Klagenfurt · Carinthia · Austria

Wörthersee

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easy

9/10

best: summer

relaxed, scenic, summer

A local would say...

Austria's warmest lake is warm because of underwater thermal springs — it feels like the Adriatic landed in the Alps.

One of Austria's warmest lakes, averaging 21°C in summer due to underground thermal springs, with a 40-kilometre cycle path circumnavigating the shore and a string of elegant lakeside villages. Klagenfurt at its eastern end is a captivatingly Mediterranean-feeling city with more Renaissance than baroque buildings. The Europapark beach and a series of private lidos make summer bathing at Wörthersee a Viennese tradition.