Circular ST1 AAT: Faaker See / Baumgartnerhöhe - Warmbad

KärntenTherme Warmbad

From the Baumgartnerhöhe this time the trail leads us downhill to Altfinkenstein and from there in the direction of the small village of Pogöriach. From here we follow the road to Faak am See, with our eyes constantly turned towards the Gerlitzen. In the centre of Faak we turn off left onto the Sankt Stefaner Weg trail and follow this until we come to a country lane through the Faaker Moor. This leads straight on to Höfling, where we take the Höflingerstraße road to the church square in St. Stefan (a district of Finkenstein). Here we turn right and follow the Villacher Straße as far as the wayside cross, which we walk past on the left. The road becomes a farm track, which we follow to the edge of the wood. Here the trail branches off towards Müllnern and leads right through the attractive deciduous forest. After we have gone through Müllnern in a westerly direction, we come to the bridge over the River Gail. Immediately after crossing the bridge we turn off right and follow the trail alongside the Gail. After we have gone under the motorway bridge, the river bends to the right – here the trail bends to the left towards Warmbad. After a short wooded stretch we again come to open fields and we keep to the left until we come to the Zillerbad. From there we continue to follow the Warmbachweg trail until it ends. Then we can see the destination point of this stage on our right, the new Kärnten Therme in Warmbad-Villach.