Liesing: Violin Making, Hiking Trails and Special Experiences

Liesing combines regional culture with varied trails and special excursion destinations. Those looking for a holiday apartment or holiday home can choose between musical discoveries, local history, walking trails and more active experiences. The different options help you plan your stay according to the interests of your travel group.

Violin Making, Folk Music and Local History

A prominent cultural attraction is the Violin-Making Museum. It displays a selection of Lexer violins and is located in the attic of the Lesachtal Folk Music Academy. Many courses and events take place at the Alpine Folk Music Academy. This means that Liesing offers more than just a single museum theme: violin making and folk music are among the town’s defining cultural attractions.

The Shoemaker Museum also provides further insight into traditional crafts. It is located in the neighbouring Shoemaker House. For a trip planned around an interest in regional crafts and music, Liesing therefore offers several different cultural attractions, without all the experiences being of the same kind.

The Liesing Parish Church serves as a point of orientation in the town. It is situated directly at the edge of the village square, which forms the centre of the village. A small sign on the bridge over the stream also commemorates the birthplace of the scholar Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias von Lexer. Such small details turn a walk through Liesing into a voyage of discovery featuring cultural and historical points of interest.

Hiking Trails through Forests, Meadows and Along Waterways

For active days, the Gail Hiking Trail in Liesing is a good option. It is a circular trail through forests, meadows and along waterways, follows the Gail River and crosses the Kosenbach stream. You can begin in Liesing below the church or in the Liesingergraben at the Culture and Leisure Centre. This allows you to choose the starting point to suit your plans for the day without losing sight of the circular trail’s character.

Another option is the Bread & Morenden Trail. It begins at the Culture and Leisure Centre in Klebas near Liesing. Together with the Village and Bread Festival, which takes place in Liesing at the beginning of September, this trail highlights the connection between the landscape, regional tradition and culinary interests. The festival is a separate date to include in your travel plans, while the hiking trail offers an additional opportunity to explore the surrounding area on foot.

Experience Destinations for Different Day Plans

Those wishing to plan additional activities alongside hikes will find an interactive forest adventure trail in the Lesachtal Adventure and Forest Experience World above Liesing, near the small village of Ladstatt. The site also includes the “Millnatzenklamm” via ferrata. This combination appeals to different preferences: a forest adventure trail focuses on something different from a via ferrata. If different interests come together in your travel group, you can divide up your plans for the day accordingly.

The Lesachtal Adventure Pool is located at Klebas 30, 9653 Liesing. This adds another specifically named destination to the choice between cultural, active and recreational experiences. When looking for accommodation in Liesing, it makes sense to first decide which of these priorities should define your holiday. A holiday apartment in Liesing can then serve as the chosen base for a plan that combines exploring the town, hiking and visiting other excursion destinations.

Discover More Places

If you would like to explore other places from the wider selection alongside Liesing, you can find Görtschach, Sankt Stefan An Der Gail, Birnbaum, Waidegg, Gitschtal, Podlanig Im Lesachtal, Kirchbach and Forst here.

To the main travel overview: Hermagor.