Wörthersee

Wörthersee is Carinthia's largest lake, flanked by the foothills of the Gurktal Alps and the Karawanks. The area around the lake was a summer retreat for Vienna's wealthy nobility in the second half of the 19th century. In the 1950s mass tourism started - and the lake became a popular tourist destination in summer, due to the Mediterranean climate and the clean, warm waters. In cold and foggy autumn there are only very few tourists around here.