Lake and River Activities
Austria's many lakes serve as centres of warm-weather sporting action - predominantly the lakes of the Salzkammergut, the Worthersee, Ossiachersee and Millstattersee in Carinthia, and the Neusiedler See in Burgenland. All of them are well equipped with windsurfing and sailing schools, the latter usually offering a range of courses in a variety of craft. Courses in all disciplines tend to last a week, although shorter, two-day crash courses are often available. Expect to pay around oS2500/?181.68 for a seven-day course. Courses will be in German and, although not all instructors speak English, most schools will make an effort to tailor their courses to suit your needs. Most sailing and windsurfing schools will also rent out surfboards and boats to those who already have experience. On the larger lakes, waterskiing and paraskiing are usually on offer. Scuba diving is a popular activity in the lakes of the Salzkammergut, although each lake only allows diving in designated areas, and at certain times of the year (transgressors will be fined). A one-day course should cost around oS500/?36.33, a seven-day marathon oS50,000/?363.36.
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