{"id":1148,"date":"2026-06-07T21:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/faaker-see\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"faaker-see","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/faaker-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Faaker See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">The Faaker See near Villach is known for its especially intense turquoise blue, which earns it the nickname of Caribbean flair. Before the south shore rises the striking Mittagskogel of the Karawanks. A small island in the lake and well-kept lidos make it a popular summer destination.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Intense turquoise-blue water<\/li>\n<li>Mittagskogel of the Karawanks as a backdrop<\/li>\n<li>Small island in the lake<\/li>\n<li>Family-friendly lidos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Colour<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">intense turquoise-blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Backdrop<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Mittagskogel (Karawanks)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Location<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">near Villach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Region<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Carinthia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> Train to Villach, then by bus; by car via the A2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Bathing June to September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Lidos payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> Warm bathing lake, family-friendly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Come early, in high summer the lidos fill up quickly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>The Faaker See lies in the south of Carinthia, embedded in a gentle hilly landscape over which the striking cone of the Mittagskogel keeps watch. Its water is of a luminous turquoise that gives it an almost Mediterranean character, and indeed this area is among the warmest bathing places in the Alps. Like many Carinthian lakes, it owes its origin to the last Ice Age, when retreating glaciers left behind hollows and basins that later filled with water. A small island in the lake reinforces the impression of a quiet idyll resting within itself.<\/p>\n<p>The region has always been a borderland in which German and Slovenian linguistic heritage meet, something that still echoes in place and field names today. For centuries the people here lived from agriculture and fishing, before summer tourism discovered the shores in the 20th century. The view across the water onto the nearby Karawanken, the natural border with Slovenia, gives the Faaker See a special depth: it lies at that seam where the alpine region gradually passes into the south and where both climate and culture become softer and more cheerful. The region is also known for a large annual motorcycle gathering, which in recent decades brought many thousands of visitors to the shores and gives the quiet idyll a quite different face for a few days each year. For the rest of the summer, however, it is shaped by the calm beauty of a lake whose turquoise recalls southern bays.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/mit-hund-in-den-alpen\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">With your dog in the Alps \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/hunde-ausruestung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Dog gear \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der Faaker See bei Villach ist f\u00fcr sein besonders intensives T\u00fcrkisblau bekannt, das ihm den Beinamen karibisches Flair einbringt. Vor dem S\u00fcdufer erhebt sich der markante Mittagskogel der Karawanken. Eine kleine Insel im See und gepflegte Strandb\u00e4der machen ihn zu einem beliebten Sommerziel. Highlights Intensiv t\u00fcrkisblaues Wasser Mittagskogel der Karawanken als Kulisse Kleine Insel im [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1185,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39,75,36],"citadela-item-location":[62],"class_list":["post-1148","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-category-hundefreundlich","citadela-item-category-seen-baden","citadela-item-location-kaernten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1493,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1148\/revisions\/1493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}