If you wish to spend a pleasant, fun and relaxing holiday with your family, your friends or your partner, the fabulous landscape of Carinthia’s mountains will be perfect for you.
Carinthia (in German language Kärnten, in Slovenian Koroška) is the southernmost Austrian state among the nine. The alpine scenery offered by Carinthia will leave you breathless. Carinthia is sun, blue sky and the opportunity to go for long walks and outdoor excursions in the green uncontaminated nature; furthermore, you will find 200 clean bathing lakes for having a dip or practicing several water sports in the fresh air of the mountains.
Here in Carinthia, you can find any sort of activity, for having fun and enjoying your holiday: it’s up to you! Are you looking for adventure, sport or well-deserved rest? The area is internationally renowned especially for its amazing lakes and the presence of the main river of the region, the Drau.
Discover Carinthia and spend your next Holidays in Austria
Summer in Carinthia
For the people who on holiday wish to keep fit but also have fun and rest, enjoying the breathless landscapes offered by the mountains and the Alps, in summertime Carinthia region is a very charming and interesting choice.
The mountains, valleys and alpine meadows of Carinthia can offer its visitors thousands different activities to practice. Here, you will have the chance to do any kind of sport; you will be spoilt for choice: hiking, going trekking, climbing, mountain biking, tennis, golf, Nordic walking, free flight and also many water sports to practice in the amazing lakes, such as swimming, water-skiing and windsurfing on pure and clear waters.
The climate of Carinthia is perfect for practicing sport, thanks to many hours of sun (above Austria average), scarce rainfall and fresh, pure air of mountains that invites tourists and locals to spend much more time outdoors, in the astonishing nature of alpine landscapes..
Winter in Carinthia
Spending a Winter in Carinthia: you will always have something to do!
The wonderful scenery of the Alps of Carinthia is perfect for the winter season, where visitors can have fun, practice sport and enjoy wellness everyday.
There is any sort of activity for whoever wishes to spend a winter holiday in Carinthia. You will find long and large ski runs covered by snow, beautiful lakes and glaciers.
In Carinthia, it is possible to go skiing, snowboarding (with many halfpipes), cross-country skiing, doing excursions with ski poles, ice-skating, sledding, children areas, runs for night skiing. The winter sports’ lovers will be spoilt for choice, and they will always enjoy much sun and snow.
In addition, there is the opportunity to have a single ski pass valid for all the skiing areas from Heiligenblut to Sillian, and from Nassfeld to Matrei. We are talking about 1,000 km ski runs endowed with 289 cable lifts and transports.
