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Lienz
The capital of Osttirol at the meeting of the Isel and the Drau, a sunny market town under the Lienz Dolomites with Schloss Bruck, seat of the Görz counts, above it.
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- 20Routes
- Featured summit · Goggkreuz
Highlights
11 from neighbouring places
Schloss Bruck | Museum der Stadt Lienz
A medieval castle of the Counts of Görz above Lienz, now the city museum with works by the painter Albin Egger-Lienz.
Stadtpfarrkirche St. Andrä
The Gothic town parish church of Lienz, where a memorial chapel holds the grave of the painter Albin Egger-Lienz.
Sommerrodelbahn Osttirodler
An alpine coaster on the slopes above Lienz, running from the mountain station of the town's lifts down toward the valley.
Lienzer Bergbahnen, Hochstein
Lifts up the Hochstein, Lienz's local mountain, serving ski slopes in winter and walking routes and downhill bike trails in summer.
Lienzer Bergbahnen, Zettersfeld
2.5 km away, in Gaimberg
A gondola from the edge of Lienz to the Zettersfeld, a sunny plateau at around 1,800 m with family ski slopes and easy high-level walking.
Kosakenfriedhof
3.2 km away, in Tristach
A cemetery near Lienz for Cossacks who died in 1945, when refugees camped in the Drau valley were handed over to the Soviet army.
Lienzer Klause
4.1 km away, in Leisach
A historic barrier fortification at Leisach south of Lienz, built to control the narrow passage of the Drau valley toward the Pustertal.
Oberforcher Michael-Almhütte
4.4 km away, in Leisach
An alm hut of the Oberforcher farm above Leisach, on the wooded slopes at the southwestern edge of the Lienz basin.
Familienpark Zettersfeld
5 km away, in Gaimberg
A family play area on the Zettersfeld, the sunny plateau above Lienz reached by gondola, combined with easy panoramic walking.
Naturfreundehütte 1.850m
6.2 km away, in Nußdorf-Debant
A Naturfreunde club hut at 1,850 m on the Zettersfeld slopes above Gaimberg and the Lienz basin, open to walkers in season.
Seekofel
6.6 km away, in Tristach
A multi-pitch climbing peak in the Lienz Dolomites above the Tristacher See, with routes on its limestone walls.
Kuenz Naturbrennerei
7.4 km away, in Dölsach
A family fruit distillery at Dölsach near Lienz, producing schnapps from orchard fruit and offering tastings and farm sales.
Debanttal
8.3 km away, in Dölsach
A side valley near Lienz reaching deep into the Schober group, much of it lying within the Hohe Tauern National Park.
Anna Schutzhaus 1.992m
11 km away, in Dölsach
A refuge at 1,992 m near the Ederplan summit above Dölsach, with wide views over the Drau valley and across to the Lienz Dolomites.
Schloss Lengberg
11.4 km away, in Nikolsdorf
A medieval hilltop castle at Nikolsdorf in the Drau valley, known for excavations that uncovered rare 15th-century textiles.
Historic site 
Cable car
Nothing of this kind in Lienz.
Routes
E-Bike & Klettersteig Burg Heinfels 1.130m
Short sport via ferrata below Burg Heinfels in the Pustertal, ridable to the base from the Punbrugge; a key wall provides the brief crux before the walk-off.
- 63.0 km
- Distance
- 52 m
- Ascent
- 22 h 48 min
- Duration
- 11
- Check-ins
E-Bike & Klettersteig Galitzenklamm
Combination outing pairing an e-bike ride to the Galitzenklamm near Lienz with a short wired climb up the gorge wall; wooden walkways of the water trail lead back to the entrance.
- 8.7 km
- Distance
- 75 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 20 min
- Duration
Kinderwagengerechte Wanderung zum Hochsteinkreuz
A stroller-friendly out-and-back from the Hochsteinhütte to the Hochsteinkreuz above Lienz, nearly level the whole way with Dolomites views across the valley.
- 2.4 km
- Distance
- 67 m
- Ascent
- 43 min
- Duration
- 10
- Check-ins
Walter Mair Rundwanderweg Lienzer Talboden - Etappe 1
Stage 1 of a long loop around the Lienz valley floor, taking in the Tristacher See, the Goggkreuz and the church hill of Kirchbichl on a varied 14 km round.
- 14.3 km
- Distance
- 671 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 1 min
- Duration
- 19
- Check-ins
Russenweg
A steep historic path above Lienz, built by Russian prisoners of war in the First World War, climbing past the Moosalm to the Hochsteinhütte.
