Austria’s R3 Karnischer Radwanderweg: a family cycle trip
Route information
- Region / area
- Carinzia
- Province / area
- Bezirk Hermagor
- Country
- Austria
- GPX starting point
- Lat. 46.67090, lon. 13.00203
- Track length
- Approximately 96.9 km
- Estimated ascent
- 480 m
- Estimated descent
- 670 m
- Minimum GPX elevation
- 504 m
- Maximum GPX elevation
- 844 m
Distance and elevation are estimates from the GPX and may differ from GPS-device calculations.
After riding around Lake Constance the previous year, we made a last-minute decision to stay closer to home for our next summer cycling holiday. We chose a less familiar but equally attractive route: the R3 Karnischer Radwanderweg, or Carnic cycle route.
Our account describes 99 km along the Gail valley, just across the Italian–Austrian border, from Kötschach-Mauthen to Villach.
The group was the same as in 2009, with one big change. Filippo, who had travelled the previous year’s 200 km Lake Constance circuit in a trailer with his brother Tommaso, would now pedal beside me on his new bicycle.
The contributor’s original website was gmpbike.it. This is a historical family-trip account, not a current service listing.
Nearby routes
Other routes whose starting points are near this route. This does not imply similar difficulty or terrain.