673m. The holiday region of the Lienzer Dolomites offers excellent mountain scenery in a rural setting. Lienzhas all the preferences of an attractive, small town. It is surrounded by small farming villages, the wide, flatvalley basin is towered over by several groups of mountains, by the wooded, gentle slopes of the Kreuzeck and Schober mountains (29O5m and 252lm) and to the south by the majestic, bizarrely fissured rock walls of the Lienzer Dolomites (27l8m). Very favourably situated for road connections, three valleys lead to Carinthia, Jugoslavia, Adriatic, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy and to the Central Alps (Grossglockner-3798m, Grossvenediger-3674m) withtheir huge glaciers. Easy to reach on the road from Felberntauern. Peace, relaxation, hiking and mountaineeringon many of the over 3000m high mountains to contemplative meadows, silent mountain valleys, shady woods and sunny pastures, crystal clear streams, to bathing lakes by the woods, hikes from the valley to the highest alpineglaciers. Centuries of seclusion stamp the specific customs of East Tyrol which are handed down by the oldergeneration and carried on by the younger one. It is an ancient settlement area and cultural land with strong, farming roots. Lienz offers: 300km of walking paths, 8Okm of walking paths in the vicinity, mountaineering school, cable railway, chair lifts, open air swimming pool, indoor swimming pool, saunas, bath lake by the woods, shooting, fetes, sporting events, cultural program, excellent restaurants, plentiful choice of excursions. Dölsach is anice village (2000 inhabitants, 4km distant from Lienz. WINTER: Austria's biggest skiing area on the south side of the Alps. No waiting periods. No risk of avalanches. Sunny. Numerous cablecar railways, chairlifts up to 2300m. Skiing schools. Skibuses. Skikindergarten. Iceskating. Sleighrides. Toboggan walking paths. International cross country skiing tracks (Dolomite run in February).