Your vacation – not boring at all! One place – several opportunities! Centrally located to the Carinthian cycling route network, sports facilities of the Villach region, surrounding lakeland area and ski slopes on the mountain Gerlitzen next door, we can offer a lot to you to explore. Here is an overview: „Fun Court“: sports fields for playing volley-, basket- and football sports and leisure rooms: table tennis (summer & winter), in-house disco seminar and event rooms free Wi-Fi barbecue evenings swimming pool in summer bicycle rental service „Vit's for Fun“: vitamin / juice bar all of this and much more… Rooms Perfectly equipped for youth and sports groups, school classes, family vacationers, self-caterers or for a stopover! comfortable multi-bed rooms (all with bath/WC or shower / WC) breakfast, full or half board at option Wi-Fi and satellite-TV rooms with access to the terrace or garden non-smoking rooms convenient teachers‘ and supervisors‘ rooms (single rooms) pets are welcome! Multifunctional rooms seminar rooms for 60 - 80 people equipped with: 3 flip-charts screen & beamer 2 DVD & 2 video players event rooms for small groups & group work sports- and leisure rooms for e.g. table tennis or evening events (disco, parties, etc.) Meals We place great emphasis on a healthy diet! We provide customised menu offers and meal times for sports groups upon request. breakfast buffet with a „healthy food corner“ daily salad buffet „Vit‘s for Fun“: fruits- or vegetables buffet & drinks for free during the day vegetarian / vegan food barbecue in summer lunch boxes for all-day sports activities & excursions Leisure & Entertainment We offer a lot of opportunities for a variety of leisure activities and entertainment directly at our hostel! disco equipment (2 CD changers, connections for laptops, MP3 & mobile phones, TV, video, DVD, beamer) rooms for karaoke, celebrations & parties internet corner, Wi-Fi table soccer or table tennis (summer & winter) pool party: heated outdoor swimming pool from the beginning of May – perfect for small competitions, splashing around , having fun, etc. „Fun Court“ – for volley-, basketball, football tournaments bicycle rental service directly at the hotel Programmes & Camps Check out new kinds of sports or improve in a specific sports activity! In cooperation with the local professional for youth activities - Holiday Shuttle and sports schools. Proposals for the programme are individually compiled for you: Project weeks - professional support for planning and carrying out projects Professional & trial courses in horse riding, tennis, climbing, golf, mountain biking Unlimited basketball, volleyball, football, badminton & baseball plays as well as inline skating (skate park and ramps nearby) Skateboards and scooters (kickboards) for rent Jogging – alone or under guidance Cycling (bicycle rental, tours with special cycling route maps) Horse riding in a different way (English und Western style) and much else… Sports Camps Youth Hostel Egger is the ideal location for ANY kind of sports around Villach! Sports Camps We arrange every year, summer and winter, in cooperation with the local sports partners the use of sports grounds & halls, stadiums and the participation in competitions for you. Football Camps (partner: Sportcamps Austria) Orienteering Camps (partner: Army Sports Association of the Villach region) Basketball Camps Tennis Camps Ice-hockey Camps Ski jumping and cross-country skiing in the Alpine Arena of Villach the whole year Health & Weight Loss Camp Two experienced partners for Your Health & Weight Loss Camp in summer. Our partners HIP-TEENS and F-I-T („Fit-Intelligently-Trained“) carry out health projects for overweight children, adolescents and adults and are specialists for weight loss, fitness & health coaching. Health & Weight Loss Camp Cornerstones many years of experience unique medical, sports scientific and adventurous concepts warranty for a long-term healthy lifestyle medical Treatment (at F-I-T) nutrition classes: changing wrong eating habits targeted exercises to support weight loss funny, game-oriented and adventurous exercise programmes mental trainings: supporting the loss of weight and change of attitudes detailed hand-outs and recipes for continuing with the diet programme at home after finishing the camp information session for parents about healthy exercising and nutrition continued support by F-I-T forum & HIP-TEENS after the camp Summer Sports-Weeks Summer Sports Centre, Surfing and Sailing School in Annenheim The Summer Sports Centre and its partners ensure with more than 20 years of experience in school sports a professional and smooth process of your sports weeks. The unique location between the mountain Gerlitzen and lake