- 8.4 km
- Distance
- 1 013 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 2 min
- Duration
- 19
- Check-ins
Moosalm/Alban Lakata Trail
A short flow trail on the Hochstein above Lienz, dropping from the Moosalm past the Bergfried viewpoint towards the valley station.
- 5.5 km
- Distance
- 345 m
- Ascent
- 54 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
Hochsteinrunde Nr. 121
A long climb on the toll road above Lienz to the hut at 2,025 m, with the Almhütte Huber Kaser at about 1,700 m on the way.
- 31.3 km
- Distance
- 1 390 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 5 min
- Duration
- 25
- Check-ins
Bike & Hike Böses Weibele 2.521m
A big climb above Lienz on the Hochstein toll road, riding to the Hochsteinhütte at 2,025 m where the walk to the summit begins.
- 45.1 km
- Distance
- 2 092 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 59 min
- Duration
- 28
- Check-ins
Themenweg "Albin-Egger-Lienz-Weg"
Town theme walk in Lienz devoted to the painter Albin Egger-Lienz, linking places from his life on an easy, nearly level circuit from the station.
- 3.8 km
- Distance
- 66 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 3 min
- Duration
Märchensteig zur Hochsteinhütte
Fairy-tale trail from the Schlossbergbahn in Lienz up to the Hochsteinhütte, passing the Sternalm and the Hubertusteich with story stations for children.
- 5.1 km
- Distance
- 522 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 12 min
- Duration
- 16
- Check-ins
Hochsteinhütte 2 025 m- Sternalm 1 505 m
Hubertusteich 1 558 m
Schloßbergrunde Nr. 103
A circuit on the home mountain of Lienz, climbing forest roads to the Sternalm at 1,505 m and returning past the Bergfried.
- 15.6 km
- Distance
- 862 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 19 min
- Duration
- 16
- Check-ins
Drauradweg
A gently descending stage on the river cycle path from San Candido through the Pustertal, following the Drau past Mittewald to Nikolsdorf.
- 63.2 km
- Distance
- 165 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 46 min
- Duration
- 25
- Check-ins
Themenweg Dorfrunde Gaimberg
Village theme loop across Gaimberg's sunny terrace above Lienz, with information panels on local life and farming along an easy round.
- 3.9 km
- Distance
- 141 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 15 min
- Duration
Walter Mair Rundwanderweg Lienzer Talboden - Etappe 4
A level stage of the Lienz valley-floor circuit, running past the Bikebar, Restaurant Holunderhof and the Lienzer Tenne with barely any climbing.
- 8.0 km
- Distance
- 124 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 11 min
- Duration
- 11
- Check-ins
Iseltalradweg Nr. 22
The Isel valley cycle path from Matrei down the river, past the Iselteich and the Iselblick lookout.
- 53.2 km
- Distance
- 495 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 11 min
- Duration
- 24
- Check-ins
- Landgasthof Bad Weiherburg 725 m
- Iselteich 707 m
Reiter Kirchl
Short, sharp climb from the Schlossbergbahn near the Moosalm to a small chapel perched above Lienz — some 350 m of height gain in under 3 km.
- 5.4 km
- Distance
- 357 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 24 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
Dolomitenradrundfahrt
A long road circuit from the Drau valley over the Gailbergsattel and the Kartitscher Sattel, returning through the Lesachtal and Kötschach-Mauthen.
- 109.7 km
- Distance
- 2 481 m
- Ascent
- 12 h 5 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
Themenweg "Kneippwanderweg"
Kneipp-themed route starting at the Zettersfeldbahn car park, pairing easy walking with water stations for barefoot wading along the way.
- 9.4 km
- Distance
- 222 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 45 min
- Duration
Radweg Lienzer Talboden Nr. 35
A valley cycle path along the Drau and Isel floor around Lienz, passing the Aguntum viewing platform and the Iselblick.
- 39.1 km
- Distance
- 428 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 52 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Themenweg "Vom Alten Leben"
Circuit above Oberlienz with stations on the old ways of rural life — how families here once farmed, milled and got through the mountain year.
- 7.6 km
- Distance
- 249 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 24 min
- Duration
No routes of this kind in Lienz yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Kinderwagengerechte Wanderung zum Hochsteinkreuz
A stroller-friendly out-and-back from the Hochsteinhütte to the Hochsteinkreuz above Lienz, nearly level the whole way with Dolomites views across the valley.
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