Via Paradiso - Stage 2

The first meters of this stage through Millstatt are the same as the last meters of the previous stage: From our starting point in Seepark / Via Paradiso information board in Millstatt we walk up the footpath to the main street. After crossing, we go through a gate to the left of Lindenhof, walk the cobbled alley and through the Millstatt monastery up to the main square. Along the main square to the right, then at the end go left up the street and at a fork in the road take the right street towards Obermillstatt and walk about 50 m further. Immediately behind a house, the Way of the Cross or the gorge path (No. 193) starts going uphill to the left. We take this up the steps to a fork in the path. Here we leave our yesterday's route and walk down the gorge path to the Riegerbach stream.

Now we walk the very beautiful gorge of the Riegerbach first on the right, then on the left side of the stream upwards. After some time, we cross a bridge back to the right side of the stream until we reach a road – always parallel to the stream. We cross the road and follow a now wider path with the sign "gorge path" which continues along the stream upwards. Then we go diagonally to the left up over a bridge and at the next fork take the path left out of the gorge in the direction of "Laubendorf". After a short stretch on an asphalt road, we turn right onto a hiking trail, which we follow uphill (do not miss the path straight ahead in a slight right curve), until a hiking trail branches off to the left in the direction of Öttern. Forest and meadow terrain and finally a gravel road lead us to the asphalt toll road in the direction of Schwaigerhütte. A short detour to the farm shop "nockfränz" is recommended here.

We walk down the road until at the first left bend, we continue straight along the driveway. There we immediately turn left again onto the hiking trail, which takes us downhill through the forest to a small asphalt road. Left down two hairpin bends and then over a bridge to a meadow path (signpost "Laubendorf"), which we follow with slight ups and downs to houses (we are at the upper end of Laubendorf). A small asphalt road leads us to a slightly larger asphalt road, which we follow uphill until a signpost "Berghof Burgstaller" at a farm points to a field path to the left. Through the farm and along the field path, until we turn left downhill onto a hiking trail towards Tangern. Beautifully downhill through the forest and at a bench and a wooden bridge, follow the right hiking trail towards Tangern. Soon the trail becomes a forest road and we reach an asphalt road, which we follow left down to Tangern.

Immediately behind the town sign a field path branches off to the right. Across fields and later left over a forest ridge uphill and then down to another field. Now we follow the field path on the right and then straight on until we arrive at Treffling (observe the signpost "Treffling"!).

At the beginning of the village, we cross the stream to a small road below the church and follow it to the left to a slightly larger road.

Now down to the left past the Pension Kärnten until we reach an even larger asphalt road. We cross the road and follow the small asphalt road opposite (path No. 4). At the next fork turn right and pass Sommeregg castle on the right and always downhill with the church tower in sight until in front of the church. A short detour to the farm shop Löscher (opening hours: Thursdays 3-6 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.-12 p.m.) would be recommended here. Down a left curve to the main road. We turn left onto it, but immediately right again into a small asphalt road. Somewhat quirky through a farm, we reach a meadow path, which we follow straight down to the stream. Over a bridge and now always left of the stream on a beautiful hiking trail down to the main road – we are now already at the beginning of Seeboden.

We walk a short way down the main road to a waterwheel on the left side. There it ends in a footpath, which we follow to a residential block. In front of the residential block turn left and then behind it again to the right to the church and further to the main street. 50 m on the street to the left and we are at the beginning of the promenade, which takes us straight (below via a parking lot) to the flower park directly on the Millstätter See, the destination of our stage.