The Most Beautiful Sights in Carinthia

Ossiach Abbey on Lake Ossiach
Between Hochosterwitz Castle and warm bathing lakes, Carinthia inspires with alpine landscapes, family-friendly trip destinations and nature experiences in the mountains.

Carinthia combines nature and culture between mountains, alpine pastures and lakes. Castles and palaces, historic old towns, monasteries and museums tell of the eventful history of southern Austria. At the same time, bathing lakes, waterfalls, gorges and gorges characterise the landscape. In the Hohe Tauern National Park and the Nockberge Biosphere Reserve, a wide range of natural spaces and wide views open up.

Carinthia offers numerous excursion destinations for families: mountain railways lead to adventure worlds and themed trails, summer toboggan runs provide speed. Zoos and wildlife parks make the diversity of the animal world come alive, while hiking trails and nature trails invite you to discover them together. Carinthia combines culture, landscape and family experiences in a relaxed way.

Art & culture in Carinthia

Modern museums, historic town squares, tranquil abbeys

Carinthia's sights tell of an eventful history between the Alps and lakes. Castles and palaces are enthroned on hills or nestled in gentle landscapes, while monasteries and monasteries provide insights into centuries-old culture. Historic buildings and old towns characterise cities such as Klagenfurt or Friesach with their narrow streets and squares. Museums preserve regional traditions, art and crafts and combine the past with the present. Carinthia does not show its cultural sights as a backdrop, but as lively places full of stories.

Hochosterwitz Castle meets Lindwurm

Nature experiences in Carinthia

Turquoise lakes, an alpine national park and a waterfall

Carinthia combines warm bathing lakes with alpine mountains and wide panoramas. Between the national park and the biosphere reserve, landscapes that are shaped by water unfold: clear lakes, rushing waterfalls as well as gorges and gorges that are cut deep into the rock. Hiking trails lead over gentle hills as well as into the high mountains. At the lakes, summery lightness meets nature experiences in the Alps. Carinthia thus shows a landscape full of contrasts - calm and powerful at the same time.

Lake Wörthersee meets Großglockner High Alpine Road

Family highlights in Carinthia

Places to visit with children

Carinthia combines nature experiences with family-friendly excursion destinations. Mountain railways lead up to themed trails with play stations and wide views. Summer toboggan runs provide speed, while adventure worlds, zoos and wildlife parks bring children closer to nature. Between lakes and mountains, adventures for all ages await - from animal watching to interactive adventure spaces. This makes Carinthia a place to discover together: outdoors, varied and with plenty of space for unforgettable family moments.

Minimundus meets adventure park and monkey mountain

FAQs

Carinthia's well-known cultural sights include Hochosterwitz Castle, Gurk Cathedral and historic monasteries such as St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavant Valley and Millstatt Abbey. In Klagenfurt, the Lindwurm Fountain, Alter Platz and the Museum of Modern Art Carinthia characterise the cultural cityscape.

Carinthia's well-known natural highlights include Lake Wörthersee, Lake Weissensee and the Grossglockner High Alpine Road with a view of Austria's highest mountain. The Hohe Tauern National Park, the Nockberge Biosphere Reserve and nature experiences such as the Tscheppa Gorge show the diversity of Carinthia's mountain and lake landscape.

Families discover varied excursion destinations in Carinthia such as Minimundus in Klagenfurt or the Affenberg Landskron. Families can also experience adventures on the Nocky Flitzer summer toboggan run, in the Obir stalactite caves or in the Fallbach water adventure park in the Malta Valley.

Excursion destinations

Dobratsch nature park

In the nature park, wide views meet quiet nature experiences. The Villach Alpine Road leads up to vantage points with a view of the Karawanken and the Julian Alps. Hiking trails, themed trails and nature tours open up the landscape between alpine pastures, rock faces and peaks.

Popular destinations are the Rosstratte, the Dobratschgipfel and the two pilgrimage churches in the Alps. Families will discover geological nature trails, viewing platforms and the flora and fauna of the nature park.

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