Difficulty:medium
Length:75.6 kmDuration:34:00 hElevation uphill:5,703 m
At a good 24 kilometers, the fourth stage to San Candido in South Tyrol is quite long, but less demanding. Via Kartitsch and the baroque pilgrimage church of Hollbruck, the route leads back into the Pustertal valley at Heinfels, continuing via Sillian. At varying altitudes, you follow the Drau to San Candido with its important Romanesque collegiate church.
Once in San Candido, hikers are greeted by the collegiate church, an important religious site with a long history. The church impresses with its Romanesque architecture and artistic frescoes, which bear witness to the deep religious tradition of the region. It offers pilgrims the opportunity to come to contemplation in a peaceful and sublime atmosphere.
Starting from St. Oswald, the stage first leads along a meadow path to Kartitsch, where you will find the parish church of St. Leonhard. From there, after crossing the main road, continue in the direction of Kanter / Schuster. From there we reach the Hollbruck pilgrimage church via the Hollbrucker Landesstraße.
After a rest and a visit to the richly decorated Baroque church, the route continues along paths no. 14 and 467 down into the Pustertal valley to Rabland, from there always orographically to the right of the Drau, past the butterfly meadow towards Sillian. In the village of Sillian, the path leads us up to the Maria Himmelfahrt parish church. Half of the way is done.
The second part of the trail leads us from the parish church uphill to - Kopsgute - We follow trail 1 in the direction of Arnbach. On the Drau cycle path, we cross the bridge to the south side of the Drau and walk along the right bank of the Drau on the riverside path, following the signs to Winnebach. There we change to the Herrnsteigl, which takes us to Vierschach. At the train station in Vierschach we take the underpass into the "Vierschacher Zentrum" and reach the orographic right side of the Drau. From here, we follow the cycle/valley hiking trail across the fields to San Candido, with the Romanesque tower of the monastery always in sight.
