Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights & Activities
East of Millstatt lies
Bad Kleinkirchheim
, a spa resort and large winter skiing centre with 26
lifts and cable cars. The
tourist office
(
04240-82 12;
www.badkleinkirchheim.at
; Dorfstrasse 30)
there
has good skiing info.
Stift Millstatt
(tours in German adult/child €5/2.50; tours 10.30am Wed Jun-mid-Sep)
Apart from Lake Millstatt it-
self, the town's main attraction is its Romanesque Benedictine abbey, founded in 1070.
This pretty complex consists of a moderately interesting
Stiftsmuseum
(Abbey Museum;
0660-506 80 66; Stiftsgasse 1; admission adult/child €3/2.50, tours €6; 10am-4pm May, Jun, Sep & Oct, to 6pm
Jul & Aug, tours 2pm Mon & Thu)
, the attractive 11th-century abbey
church
, a
graveyard
, and
abbey
buildings
south of the church with lovely yards and arcades. If you walk downhill along
Stiftsgasse from the church, you see on the left a
1000-year-old lime tree
. The abbey grounds
and magnificent arcades and cloisters are free to visit.
ABBEY
Surf- und Segelschule Millstatt
( 0676-751 19 39;
www.surf-segelschulemillstatt.at
;
Seestrasse, alongside Villa Verdin; hire per hr windsurfing
board & rig €17-23, kayak €10, sailing boats €10, e-boats €12-14)
This reliable outfit rents equipment,
and holds individual and group windsurfing, sailing and kayak courses.
WATER SPORTS
Wassersport Strobl
( 22 63; Seemühlgasse 56a; per hr e-boats €7-14)
Wassersport Strobl has two landing stages where
you can rent boats and Canadian canoes.
WATER SPORTS
ACCESS TO JETTIES & THE LAKE
The public bathing foreshore in Millstatt is a bustling place in midsummer. If you're after some tranquillity, hire
a boat or kayak and head for the leafy shore opposite. For swimming, private jetties belonging to the hotels are
the nicest options. Many places have private jetties or offer lake access.
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