Motorcycle tour for connoisseurs

On pleasure tour 1, there are impressive landscapes and many sights to marvel at. You should definitely take the time to take a close look at the countless places to stop for refreshments. Enjoy and clear your head.

This route is not very long in itself, but you should allow plenty of time for it, as there are countless sights and places to stop for refreshments in addition to the impressive romantic landscape.

We drive from Tröpolach to Hermagor and continue toward Villach until we reach Nötsch. Before the overpass, we turn right and enter the village of Nötsch, where we turn left toward Bleiberg. Here we drive through a wild and romantic high valley where lead and other metals were mined just a few years ago. You can still see the huge waste rock piles today.

We continue along this road until we rejoin the Drau valley north of Villach after the village of Fellach. We keep left here. At the traffic circle, take the exit in the direction of Spittal. Now we ride a few kilometers through the lower Drau valley until we take the turn-off to the right towards Puch just before the village of Töplitsch. Immediately after the Drau bridge and the railroad crossing, we turn left into the village of Puch. After a short climb in the village, turn right into Krastal. This short connecting valley between Drautal and Gegendtal is very winding and very well developed. It joins the Gegendtal just above Treffen. We continue to the left towards Radenthein.

Passing through Afritz, Lake Afritz, Lake Brenn, and Feld am See, we head to the roundabout in Radenthein. We go halfway around the roundabout and continue straight on toward Lake Millstatt. We then drive through the towns of Dellach, Millstatt, and Seeboden along Lake Millstatt. After Seeboden—or after the highway on-ramp—we turn left into the Lieser Gorge toward Spittal. We drive through Spittal until we see Porcia Castle directly ahead of us (Porcia intersection). Here, we turn left and drive out of town toward Villach.

After a few kilometers we reach the village of Mautbrücke. Immediately after the bridge, we take a sharp right turn and cycle uphill to Ziebl and on to Zlan. After the village of Zlan we come to the Stockenboier Landesstraße. Here we continue to the right via Stockenboi in the direction of Weissensee. About three kilometers before the eastern shore of Lake Weissensee, the road branches off to the left. We want to continue there, but not without having driven to the eastern shore first.

Passing through Weissenbach, Forchtensee, and the village of Boden, we drive to the Kreuzner Landesstraße and turn right here toward Windische Höhe (1,110 m above sea level). From there, we continue through Matschiedl down to the Gailtaler Bundesstraße (B111). Here we turn right and ride past St. Stefan to Förolach. Immediately after the gas station, we take a sharp right turn and ride under the road heading south, cross the railroad tracks, and after a good kilometer reach a fork in the road, where we continue to the left.

Now we take a huge right-hand curve, skirting halfway around the ridge on the right, and drive westward, roughly following the course of the Gail River. Passing through Dellach, Egg, and Neudorf, we reach Hermagor and cross the railroad tracks. At the roundabout, we turn left into the Upper Gail Valley and, after about 9 km, reach the village of Tröpolach.