Three-Country Day: Villach, Faak & Kranjska Gora

Gasthaus im Landhaushof — Carinthian classics like Kasnudeln in the wood-panelled rooms of the Landhaus courtyard (Falstaff 82)

Maria Loretto — Mediterranean-Carinthian cooking in the castle on the eastern bay, the lake’s best terrace at sunset

Kochwerkstatt — Christian Cabalier’s Mediterranean workshop kitchen at Benediktinermarkt

Osteria Veneta — the best Italian in town, fittingly, on Domgasse near the cathedral

Bierhaus zum Augustin — hearty Austrian pub food in a vaulted old-town courtyard on Pfarrplatz

Restaurant Loretto am See — white-wood lake restaurant at Maria Loretto castle in the nature preserve

Hotel Sandwirth — traditional 4-star in a neoclassical building right in the pedestrian centre, with a private beach on the lake

Falkensteiner Camping Wörthersee — ~330 pitches on the eastern bay between Strandbad and Minimundus

Seepark Wörthersee Resort — full resort with spa and pools beside the university and Minimundus

Hotel Plattenwirt — lakeside classic next to Europapark, 200 m from the water

Camping Brückler Nord — family-run site on the warm Keutschacher See, 8 km from the centre

ibis Styles Klagenfurt — reliable budget option two minutes from the Lindwurm