** Now with free Wifi!! **. Chalet Kolbnitz is a traditional Austrian detached house with garden on the sunny side of the beautiful Mölltal valley in Kolbnitz, National Park Hohe Tauern. The spacious house features sleeping for 6 in 3 bedrooms (no bunk beds/sofa beds), a bathroom with roll top bath, a shower room, 2 toilets, a kitchen with breakfast table and a lounge/diner with corner sofa & dining table. Two bedrooms have balconies with great mountain views, while in summer there is a wood decked terrace where you can enjoy the view with a glass of wine at the table. The central location in the Mölltal valley is perfect for summer and winter holidays amongst the lush rivers, lakes and mountains. It has two funiculars for hiking in the mountains, a rafting centre, a horse riding centre, tennis courts, a swimming pool & restaurants/bars, also nearby is Millstätt with its beautiful lake & golf course. In winter there is a village ski lift & the ski resorts of Ankogel & Mölltaler Glacier (all year skiing, 20mins).
We frequently improve the house, recent additions include: a new roof, new bespoke made wooden child stair gate, child friendly balustrade upstairs, re-laid and repaired terrace, new dishwasher, new cooker, new washing machine and a new hot water heater.
Airports near Kolbnitz: Klagenfurt - 98km, 1 hour drive. Ljubljana (Slovenia) - 132km, 1.25 hour drive. Salzburg - 159km, 1.5 hour drive. Graz - 224km, 2 hour drive. Trieste (Italy) - 226km, 2 hour drive. Vienna - 400km, 3.5 hours drive.
Car hire: In addition to the usual car hire pick up points in Austria (airports, etc) car hire outlets in Slovenia and Italy usually include driving in Austria at no additional cost, but please check with your car rental company before booking. Driving to Kolbnitz is straight forward, leave the A10 Motorway and take the road towards Grossglockner for 10 minutes, there are no hair pin bends and the roads are cleared of snow in winter.
Getting to Kolbnitz by train: Take an Intercity (IC) train to Mallnitz, Spittal or Lienz then catch the local train to Kolbnitz.
