Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(cable car one way/return €12.50/18, Goldeckstrasse toll road cars & motorbikes €13, lift pass adult/child €36/18)
In
summertime, this peak (2142m) can be reached by cable car, or by the Goldeckstrasse
toll road (free with the Kärnten Card;
Click here
)
. The road stops 260m short of the sum-
mit. In winter, Goldeck is popular for skiing. The cable car doesn't operate from mid-
April to mid-June or from mid-September to mid-December.
Sleeping
Staff at the tourist office help with accommodation free of charge.
Draufluss Camping
( 24 66;
www.drauwirt.com
; Schwaig 10; camp site per adult/child/tent/car €6/3/4/4, s/d incl breakfast €30/60;
Jun-Sep)
Spittal's camping ground is about 3.5km from the town centre on the southern
bank of the Drau River. The
Gasthof
has six simple rooms.
CAMPGROUND
€
HOTEL
€€
Hotel Erlebnis Post
( 22 17 0;
www.erlebnis-post.at
; Hauptplatz 13; s €66-77, d €111-122, tr €166, ste €188; )
Rooms in
this unusual hotel might be described as 'room-vertisements', as they're sponsored by
local companies (usually with the name inside). One non-sponsored room has beds from
the local juvenile prison and an original cell door. Bonuses are the ski-storage room and
transfers to the pistes.
Hotel Ertl
( 204 80;
www.hotel-ertl.at
;
Bahnhofstrasse 26; s/d/tr/q €69/118/135/152; )
Smack-bang
across the road from the railway station, this comfortable hotel has the ochre colours of
its Tex-Mex restaurant downstairs trickling into the interior design. The pool is about
25m and outdoors.
HOTEL
€€
Eating & Drinking
The main nightlife area is on Brückenstrasse and Bogengasse. It's a thin and eclectic line
of low-life bars and regular pubs.
Restaurant Zellot
AUSTRIAN
€€
