Major sights include the cities of Klagenfurt and Villach and medieval towns like Friesach or Gmünd. Carinthia offers numerous monasteries and churches such as the Gurk Cathedral or Maria Saal in the Zollfeld plain, the abbeys of St Paul's., Ossiach, Millstatt and Viktring. Castles and palaces like large-scale Hochosterwitz, Griffen or Porcia make Carinthia attractive any time of year. Scenic high
lights are the main bathing lakes Wörthersee, Millstätter See, Ossiacher See and Faaker See as well as a variety of smaller lakes and ponds. All the destinations feature tourist services of high quality. In winter Carinthia offers ski resorts such as the Nassfeld near Hermagor, Gerlitzen mountain, Bad Kleinkirchheim, Flattach and Heiligenblut at Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner as well as the Hohe Tauern and Nock Mountains national parks for alpine sports and mountaineering.
