Villach Hauptplatz
Villach
Rosengarten (rose garden), Villach
Rose garden with green transparent pebbles
At the Villach Brauerei
River Drau in Villach
Our overnight on the parking in Villach
First outlook on our hike up to the Dobratsch summit
Dobratsch Nature Park with spectacular views
Julia at the Zwölfer (2049 m) before continuing the way up to Dobratsch (2166 m)
The Dobratsch summit with the German church on the left and the broadcasting tower (165 m high).
The way up to the Dobratsch summit
Spectacular views down the valley
At the Dobratsch summit
See the trail continuing on the grate of the mountain?
The mountains is very steep
The Windisch Church
Dobratsch Summit
Looking down
The German church
Our parking overnight at P9
Our first stop up at the Dreiländereck-Hütte
On the Slovenian side
Our parking overnight at P13
View over to Slovenia, Kranska Gorje where we have been 3 years before
Three-border area
Three-border area with view to Slovenia
View to the Dobratsch summit where we walked yesterday
Volker starting his Three-border hike
Sitting on this comfortable cable car
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Wednesday 28 August 2019: Villach - Villacher Alpenstrasse P9 (Villach Alpine Road, alt 1727 m): 27 km, good warm weather also in the mountains
Drive up the Villach Alpine Road (included in our Kärten Card or 38 €/car without the card). Hike up to the Dobratsch summit at 2167 m (10 km, 600 m ascent, 5 hours with 2 Jausen breaks, one at the Dobratsch summit house and at the end at the Rosstrattenstüberl 6,70€, at both we got most gespritzt!). Overnight on P9 just below P11 (free of charge and quiet). N46º35'37" E13º42'50"
Thursday 29 August 2019: Villacher Alpenstrasse - Dreiländereck - Villach (alt 500 m): 59 km, very warm 28ºC
Drive to the Bergbahn Dreiländereck and up with the nice old 3 seats cable car (free with Kärnten Card). To begin with we had an Apfelstrudel with a cappuccino (5,20 €) and walk up to the Dreiländereck: three-border area: Austria, Slovenia and Italy. Volker walked further the Dreiländereck trail (through Italy and Slovenia, then back down to our parking, 10 km, 600 m ascent, 2,5 hours). We had Moussaka for lunch at home and at 17.00 we went to the Kärten Therme Villach Warmbad (43,50 € for both with 1,60€ parking). Julia enjoyed the excellent sauna where they also provided special sea salt + cream for the vapor sauna. Overnight back in Villach town. N46º36'58" E13º50'29"
Friday 30 August 2019: Villach - Klagenfurt (alt 443 m): 55 km, very warm 28ºC
Drive to Rosegg where we had free entry with our Kärnten Card to the Tierpark Rosegg (Animal Park). It is a very pleasant place to go, not only for the animals but also for the beautiful trees and rocks, the historic castle hill and a labyrinth (where we didn't go). After lunch at our parking space (very quiet and green, actually also nice for overnight) drive to Pyramidenkogel, a 100 m wooden observation, the highest tower in the world with the highest spiral slide in Europe. After settling down at the Messegelände in Klagenfurt we went to a Magic Show at the VolXhaus, with Jack Black, Magic Wladimir, Gerhard Lattacher and Engelbert (very very good, 23€/pax). We walked to it and back. N46º37'7" E14º18'24".