Cultural highlights in Carinthia
Carinthians are lucky to be blessed with many talents. Famous for being good singers, they have nurtured at least as many celebrated painters, writers and architects. Hardly surprising in this highly cultured environment.
Customs & Events
Winter time in Carinthia means a time for tradition, peace and meditation. Christmas in Carinthia also means to smell the aroma of freshly-baked cookies and green pines, to walk through the Christmas market in one's warmest clothing and to warm yourself up with mulled wine.
Cycling and mountain biking
between lakes and mountains.
If you want to get into gear, you’ll find that Carinthia is first-class for cycling in spring, summer and autumn.
Lakeside Cycling
The Carinthian lakes offer cyclists special and unique experiences. Varied routes invite everyone to cycle along the lakesides, whether with a racing bicycle, mountain bike or simply slowly pedalling along the shores. Numerous restaurants, cafés and public houses make travelling the circuits around the Carinthian lakes an unforgettable experience.
Families discover sunny moments of happiness in Carinthia!
They are the moments that families find moving, amazing and full of sheer enjoyment. Moments you would like to hold on to forever. On a relaxed summer holiday in Carinthia. With Kärnten Family – on the sunny southern side of the Alps!
Bathing and watersports
In summer Carinthia is the region of lakes. The lakes glow turquoise blue and the water is warm. Children play on the shores, couples take romantic strolls and active types let off steam swimming, waterskiing or surfing.
The fascination of hiking.
Alpe-Adria-Trail: From the Grossglockner to the sea.
From summer 2012 the nature paradise of Carinthia will be enticing hikers to take an inspiring journey of discovery on the new Alpe Adria Trail. This leads for 750 kilometres, from the perpetual ice in Carinthia through Slovenia to the Italian Adriatic.
Feel good. Fit on holiday, healthy after therapy. Wellbeing hotels.
Water in Carinthian lakes is clean enough to drink, it comes gushing out of healing springs and bubbles up in the spas enriched with valuable minerals from the depths of the earth.
