiner Villach See Villach, the cycling capital of Carinthia, to Lake Millstätter See, Lake Lake Wörthersee Weißensee, Lake Pressegger See, Lake Faaker See and via the Keutscha- Lake cher Seental Valley with 4 lakes to the provincial capital of Klagenfurt Presegger Lake Rosegg/ See Faaker Mühlbach and to Lake Klopeiner See. See

ITALY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROUTE

SLOVENIA This tour leads mostly on well laid out bicycle routes, often directly along the lakesides. In some sections the route leads along federal roads without a cycle path. In addition, there is a long slope on the route to Lake Weißensee to overcome (transfer optional). The rest of the route is mainly flat, sometimes slightly hilly. The route is ideal for E-bikes. self-guided tour

bicycle holiday

DIFFICULTY: medium

DURATION: 8 days / 7 nights

DISTANCE: approx. 375 km

Alps 2 Adria Touristik OG Bahnhofplatz 2, 9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee • Carinthia, Austria • +43 677 62642760 • [email protected] • www.alps2adria.info CARINTHIAN LAKE LOOP: SPORTIVE OR E-BIKE CYCLING TOUR Page 2 of 4

A DAY BY DAY ACCOUNT OF THE ROUTE

Day 1: Arrival Individual arrival at the starting-hotel in Villach. Parking place close to the hotel available.

Day 2: Villach – Lake Faaker See – Lake Wörthersee – Klagenfurt (approx. 60 km) You start in Villach and through the small town the way leads out in the direction of Lake Faaker See, the emerald among the Carin- thian lakes, not very big, but very warm and turquoise like the Caribbean. You will circumnavigate the lake from south to east and then drive along the Drava cycle path and via the Lake Wörthersee north shore to Klagenfurt.

Day 3: Klagenfurt – Grafenstein – Lake Klopeiner See – Drava cycle path – Rosegg / Mühlbach (approx. 80 km) In the morning you start in Klagenfurt and cycle on a flat route towards Lake Klopeiner See. Do not miss a ride around the lake before continuing along the Drava cycle path directly on the water, crossing untouched nature until the final destination of this stage.

Day 4: Rosegg / Mühlbach – Villach – Lake Ossiacher See – Villach (approx. 60 km) The first section follows the Drava cycle path, a quite pleasant start, mostly along the river. Before you reach Villach you turn to the Lake Ossiacher See and initially follow the creek. Soon you will notice the castle ruin of Landskron, dominating the valley below. Surrounded by the idyllic mountain scenery, you will come across inviting bathing resorts and the romantic Ossiach monastery. The dark green colour of the lake water is really special. From the Lake Ossiacher See you cycle a short distance along the Drava cycle path upriver to your destination Villach.

Day 5: Villach – Gegendtal Valley – Millstatt (approx. 60 km) In the morning the bike tour takes you again out of Villach and into the vicinity of Lake Ossiacher See. You then change onto the cycle path in the direction of Lake Millstätter See, which leads through the so-called Gegendtal Valley past the two small idyllic lakes Lake Afritzer See and Lake Brennsee and the small town of Radenthein to the eastern shore of Lake Millstätter See. After that there are a few more kilometers directly along the lake to reach today‘s destination Millstatt.

Day 6: Millstatt – Spittal an der Drau – Lake Weissensee east bank – Lake Pressegger See (approx. 60 km) You start at Lake Millstätter See and continue through the Lieserschlucht gorge to the district town of Spittal an der Drau with it’s beautiful renaissance castle of Porcia. Then follow the Drava cycle path downstream and continue on the federal road up to the Lake Weißensee (transfer optional). Once you reach the top, you cross over by boat, as there is no road connection to the eastern shore. There you start with a short slope before turning downhill again along the dreamy Gitschtal Valley, to the small town of Hermagor and then to Lake Pressegger See.

Day 7: Lake Pressegger See – Villach (approx. 55 km) Your bike tour will take you along the Gailtal Valley cycle path. The wide valley is mainly untouched and the cycle path crosses the natural landscape along the river. At the beginning of this trip, you pass the Lake Pressegger See. Like all Carinthian lakes, it is a bathing lake with warm temperatures. Before reaching Villach, part of the trip leads through a nature reserve at the foot of the majestic Dobratsch mountain, formed by a gigantic historic landslide. You cycle directly along the river Gail, which is wide and flat at this point - an inviting bathing place for many nature lovers.

Day 8: Departure Individual departure or possibility to extend your stay.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Classification of the cycle tour: self-guided tour Duration: 8 days / 7 nights Distance: approx. 375 km Starting point: Villach

ARRIVAL By car: Villach is easily accessible on the motorways A2, A10 or A11 (depending on the point of origin). By train: Good train connections to Villach. Timetables: www.deutschebahn.de, www.oebb.at, www.trenitalia.com By plane: Airports Klagenfurt, Salzburg and Ljubljana. There are good train connections from all these cities to your starting point.

ACCOMMODATION Inns and hotels in 3- and 4-star-category // Attention: Tourist tax – if requested – has to be paid on the spot.

PARKING Depending on the first hotel, unattended parking facilities are available either directly at your hotel or nearby (for the first night) // Public parking garage (approx. € 35.00 per week). // Reservation of the parking area / parking garage not possible; payable on the spot.

RENTAL BIKES 21-gears women‘s or men‘s bicycle // E-bike (unisex bike, 500 W battery; range up to 100 km)

INCLUDED SERVICES NOT INCLUDED SERVICES

• Accommodation in inns and hotels in 3- and 4-star-category • Arrival to the starting point of the tour • Breakfast buffet or full breakfast • Departure at the end of the tour • Personal tour information • Drinks, tourist tax and all extras • Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel • Lunch, Dinner • Boat ticket according to the program • Not mentioned entries • Well planned routes • Rental bikes and travel insurance • Detailed documents (maps, route description, places to visit, • All not expressly mentioned under the item “Included services” important telephone numbers) • Telephone service hotline for the entire tour

STARTING DATES 2021

ARRIVAL Every Saturday: 24/04/2021 (first available date) to 02/10/2021 (last available date) Additionally every Wednesday: in June, July and August

DISABLED DATES (no start possible!) 01/08/2021 up to and including 08/08/2021 // 07/09/2021 up to and including 12/09/2021

NON SCHEDULE ARRIVAL DATES Minimum of 5 persons upon request!

PRICES 2021

SELF-GUIDED TOUR Package price per person in a double room incl. breakfast - arrival days 24/04/2021 and 02/10/2021 € 589.00 Package price per person in a double room incl. breakfast € 689.00 Single room surcharge, per person € 139.00 High season* surcharge, per person € 49.00 ADDITIONAL SERVICES Rental Bike € 75.00 Rental Bike TOP € 119.00 E-bike € 169.00 EXTRA NIGHTS IN VILLACH Per person and night in a double room incl. breakfast € 59.00 Single room surcharge, per person € 17.00

* High season: arrival dates from 19/06/2021 up to and including 12/09/2021 We suggest travel insurance. Changes in the offer as well as errors, printing errors and arithmetic errors reserved!

Alps 2 Adria Touristik OG Bahnhofplatz 2, 9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee • Carinthia, Austria • +43 677 62642760 • [email protected] • www.alps2adria.info