Carinthia

Best travel reports from Carinthia

Balkan Trip from Germany to Albania - Day 1 – Relaxing through Austria

This morning, our road trip began towards Albania! After an obligatory stop at the gas station, we enjoyed a hearty German breakfast – Strammer Max with coffee, to start the day...

Hirnkopf

Good morning ☀️ Austria 🇦🇹 Today’s morning - sunshine, slightly cloudy at 6 degrees. It was a bit fresh for the ladies in the roof tent. 😀 But the sleep was very restful and...

Off to the south

Thank you Ines, your limoncello helped. When I pulled back the curtains this morning: sunshine and a clear view of the mountains. After about 4 km, we had to travel 8 km through...

Stomach upset

24 August 23 Feistritzer Alm > Egger Alm After a good night and again wonderful weather I woke up early. Packed and all the preparations for a stage done, Hans surprised me...

Villach

Old city wall

Siegesgeheul und Tschüss!

A so a Hund der Mangart! Im Frühjahr ist die Strassn mit Schnee und Eis veredelt und jetzt im Sommer ist der letzte Kilometer einfach mit fetten Felsen gepflastert. Aber es...

Four days on the road: crossing the Alps, music and yoga

The Alpine nation offers more than just Almdudler. Besides a little swimming trip, we had a musical jam session and a yoga class in store for us.

From Munich to Heiligenblut

If I talked about mountains in the previous post, I want to revise my words! The ones in these pictures are MOUNTAINS! Mountains that pushed Bobby and me to the edge of our...

Alpe Adria Cycle Path: from Möllbrücke to Villach

Today we must reach Villach so that we can visit a bike workshop on Monday. Maria lost the Pitlock key and we wouldn't be able to fix a flat tire as we can't remove either the...

Stage 5: Klagenfurt and the lakes

We are a bit behind in reporting, which is partly because we were quite lazy in the evenings and didn't feel like writing. Also, the Wi-Fi connections in the accommodations were...

First stop in Austria

After today’s start at 5:30 AM, we are now in Austria (Zederhaus). The long lunch break, playing at the playground, and the movement are doing us really good. ☺️ Not long now, and...

Day 20 Millstätter See, Gmünd and Gnadenalm

Since the weather is supposed to be good today, we want to cycle around Lake Millstatt before we continue towards home. Through Millstatt, Seeboden (where I used to...

Ciclovia Alpe-Adria - Stage 3

Bad Gastein - Mallnitz - Spittal an der Drau - Villach (approx. 98km) - Rather than overestimating ourselves, we decided to complete the next two official stages in one go,...

Stages 2 and 3: Lienz-Greifenburg-Spittal/Drau

The next two stages can be summarized well and they include several highlights. First, the weather was predicted to be pretty lousy, so we prepared for the worst - but it turned...

Day 18 Journey from Croatia through Slovenia and Italy to Austria

We start around 11 am from the campsite after swimming or jogging and having breakfast. The relaxed days here with a view of the sea were beautiful. We drive on country...

Stippvisite in Kärnten - 5.7.2021

Bereits im Winter, rund um die Weihnachtszeit und Silvester, haben wir die dunklen Tage für ausgiebige Recherchen genutzt, Reiseführer geblättert, Bloggs durchstöbert und nach...

Tag 1 - Austria (Millstätter See)

The adventure has begun, there is no turning back now. Over 4,500 kilometers and 16 days in the tightest space, 4 guys lie ahead of us. Let's go.

The last days in Carinthia

Quickly they were over, the last days at home. The Gegendtal from above We enjoyed the beautiful nature, traditional Carinthian customs (such as the Easter fire) with our...

st. johann - spittal an der drau and with the train through the mountain

We woke up at six in the morning to have some more time. The plan worked out in principle, but we still didn't leave until after eight o'clock. The weather was initially quite...

Day 19 From Faaker See to Millstätter See with a golf stop

Today we start towards Kleinkirchheim to play golf. Faaker See We take the Nockalmstraße. Nockalmstrasse A beautiful golf course, but the one in South Tyrol was even more...

Rückreiseverkehr

As much as we don't want to, we must now unfortunately start our return journey slowly. The vacation is coming to an end and we still have several kilometers ahead of us to get...

Day 12 - from Möllbrücke to Kranjska Gora

Done, the Alps are behind us (but plenty of other mountains ahead ...). The last pass was called Wurzenpass, it was so steep (up to 18%) that we had to push for almost 2 hours....

Etappe 4: Spittal/Drau - Villach

We found this section, well, a bit monotonous. Although there were some beautiful sections along the river, the long stretches parallel to the highway with the accompanying noise...

Day 11 - from Taxenbach to Möllbrücke

We have arrived on the southern side of the Alps! The ascent from the Salzachtal to Böckstein near Bad Gastein (it feels like Emperor FRANZ and Sissi will come around the...

Klagenfurt on Lake Wörthersee

Our week in Klagenfurt

Faaker See

Before heading over the border to Slovenia and into the Soccatal tomorrow morning, there's still a nice stop in Austria today: swimming, relaxing, and boating at Faaker See

Alpine crossing

The tour today was great again. Very beautiful routes through beautiful valleys. Then over the Hohe Tauern to Villach. My sister and her family are camping with a caravan there....

Plöckpass Round and continue to Venezia

Pentecost Sunday ... We have walked a beautiful route up to 1870 m, unfortunately the fog has thwarted our planned return 😅 so once again back Nevertheless, great experience...