Spring awakens our enthusiasm for sport. From our hotel you have direct access to cycle paths in the region, which are an easy level also for families.

while mountain bikers will find their own paradise just a few minutes away by car: the Bad Kleinkirchheim region has the longest natural trails in Carinthia.

The nock/bike region of Lake Millstatt and Bad Kleinkirchheim has a mountain bike network of around 700 kilometres. In order to be able to really make use of all the tours available, transfers by cable car, boat or trailer shuttle are offered. 

For more info on the MTB tours visit: https://www.kaernten.at/rad/mountainbiken-kaernten/

Children who love horses and riding will be well catered for as there are several local riding stables with riding facilities that can be reached in just a few minutes by car.  The riding facilities are located in Seeboden, Malta, Lendorf and Spittal an der Drau. Please inquire at our reception our staff will be pleased to help you.

The all-round child minding service at the Smiley Hotel also means that you can play golf during the day. The most beautiful greens in our area are:

Lake Millstatt golf course
Bad Kleinkirchheim gold arena
Lungau/Katschberg golf course

Find out more about the Alpe-Adria-Golf Card, with which you can enjoy some sun on the fairways and greens of the 21 most beautiful golf courses in Carinthia, Slovenia and Italy.

More golf: https://golf.kaernten.at/golfanlagen/

From spring to late autumn you can enjoy the following activities:

Other sports activities are:

• high rope course Katschberg / Innerkrems
• canyoning
• fishing in the castle pond and in Lake Millstatt
• geocaching and mountain hiking with mountain guide

As the Smiley Hotel is also located where the Lieser and Maltatal regions meet, you can make excursions to the national parks from here. The excursion destinations are:

Malta Hochalmstrasse (alpine road) – Kölnbreinsperre (Kölnbrein arch dam with spectacular airwalk), Nockalmstrasse alpine road in the Nockberge mountains with the Nockalm Biosphere Park, the Hohe Tauern National Park with the Grossglockner mountain and the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, the Märchenwandermeile (Fairytale Hiking Mile), and the medieval town of Gmünd, home to many artists.

The Malta Valley with its Gößfälle waterfalls, water play park, Malta Valley cycle path, Malteiner Wasserspiele (water features), treasure hunt in the Innerkrems, Stubeck family mountain pasture and the Malta Valley donkey farm.

Car fans will be in their element at the Porsche Automobile Museum in Gmünd. And the Pankratium fully lives up to its name “House of Amazement”. In the Pankratium, children and adults alike embark on a journey of sensory, visual and acoustic perception, as you and your family hear, see and feel in the world’s largest walk-in violin, the wistful drum, water trumpets and other sound machines and sculptures.