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.
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.
As a winter holiday destination for families, the tourism region of Katschberg-Rennweg deserves the rating “recommended”: the snow guarantee, the varied sports offers and the friendly hosts make sure that the whole family feels good.
Here, at the meeting point of three geographical worlds, walking tours are particularly varied. Clear mountain lakes, murmuring brooks and the mysterious silence elsewhere, only interrupted by the sounds of the wood and its inhabitants: this is how the mountainous area north of the Drau Valley presents itself.
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