The largest and busiest place on the Wörther See is Velden (440m/1,444ft; pop. 9,000), Carinthia's most fashionable resort; its villas and hotels encircle the western end of the lake. Near the jetty stands the Schloss (16th-17th C.), a Renaissance building with an Early Baroque doorway (1603). It was extended in 1920 and is now a hotel
surrounded by a park. The two-story building has hexagonal towers at each corner, with domes and turrets. At the end of the 16th C. it was a favorite meeting place for the aristocracy. The Schubertpark and the promenade along the lake are ideal for walks. To the northeast of Velden, beyond the highway in the district of Göriach, rises the Karawankenblick (660m/2,165ft), a lookout point with a magnificent prospect over the lake to the rugged Karawanken range in the south. To the west there is a pleasant walk (one and a half hours) to the Grosser Sternberg (726m/2,382ft), crowned by a conspicuous pilgrimage church. One hour's walk north of Velden lies the little Forstsee (601m/1,972ft), a storage reservoir.
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