East Tyrol lies south of the Hohe Tauern, the highest mountain range in Austria, which blocks many rain fronts from the north. It is no wonder that East Tyrol is known as the "Land of the Sun" and that its main town, Lienz, is considered the sunniest city in Austria. Together with the magnificent mountain scenery, it offers the best conditions for a successful hiking holiday. The Rother hiking guide "East Tyrol South" presents 50 hikes and mountain tours around Lienz, in the Lienz Dolomites, in the Villgraten Mountains, and along the Carnic Main Ridge. In the south of East Tyrol, the steeply rising Lienz Dolomites and the impressive wall of the Carnic Main Ridge provide hikers with a stunning backdrop and climbers with exciting summit destinations. While the heights of the described peaks in the Villgraten Mountains just nearly reach the 3000-meter mark, two true three-thousanders are presented from the southern Schober group.