A holiday for two offers the opportunity to experience shared time more consciously again. At the same time, many couples have different ideas about what makes a restful holiday. Some wish for more activity, others prefer calm, culture and pleasure. We give you tips for a harmonious holiday for two:

• What joint activities are there for me and my partner in Central Carinthia?
• Which activities can you also do separately on holiday?
• Where are hotels in Austria with bike and hiking expertise?

Central Carinthia offers you many activities right at the doorstep of Abbey St. Georgen that can be easily adapted to different needs. The landscape around Lake Längsee is varied but not overwhelming. Whether you want to take it slow, be sporty-active or are pleasure- and culture-oriented – Central Carinthia offers all facets.

Joint activities in the region:

• Relaxed walks along Lake Längsee, for example on the Lake Längsee circular trail. Simply step out and walk – that works wonderfully at Lake Längsee.
• Easy hikes around Lake Längsee offer you nature experiences and beautiful views without physically overtaxing you.
• Joint cycling tours along the Carinthia Lakes Loop, a supra-regional route connecting numerous cycle paths and routes throughout Carinthia. The tour leads through varied landscapes, past lakes, through gentle sections towards Friesach and offers ideal conditions for e-bikers as well as road cyclists and gravel bikers. Thanks to our new certification in road bike and gravel bike, you benefit from tested infrastructure, suitable tour tips and optimal conditions for sport-ambitious rides as well as pleasurable stages for two.
• Cultural excursions to surrounding places. Discover St. Veit an der Glan with old town, Herzogburg and city wall. Or make a detour to the Friesach Experience Castle Construction or to the Carinthian Open-Air Museum.
• Relaxed evenings with regional cuisine or a glass of wine – the ambience at Abbey St. Georgen underscores pleasurable hours for two.

The special thing about Central Carinthia is the combination of calm and variety. Here you can, without much planning effort, take a short hike in the morning, schedule a cultural stop in the afternoon and let the day end by the lake. Often the right place is enough to make time as a couple special.

A shared holiday doesn’t mean both must always do the same thing. Recovery often arises precisely when each can follow their own rhythm in between.

Typical activities you can do separately:

• Hours to yourself by the lake or in the Abbey Gardens – reading, listening to music or a nap; enjoy on your own the calm of the Abbey and its surroundings.
• Wellness treatments, massages or sauna.
• Enjoy a yoga session, for example yoga by Lake Längsee.
• Take a cycling or motorcycle ride at your own pace.
• Go on a city stroll or museum visit in St. Veit an der Glan or in Friesach.
• Enjoy guided hikes through Central Carinthia. From June to October, the Hiking Bus in Central Carinthia serves exciting hiking routes and stops directly at Abbey St. Georgen. With the bus you reach exciting hiking areas comfortably such as the Flattnitz in the Gurktal Alps, the wide Saualpe or Lake Auerlingsee.
• Gain exciting insights on a brewery tour at the nearby Hirt Private Brewery. With 755 years of brewing tradition, history meets pleasure here.

The mix of shared time and individual freedom makes a couple’s holiday at Abbey St. Georgen more relaxed.

Hotels with bike and hiking expertise are found above all in regions, where guests can start their cycling tours or hikes directly from the accommodation. In Austria, particularly selected regions in Carinthia, Salzburg and Tyrol are well suited.

Example region: Central Carinthia around Lake Längsee

In Central Carinthia around Lake Längsee, you will find specialized hotels with bike and hiking expertise, because the spatial structures create optimal conditions: short distances, gentle topography and a landscape that allows for different activity levels. Around St. Veit an der Glan, Lake Längsee, the Glantal and the Gurktal valleys meet within a short distance – countless possibilities for hikes or cycling tours present themselves.

In hotels like Abbey St. Georgen on Lake Längsee, you can enjoy your active holiday without any organizational effort. Abbey Sankt Georgen, for example, is certified and offers optimal infrastructure as well as an attractive environment with numerous sport-challenging route profiles for road cyclists and gravel bikers. The same applies to e-bike tours. Your hikes begin around Lake Längsee or use the Hiking Bus Central Carinthia, which stops directly at the Abbey. Relaxed breaks by the lake or alternative programmes complete your hiking and/or cycling holiday in Central Carinthia.

A holiday for two succeeds when both partners find space for their individual interests while enjoying shared experiences at the same time. Central Carinthia provides the ideal setting for this: nature, lake, culture, cycling, hiking, motorcycling, regional cuisine and an atmosphere that slows you down. Here you experience easy moments of closeness.