Wörthersee circular walking route

The terrain is hilly and ascends and descends steeply in several parts (from 440 to 850m above sea level, approx. +/- 2,200 difference in altitude), for the main part the route goes through woodland and every now and again offers glorious views of the Wörthersee as well as the Karawanken.

In 1999, Hermann Steiner from Krumpendorf constructed and sign-posted the Wörthersee circular walk, based on an initiative of the mayors of the region of Wörthersee.

You can start and stop the walk wherever you want to (the best places to do this are at the shipping piers around the lake and railway stations) and you can walk in either direction. If you do not want to break your walk, you should not let yourself be confused by the “feeder paths” (such as for example from Krumpendorf and Pörtschach), mostly marked in blue-white-blue! The following description (starting point Reifnitz) runs in a counter-clockwise direction.

Map of walks
You can get a free map of walks for the circular route from all tourism association offices around the Wörthersee, as well as from Wörthersee Tourismus GmbH

Wörthersee-Mandl fun stamping your map
Along the Wörthersee circular walking route you will find 10 points where you can have your map stamped.
After you have collected 3 stamps on your map of walks you can get a golden, silver or bronze Wörthersee-Mandl stick pin for a small contribution towards expenses from any of the tourism association offices around the Wörthersee.
Children can get the children’s Wörthersee-Mandl stick pin after one stamp free of charge.