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A beautiful lake in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia. It is elongated, about 16.5 km long and 1.5 km wide, and stretches from the outskirts of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt in the east to the bay of Velden in the west The popular bathing lake is a main tourist destination in summer. Most tourists visit the Lake in the months of July and August when water temperatures reach 25 °C. A large proportion of visitors return every summer and some own or rent holiday homes along the shore.Address : Wörthersee, Austria
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Pyramidenkogel TowerThe Pyramidenkogel observation tower is situated at the top of the 850-meters-high Pyramidenkogel mountain, near Klagenfurt, the capital of Austria’s southernmost state Carinthia. It was completed in 2013 and it’s simply fantastic. With a total height of 100 metres, it’s the highest wooden viewing tower in the world. Height accomplishments aside, the design of the structure is itself a marvel – the helix-shaped tower is both a gorgeous work of architecture.
PyramidenkogelPyramidenkogel is an 851-metre-high mountain in Carinthia, Austria. It is located to the south of the Wörthersee and near the town of Maria Wörth, in an area that is a boundary between speakers of German and Slovenian. In nearby Slovenia the mountain is known as Jedvovca. The mountain has been a tourist attraction since at least the late 19th century. The view from its top is mentioned in Karl Baedeker's 1879 The Eastern Alps.
Keutschacher SeeKeutschacher See is a lake of Carinthia, Austria. It is sixth-largest in Carinthia, with an area of 1.32 km2. It has a Neolithic stilt settlement, discovered by Ferdinand von Hochstetter in 1864. The lake has an oblong-oval shape. To the west lies a bay, into which the tributaries flow. To the east is a narrow peninsula, which extends about 400 m into the lake. In the middle of the lake there is a shoal where the water is only 1.6 m deep, but nearby the lake reaches its maximum depth of 15.6 m
HafnerseeThe Hafnersee is one of several lakes in the Keutschacher Seental south of the Wörthersee. The lake is located in the Keutschacher Seental in the area of the Sattnitz , which owes its origin to a branch of the Draugletscher . This has shaped the tectonically pre-formed valley furrow. A good picnic and camping point and also there are so many other leisure opportunities too.
RauscheleseeThe Rauschelesee is a lake in the Keutschacher Seental near the Keutschacher See in the municipality of Keutschach am See. The lake is used as a bathing and fishing water. The catchment area of the Rauschelesees is separated from that of the Keutschacher See by a watershed. The Rauschelesee drains to the east, the Keutschacher See to the north via the Reifnitzbach into the Wörthersee. The lake is stretched in an east-west direction.
EuropaparkA beautiful park located on the east bank of Worthersee Lake, right next to Minimundus, there’s a lovely green space that mixes all the fun of beaches, meadows and forest within itself – Europa Park. At 22 acres, it’s once of Austria’s largest parks. It’s a great place for Picnics, strolling, chess, people watching and so more.
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