Around 400 kilometres, 20 lakes and a route shaped like a horizontal figure of eight: the Carinthian Lake Loop – officially known as the “Kärnten Seenschleife” – is one of the most impressive multi-day cycling tours in the Alps. The stages take you through varied landscapes and can be planned to suit your needs.
Die The Carinthian Lake Loop stretches for around 400 kilometres through Carinthia’s most diverse landscapes. The route is divided into eight stages and can be flexibly adapted – depending on fitness, time and personal preferences. The area around Lake Millstatt and the Nockberge Mountains offers a particularly varied section. The lake, mountains and infrastructure make the region an ideal starting point, stopover or extension to the tour.
Overview:
Stages around the region:
The Carinthian Lake Loop is designed as a circular route and connects Carinthia’s most beautiful lakes. The route resembles a horizontal figure of eight – with several starting points along the way.
The central points of the route are situated around Lake Millstatt and Lake Maltschach. From here, you can set off on stages in any direction or combine them as you wish.
The Millstätter See – Bad Kleinkirchheim – Nockberge region combines everything that makes multi-day cycling and e-bike tours in Carinthia so special: exercise, stunning scenery and true relaxation.
What makes this section special:
The Carinthian Lake Loop in the Millstätter See – Bad Kleinkirchheim – Nockberge region can be easily combined with other multi-day cycling tours.
The Alpe-Adria Cycle Route links Salzburg with the Adriatic Sea. From Spittal am Millstätter See, cyclists still have a good half of this multi-day tour ahead of them – including a raft trip, through tunnels and valleys, all the way to the Mediterranean landscape of Italy.
The Drau Cycle Route follows the Drau River from East Tyrol to Slovenia. Around Spittal and Lake Millstatt, there are ideal connection points for additional stages or alternative routes.
The Carinthian Lake Loop – also known as the ‘Carinthia Lake Loop’ – is a multi-day cycle tour of around 400 kilometres through Carinthia’s lake district.
Depending on the stages you choose, the tour takes around 4 to 8 days. Individual sections can be flexibly combined or shortened.
There are central starting points for multi-day cycling tours around Lake Millstatt and the Nockberge mountains. From here, the Carinthian Lakes Loop, the Drau Cycle Path and the Alpe-Adria Cycle Path are ideal starting points or can be combined for round-trip tours.
Zu den bekanntesten zählen die Kärntner Seenschleife, der Drauradweg und der Alpe-Adria-Radweg. Sie lassen sich in der Region Millstätter See – Bad Kleinkirchheim – Nockberge miteinander verbinden.
Good planning takes into account stage lengths, accommodation, luggage transfer and possible starting points. In the region around Lake Millstatt, these elements can be combined flexibly.
