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Calm, Friendly People, Fewer Tourists
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A great place to relax and take it easy
yumyum Says: The church in the citypark is protestant and was built in neo gothic style from 1901-1903. Behind the church you will find a park with a garden. Also in the city park you will find a large children's playground.
yumyum Says: The church of the holy cross was built from 1726. The benediction of the church was in 1744 and the inauguration in 1751. The church is built in baroque style. Until the end of the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy the church was very popular with pilgrims and later for weddings....
yumyum Says: The Nikolai church is situated between the railway station and the old town. The church is in neo-gothic style and dates back to 1896. The Nikolai church is a monastery and parish church looked after by the Franciscans.You will also find the statue of Franz of Assisi on the...
yumyum Says: The tourist office is conveniently located on the way from the railway station to the old town just before the bridge over the Drau river.I ended up before the closed doors just one or two minutes after 5 pm. There was still a lady inside that left through the side door but...
yumyum Says: The Castle of which you get an excellent unobstructed view from the train if you travel from Villach to Ljubljana (just when you cross the Drau river and sit on the left) used to be the seat of the Bamberg administration.Villach was under Bamberg rule for 752 years until...
Climb the Stadtpfarrturm (steeple)
yumyum Says: The Stadtpfarrturm or steeple is the highest one in the state of Carinthia with 94 meters. I climbed the about 240 steps and was rewarded with a spectacular view. The wooden stairs are quite comfortable except for 39 steps on the so called “Schneckenstiege” which means snail...
yumyum Says: Here in this building you may see the state of Carinthia (Bundesland Kaernten) as a relief on 182 m2. It is three dimensional at a scale of 1:10’000. The length is 19,5 meters and the width 9,3 meters.The relief was made of concrete from 1891 until 1913 and the present...
globetrott Says: The Radio-museum in Villach is a part of the car-museum in Villach and you will find a large collection of radios on the upper floor of that museum. According to the webpage of the Fahrzeugmuseum this collection is for sale, so hurry up, if you are interested in this part of...
4 Reviews and 64 Opinions Stayed there for one night in 08/2006. Posted price was € 125, but internet rate at € 95 for a...
1 Review and 27 Opinions After researching the internet, there was really very limited information and reviews about Villach...
Restaurant Kasino: Gasthof Kasino
yumyum Says: The restaurant Kasino belongs to the Gasthof Kasino where I stayed for a night. The restaurant offers the usual local fare and has regulars eating there. There were also locals coming to have their beer. I sat in the Gaststube of the Gasthof to have dinner. There was also...
yumyum Says: I came here for a warm lunch because I was forced to spend over an hour in Villach on the way back from Ljubljana as the train got stuck for 70 minutes due to early October snow and didn’t continue to Salzburg. The Villacher Brauhof is just down the road from the railway...
How to get to the carmuseum Villach
globetrott Says: It is not very easy to find the perfect way to the carmuseum of Villach, but I was lucky to see a signpost after having left from the castle-ruins Landskron. From there it was just 2 km to drive on small sideroads.Click on this link and scroll down to the end of the page in...
the tollroad to Landskron castle
globetrott Says: Walking all the way up to Landskron castle will take about one hour or even more, but there is a private toll-road as well and quite a steep and mostly also quite narrow road with passing-places will take you up the hill, where you will find hundreds of parkinglots, a small...
Jmill42 Says: According to my hosts, Villach is the land of wood and forests. So, all of the towns around have almost soley wood-burning heaters. I had never seen a heater like the one in my friends home. It was a box about 5 feet high by 2 feet by 4 feet across. You through in the wood...
leplaya Says: I'm not sure exactly what this festival is celebrating, but it sure brings a lot of people with it. It occurs in early August and features folk music and beer. Many people are dressed in traditional clothes and are happily drinking away. There are tents near the city hall...
Manara Says: There are several lakes near Villach and all of them are popular for water sports. However, if you plan a holiday there in summer and love swimming or windsurfing, remember that the water of these lakes is cold. The lake with the warmest water in this area is the Faaker See....
globetrott Says: Spital an der Drau is a small town on your way north from Villach to Gmünd. Its main attraction and a good reason to leave the highway is Schloss Porcia, the former palace that is used nowadays mainly for theatre-productions The palace dates back to the year 1524 and is...
globetrott Says: St.Veit an der Glan is an interesting town in the north of Villach and Klagenfurt and it has a great baroque townsquare with an interesting townhall (see it in my main picture and in my 4th photo). You will see also a big part of the medieval townwall there still and for all...
Gmünd - the original Porsche-fabrication
globetrott Says: Gmünd is the hometown of Prof. F.Porsche and it was also here in Gmünd where he had started to build his first Porsche-cars right after WW II. Between 1948 and 1950 a total of 43 Porsche 356 Coupe and 8 Porsche 356 cabriolet were built in Gmünd before the production was...
Maria Saal : 'Kaerntner Freilichtmuseum'
globetrott Says: 'Kaerntner Freilichtmuseum' in Maria Saal is a great halfday-excursion from Villach or Klagenfurt and maybe its best to combine it with a visit to Hochosterwitz castle & St.Veit an der Glan ! Lots of wooden houses from all parts of the county were rebuilt there again and you...
globetrott Says: Villach is the 2nd largest city of Bundesland Kärnten, a town with about 60.000 inhabitants and in Austria it is mainly well-known for "Villacher Fasching", thats a kind of performance in the carneval and it includes sketches, songs & dancing and making fun about local and...
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Q: We are taking a cruise ending in Venice on June 3/12. We want to pick up a rental car in Villach to go to Vienna. Are there any...
A: i am sure there are private transfer firms although I can recommend none personally. They will not be cheap, of course...it's 250+km and around 3 hours travel. Try...
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a great carmuseum, a castle & a lot more !
I've got some interesting experiences in Villach. I'd love to share with you the 18 tips I've written, the 152 photos uploaded, and 9 travelogues I've created.
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I spent a two-weeks' holiday near Villach in the summer of 2000, and I have fond memories of the warm, welcoming attitude of people towards tourists. Not only in Villach but in the whole region of...
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As my friend Cris (VT's Banjo)'s family recently purchased a winter home in Austria, they decided to host me for a weekend excursion!
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Villach: A Quiet but Lively City
While on my way to Florence from Salzburg, I found myself at Villach Hauptbahnhof with 50 minutes between train rides so, since I would actually be staying here a few days later, decided to get a feel...
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In October 2011 I travelled by day trains from Zürich to Zagreb. Since the journey is around 12 hours, I decided to break it somewhere. This is how I ended up in Villach for a night. Villach is a...
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