Tourist information Arriach

Board the MS Ossiach and the MS Gerlitze and experience Lake Ossiach from a special perspective. Enjoy a round trip of a special kind.

After the closure of active mining, two educational visitors mines were established in the original 1300-kilometre-long passageway system of the Bad Bleiberg ore mountain. "The wonder world in the mountain" at Terra Mystica and "The working world of the miners" at Terra Montana.

Gerlitzen Alpe mountain experience - Here Carinthia lies at your feet - Action or relaxation? On Gerlitzen Alpe you will find not only a hiking, paragliding and leisure paradise, but also the most beautiful panorama in the region.

At the Carinthian Wurzenpass stands the largest bunker complex of the federal army of the Alpine republic, formerly secret and available for use from 1963 to 2002. Since 2005, the open-air museum unique in Austria has been open to visitors.

In the picturesque village of Winklern, near Lake Ossiacher See, a museum of a special kind awaits you: the Mushroom & Elli Riehl Doll Museum. It houses the largest collection of domestic and foreign mushroom exhibits in Europe and invites you to immerse yourself in the fascinating world of mushrooms. Learn why mushrooms are so important for our habitat, how to distinguish poisonous from non-poisonous mushrooms and how to tell whether a mushroom is inedible.

You will be amazed and enchanted when you walk through Michael Ceron ́s citrus garden. Here we are in the South, albeit the South of Carinthia, but not in the Mediterranean. This collection, which is unique in Europe, is surprising to see because of the breath-taking variety of fruits on around 5,000 m2.

Falconers Franz Schüttelkopf and Michael Holzfeind founded the bird of prey centre high up on Castle Landskron over 35 years ago.  It has not only become a magnet for visitors but also an internationally recognised centre for the conservation of birds of prey with a state-of-the-art quarantine and care unit.

Landskron Castle is one of the landmarks of the region and from spring to autumn a great excursion destination. From the terrace of the café there is a breathtaking view over Villach Region and onto the magical alpine landscape of Carinthia.

Bleistätter Moor is a marsh landscape and is located on the eastern shore of Lake Ossiacher See. It is now recognised throughout Europe as an example of successful nature conservation. Today, it is a retreat for flora and fauna and offers visitors the opportunity to experience nature through gentle tourism.

The Villach - Faaker See - Ossiacher See region promises holidays with added value. Nowhere else will you find such unique mountain-lake combinations as here. Whether to watch a sunrise or sunset or to discover the region from above. You will experience the full beauty of our region from one of our many vantage points.