Affenberg Landskron — Attraction in Villach

This has been by far one of the most exciting adventures I have ever had in Europe. My family and I did the private tour which was more , but totally worth it. You are literally walking amongst the monkeys seeing them interact with each other and see the hierarchy within the family ranks. The monkeys are very docile, but mind the fact that they are still wild animals. The tour guide was very knowledgeable telling us all about the exhibit/sanctuary and on the private tour allowing us to feed the monkeys several times. Be mindful of your personal items because these monkeys will literally take stuff from your pockets, bags, strollers, and literally your hands if they want it, and if they get it theres no getting it back. This is an attraction for all ages. Everyone in our group had smiles from ear to ear and is very kid friendly. Just keep an eye on the little ones because they do tend tp get themselves into trouble being a little too adventurous. One of the regular tours behind us had a monkey steal a binky/passifire right from a kids mouth.

If you are ever visiting Villach, Austria this needs to be a must do thing. There is also a historical castle right next to the monkey exhibit that has an amazing Austrian restaurant. It sits at the top of this mountain (which does have parking at the top) and gives you an incredible birds eye view of Villach and the surrounding area. Everything is very affordable and...

The monkey zoo was very nice! You can see monkeys that will cross the road. Everything in regards to the attraction was well done and very enjoyable. Would totally recommend.

Just a note on the way up there: Be careful when you plan your trip to the location with bikes! The obvious road is prohibited for bikes which forces riders to go another route with mountainbike trail (level medium ) nearby. The signs are so bad placed that you will easily miss the main attraction (monkey and castle) and will land on a montainbike trail that goes over kilometers. We ended up searching multiple hours for the monkey park and met many other frustrated bikers that were mislead by the (missing) trail signs. So I would recommend going by car until they provide a proper bike trail. If you are a young sporty mountainbiker then this will not be a problem though and quite enjoyable challenging biking trail. I would not recommend to go there by bike if you have a family or have any health condition. The roads up there can be extremly challenging, although we did this in perfect weather conditions. Slopes are sometimes so steep that you will just slide down even with full force braking. So be...

Very interesting guide, we learnt a lot and it was very fun. We returned for a second visit one week later and it was interesting for this second time as well. (2019)

Update (2021): We came back this year as well and it was great even for the third time. We appreciated a lot that at the beginning of the tour they asked whether there was anybody who needed an English explanation and seeing that there were some (including us) they repeted everything in English as well (unlike the bird show in the castle where everything was in German only and understood very little).

We were here on a Sunday at 3:30pm and it was not crowded at all. They asked for a 3G certificate which was reassuring since in this way we knew that the other visitors were...