Excursions around Lake Weissensee

Adventures in your holiday in Carinthia

Nature Park educational trail: Have fun and experience something new around the Weissensee Nature Park. Booking in case of bad weather by (prior) appointment. (Weissensee Information Office, phone: +43 (0)4713/2220)

Bavarian curling on the Weissensee asphalt track.
In bad weather, and upon request (Weissensee Information Office, phone: +43 (0)4713/2220

City trips - Excursion tips for your holiday

Hermagor (23 km)

A lovely small city that is always worth the trip. Stop at cafés and pastry shops. Enjoy sport at the ninepins alley and the Flaschberger tennis hall (phone: +43 (4282) 2020).

Gailtal Local History Museum in the Schloss Möderndorf castle near Hermagor, phone: +43 (4282) 3060.

Spittal/Drau (47 km)

Schloss Porcia and its local history museum is always worth a visit; phone: +43 (4762) 5650 220.

Shopping centre with Cineplexx cinema near the railway station; phone: +43 (4762) 46555.

Lienz (50 km)

A lovely old town with Italian charm invites you to stroll and shop. See a movie at the Cine-X cinema; phone: +43 (4852) 67111. Lienz is great for anyone interested in culture. Why not visit Schloss Bruck; phone: +43 (4852) 62580.

Villach (70 km)

Great shopping in Carinthia’s largest shopping city, Atrio. The Villach city centre has easy-going, pedestrian-only areas that are great for walking. See Villach art and culture at the Villach City Museum, phone: +43 (4242) 2053535.

Tarvisio/Italy (70 km)

This city just across the border has a beautiful market featuring jeans and leather goods. The popular market is great no matter what the weather is like thanks to its beautiful wooden construction! Open daily year-round.

 

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More attractions nearby: 

  • Mining Museum, 9671 Greifenburg/Gnoppnitz (13 km away), phone: +43 (4712) 8704
  • Climbing park Greifenburg, 9671 Greifenburg (13 km away), phone: +43 (664) 121 28 99
  • Pfarrstadel Irschen House of Herbs, 9773 Irschen (27 km away), phone: +43 (4710) 23772
  • Roman Museum Teurnia, 9811 Lendorf (38 km away), phone: +43 (4762) 33807
  • Baldramsdorf Carinthian Crafts Museum, 9805 Baldramsdorf (42 km away), phone: +43 (4762) 7140
  • Tressdorfer Alm dairy, 9620 Sonnenalpe Nassfeld (42 km away), phone: +43 (4285) 8181
  • Carinthian Fishery Museum at Millstätter See, 9871 Seeboden (45 km away), phone: +43 (4762) 81669
  • Bonsai Museum, 9871 Seeboden (45 km away), phone: +43 (4762) 81947
  • Europe’s largest torture museum at Burg Sommeregg, 9871 Seeboden (48 km away), phone: +43 (4762) 81391
  • Terra Mystica & Terra Montana, 9531 Bleiberg-Nötsch (49 km away), phone: +43 (4244) 2255
  • Porsche and Auto Museum Helmut Pfeifhofer, 9853 Gmünd (54 km away), phone: +43 (4732) 2471
  • Gmünd City Tower Gallery, 9853 Gmünd (54 km away), phone: +43 (4732) 221524
  • Sagamundo – House of Tales, 9873 Döbriach/Millstätter See (58 km away), phone: +43 (4246) 76666
  • Feld am See Alpen Wildlife Park/petting zoo; indoor fish museum and grizzly world,
  • Villach Auto Museum, 9500 Villach (70 km away), phone: +43 (4242) 25530
  • Nockalm Reptile Zoo, 9564 Patergassen (77 km away), phone: +43 (4275) 231
  • Pankratium Gmünd (55 km away), phone: +43 (0)4732-31144