Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Spittal-Millstättersee is an important rail junction: two-hourly IC/EC services run north
to Bad Gastein (€11.80, 40 minutes); at least hourly regional services run west to Lienz
(€12.20, one hour) and to Villach (€7.20, 35 minutes), 37km to the southeast. The rail-
way line north via Mallnitz-Obervellach clings spectacularly to the valley walls.
THE AUTOSCHLEUSE TAUERNBAHN
If you're driving to Bad Gastein from Spittal an der Drau, you'll need to use the Autoschleuse Tauernbahn
(Railway Car Shuttle Service; www.gasteinertal.com/autoschleuse ) through the tunnel from Mallnitz to Böck-
stein. The fare for cars is €17 one way or €30 return (valid for two months). For motorcycles, the price is €16/
28. For information, call 05 717. Departures are every 60 minutes, with the last train departing at 11.20pm
heading south, and 10.50pm going north. The journey takes 11 minutes.
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Millstätter See
Stretching out 12km but just 1.5km wide, the Millstätter See is second in size in Carin-
thia after the Wörthersee. It was gouged out during the ice age about 30,000 years ago,
and today is studded with a handful of small towns. Millstatt on the north shore and See-
boden at the western end are the most important. The warm waters of the lake (about
22°C to 26°C in summer) lend themselves to sailing, kayaking and open-water swim-
ming.
The central information office, Infocenter Millstätter See ( 04766-3700-0; www.millstaettersee.at ;
Thomas-Morgenstern-Platz 1; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, 10am-2pm Sun) , is situated in a modern
building in Seeboden, doubling as a call centre with English - and Italian-speaking staff.
The bus to Millstatt stops here (ask the driver).
Millstatt
04766 / POP 3390
The genteel lakeside village of Millstatt lies 10km east of Spittal an der Drau on the
northern shore. It got its name from Emperor Domition, an early Christian convert who
tossed mille statuae (1000 heathen statues) into the lake. A gaunt and crazed-looking
sculpture of the emperor stands in the lake, portrayed in the act of consigning a Venus to
a watery grave.
 
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