Ossiach, provides one of the most beautiful sceneries for various activities and adventures! Summer Sports-Weeks All kinds of sports at one place in Annenheim. No transport to different sports facilities needed. Daily sports courses at your option. Major sporting disciplines - offer sailing, surfing, catsailing, kayaking, mountain-biking, playing tennis, riding horses, stand-up paddling Attractive framework programme: forest climbing, travelling by boat, minigolf, summer tobogganing, visiting Landskron Castle Link: school sports offer, prices & infos on sports activities of the Summer Sports Centre, Surfing and Sailing School in Annenheim Language Camps Language courses with our partner LEARNING EVENTS – Experience- oriented teaching methods true to the motto „learning with all senses“! learning foreign languages by doing and experiencing in uncommon surroundings and real life situations methods and principals: action and competence oriented learning and teaching, learning from real-life situations, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) Language courses for English, Romance and Slavic languages „German as a foreign language" for participants from abroad Surrounding Our near neighbourhood offers everything what makes a nature lover’s, recreationist’s and sports enthusiast’s heart beat faster! Swimming The hotel-owned, heated pool is at your disposal from the beginning of May. However, you may also swim in the beautiful, surrounding lakes and in the very near neighbourhood you will find recreation (spa & fitness) in the Carinthian spa resort WarmbadVillach . Surrounding Distance to the lakes Lake Magdalenen (Magdalenensee) - 1km Lake Ossiach (Ossiacher See) - 3km Lake Faak (Faaker See) - 9km Lake Silber (Silbersee) - 2km Lake Wörth (Wörthersee) - 15km Other water sports activities surfing – sailing – kayaking – diving – waterski – banana boat – swim tubes – wakeboard – canoe – rafting – fishing – water polo Surrounding Cycling Centrally located to the Carinthian cycling route network, our hostel is the perfect starting point for your cycling tours. We‘ll organise the bicycle rental for you. Cycling route network in Villach • Jausenradweg trail along the Lake Ossiach • Drauradweg trail • Cycling route network of the Villach area (120km well paved) Surrounding Mountain World hiking – tobogganing – paragliding – skiing – recreation Almost in front of the hostel’s door (3 km) you’ll find the mountain Gerlitzen, which is not only known to be a paradise for hiking, tobogganing, paragliding, skiing and recreation, but also to give visitors the most beautiful panoramic view of the region. Moreover, the mountains ‘Dobratsch’, ‘Mittagskogel’, ‘OssiacherTauern’ and ‘Kärntner Nockberge’ invite to a hike all those ones seeking for inspiring mountain and lake adventures. Surrounding Mountain World Hiking The Villach region presents to visitors marvellous mountain landscapes which invite them for a hike in direct vicinity. Overnight stays in mountain huts are also mostly provided. More information on hiking tours around Villach you‘ll find on the website of the Villach Region. Tobogganing Tobogganing, rolling, driving racing cars in summer and winter – is a lot of fun for the young and the old on tracks! Toboggan runs: in Ossiach, racing cars on the mountain Gerlitzen, in the alpine arena of Villach Skiing Stunning ski slopes right at the next door – on the mountain Gerlitzen (3km) and another four fabulous skiing resorts are within easy reach as well (Bad Kleinkirchheim, Dreiländer-Eck, Kranjska Gora, Tarvis, Monte Lussari). Popular destinations In and around our hostel you have the possibility to experience a lot of things! Here is an overview of the greatest sights and destinations: Popular Destinations Wild parks & safari experiences Fortresses & castles Affenberg („Monkey Mountain“) Landskron castle Eagle Airshows Hochosterwitz Castle Reptile zoo Happ Castle Friesach - Burgbau Knights‘ games and Torture Museum Alpine wild park - Feld am See – Castle Sommeregg Finkenstein Castle Ruins Museums & open-air museums Museum of Mushrooms Nature adventures Doll museum of Villach Observatory in Gerlitzen Porsche museum in Gmünd Planetarium in Klagenfurt Villach Automotive Museeum Adventure mine „Terra Mystica“ in Bad Bleiberg Obir Dripstone Caves Boat trips & cruises Cruise on the Drau river Leisure parks Cruise on the lake Ossiach theme park Minimundus Cruise on the lake Wörth Price list For groups: Prices for at least 21 participants and a minimum stay of 6 days Half board: EUR 28,80 to 34,60 p.p. full board: EUR 34,80 to 41,80 p.p. 1 person stays for free for every 21 paying participants! (individual offers upon request) For private guests: Bed and breakfast at a price of EUR 37,- p.p. Half-