Carinthian Lakes Tour

Strasswirt - Hermagor - Weissbriach - Techendorf - Greifenburg - Lendorf - Lieserhofen - Spittal/Drau - Seeboden - Döbriach - Radenthein - Feld am See - Arriach - Himmelberg - Feldkirchen - Treffen - Weissenstein - Stockenboi - Windische Höhe - Hermagor - Strasswirt

From Strasswirt (Danz) the route leads to Hermagor and over the Weissensee federal road via Gitschtal to Weissbriach. From here you cycle along a well-maintained road to the Kreuzberg (1077 m). From there, descend to the Weissensee junction. Turn right here and after a few kilometres you reach the lake. Cycle through the villages until you reach Techendorf, where you turn right over the pier and then left. Continue along the beach until you reach Naggl. The road divides immediately after the village sign for Naggl. One leads along the lake and one leads up to Obernaggl. Take the road to Obernaggl and continue until you reach the wayside shrine. From here you have a wonderful view over the fjord-like lake. Take the same route back until you reach the main road. Now you cycle down into the Drau valley, over the Drau bridge and into the village of Greifenburg. In the village, turn right at the junction with the main road 100 and continue to Steinfeld, Sachsenburg and Lendorf. Cycle through the village of Lendorf until you reach the slip road to the motorway on the right.

Here you turn left into a side road to Lieserhofen. Take this road to Karlsdorf, turn right to Lurnbichel and continue until you turn left under the motorway to Lieserhofen and the Liesertal-Bundesstrasse 99. Here you turn right towards Spittal. At the crossroads before the Lieserschlucht gorge, turn left towards Seeboden and Lake Millstättersee. Cycle along the lake to Döbriach and on to Radenthein. Cycle through this town until you reach the roundabout, which you only go halfway round, and continue to Feld am See. The lake is called Brennsee and you continue to Afritzer See. After the village of Afritz, after a few kilometres you come to the turn-off to Arriach (geographical centre of Carinthia). Turn left here. Follow this road via Innerteuchen, Ausserteuchen to Himmelberg. In Himmelberg, turn right at the Bundesstrasse 95 and continue to Feldkirchen. At the first set of traffic lights, turn right again and continue to Ossiachersee. Drive through the lakeside villages of Steindorf, Bodensdorf and Annenheim until you reach the Treffen roundabout. Turn right here towards Treffen. After Treffen, turn left into the Krastal valley. This connection between the Gegental and Drautal valleys is crossed as far as the village of Puch. In Puch, turn right towards Weissenstein and Feistritz/Drau. In Feistritz, cross the Drau bridge and continue to the crossroads to Paternion. Turn right and continue to the village sign for Nikelsdorf, where the turn-off to the eastern shore of Lake Weissensee or to Zlan and Stockenboi leads off to the left. Turn onto this road and continue to the eastern shore of Lake Weissensee. On the way back, after about three kilometres, take the turn-off to the right via Weissenbach, Forchtensee and Boden to Kreuzen. At the crossroads in Kreuzen, turn right and ride down over the Windische Höhe (1110 m) to the Gailtal main road 111. Turn right and ride past Lake Pressegger to Hermagor and the Strasswirt.

Special features of the " Small Lakes Tour "

The Carinthian lakes all have drinking water quality.

At over 900 metres, the Weißer See is the highest bathing lake in the Alps.

Lake Millstätter See is the deepest lake in Carinthia. A little tip - in Döbriach at the "Sittlinger" the BEST ice cream sundaes!!!

Lake Pressegger See is one of the warmest bathing lakes. After Lake Neusiedl, it has the largest reed belt (landscape protection area).