Villach

Worth seeing in and around Villach

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Faaker See

   Lake Faak is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia. With an area of approximately 2.2 km2, it is the state's fifth-largest lake.

   7.2 km · lake in Carinthia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Landskron Castle

   Landskron Castle is a medieval hill castle northeast of Villach in the state of Carinthia, Austria. Dating to the early 14th century, the castle ruins are located on a rock cone of the Ossiach Tauern range, at an elevation of 658 metres above sea level.

   4.6 km · Ruined castle (German: Burgruine Landskron, Slovene: Grad Vajškra) northeast of Villach in the state of Carinthia, Austria · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Villacher Alpenarena

   Villacher Alpenarena is a ski jumping hill in Villach, Austria.

   3.3 km · ski jumping hill in Austria · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Burgruine Federaun

   Burgruine Federaun is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.

   5.8 km · castle ruin · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Burgruine Finkenstein

   Finkenstein Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the market town of Finkenstein, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is situated on a steep cliff at the southern foot of the Karawanks mountain range, high above Lake Faak, at a height of 788 metres.

   8.8 km · castle ruin · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Magdalensee

   Magdalensee is a small lake east of the Carinthian city of Villach, Austria. Its surface covers an area of 14 square kilometres, its maximum depth is 5.2 metres.

   3.3 km · lake in Austria · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Aichelberg Castle

   Aichelberg Castle is a castle in Carinthia, Austria. It crowns an 850 m spur in the Ossiacher Tauern, north-east of Wernberg, from which it once commanded the pre-alpine trade roads that linked the Drava valley with the interior of Carinthia.

   8.9 km · building in Wernberg, Austria · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory

   The Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory or KSO is an astronomical observatory affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology out of the University of Graz. It is located near Villach on the southern border of Austria.

   7.8 km · observatory in Carinthia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Stadthalle Villach

   Stadthalle Villach is an indoor sporting arena located in Villach, Austria. The arena has a capacity of 4,500 people and was built in 1969.

   1.5 km · indoor sporting arena/hockey stadium in Villach, Austria · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Burgruine Treffen

    Burgruine Treffen is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.

    7.8 km · castle ruin in Carinthia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Museum der Stadt Villach
2. 02
   Landskron Castle
3. 03
   Falconry in Landskron Castle

   Open April 29 - October 3; hours vary by season.

4. 04
   Parish Church of Villach-St
5. 05
   Museum of Doll Art
6. 06
   Villacher Alpenstraße

   This almost 20 km alpine road takes you up to Dobratsch mountain and ends on 1.732 m.

From Wikivoyage: Villach, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Kremlhoftheater Villach

   Claiming to be the smallest theatre in the world, it seats 8 people and has a stage measuring 1.30 m (4.3 ft) by 1.30 m (4.3 ft) Free, donations welcome.

2. 02
   Kanzianiberg

   One of the best natural climbing walls in Austria.

3. 03
   Golfclub Schloss Finkenstein
4. 04
   Faakersee

   Said to be the lake featuring the cleanest water (drink water quality) in Europe.

5. 05
   ThermenResort Warmbad-Villach

   Kadischenallee 22-24 (Warmbad; S4 or S5 trains from Villach main station),.

6. 06
   Maibachl

   A hot spring, which only appears in springtime.

From Wikivoyage: Villach, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   Bratwurstkönig

   Draulände 5.

2. 02
   Café Bar Paragraf

   Menu includes local dishes and weekly lunch specials.

3. 03
   INTERSPAR-Restaurant

   Cafeteria-style restaurant, part of the Interspar supermarket.

4. 04
   Stauber's Stadtschenke

   Cozy tavern in a house dating back to 1879, serving regional dishes with local ingredients.

5. 05
   Onkel Kebap

   Italiener Str.

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Getting to Villach

Airports

Klagenfurt (KLU), 37 km · Ljubljana Jože Pučnik (LJU), 64 km · Trieste (TRS), 93 km

Stations

Villach Hbf, 200 m

• Feldkirchen bei Graz → Villach

  129 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · €17–24
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• Salzburg → Villach

  146 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · €18–26
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• Linz → Villach

  191 km · quickest by road, 4h 28m · €32–45
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Villach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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