medieval house close to lakes and mountains

Judith

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: 5 Bedrooms
: Sleeps 8
: 1 Bathrooms

About our home

Our medieval house (beginning of the 17th century) lies in between the town walls of of the lovely small town St.Veit in Carinthia, Southern Austria.
It´s thick stonewalls are a natural way of airconditioning in the summertime. There is a large dining and living room as well as a large kitchen surrounded by lovely gardens and the city moat. The first and second floor include five bedroom, one on the very top overviewing the roofs of the medieval town of the duke. Our large and light house leaves enough convenient space for many People and though it´s set right in the middle of town, it´s a very calm and peaceful place to stay. Since we have five children ourselves you can be sure that it is a suitable place for children as well as just to be and relax.

Features

Vacation Home
Garden
Car optional
No smoking
Central heating
Dish washer
Washing machine
Dryer
Parking

More about us

We are a nature loving nice family with five lovely daughters, aged between 11 and 16. Tara, our eldest daughter already likes to traveller with her friends, so we are looking for places to go with Mona (15), Mira (13) and the twins Rubina and Leila (11). Our working place, which is an institute for psychotherapy as well as life counseling and also offers apprenticeship and workshops in this field, is seated in the main plaza in town. We, Ulrich (49) and Judith (46) are highly interested in other cultures and cultural goods just as theatre, literature, music and dance. Exchanging houses is a new way of traveling for us and seems to be a great opportunity to get new impression of other countries. We are looking forward to meeting you and sharing the beauty of this great place with you!:)

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Where is it?

Neighbourhood

Within less than two minutes walk you can reach plenty of little shops and nice cafes as well as museums, the City hall and other cultural attractions. The castle of the duke is less than a hundred meters away.
The town (about 12000 inhabitants) is surrounded by beautiful mountains where a lot of hiking can be done as well as climbing and mountain biking. Also horse riding is available around.
As used as and idea of the famous dinsey castle Burg Hochosterwitz is one of the most popular attractions in this area besides a lot of other ancient castles around. Another interesting sight is the old Roman village of Norikum. Within seven minutes drive you can reach beautiful lakes of all different sizes and settings. If you are looking for an adventure for example a hike through the Tscheppaschlucht with rope bridges and waterfalls would be worth a go.
The area is known for it´s marvelous skiing places and Italy and Slovenia are less than one hour drive away, so there are many possibilities for exciting day trips.