Hiking & Biking
13.07.2025 - 18.07.2025
Reflect on the essentials. Leave the stress of everyday life behind you. The power spots in the Mühlviertel invite you to recharge your batteries and take a deep breath.
Bookable
on the following dates
Are you looking for a varied, sporty but relaxing holiday? Do you like travelling in unspoilt nature? Then the Hiking & Biking days are just the thing for you. Spend a few days at the AVIVA and explore the hilly Mühlviertel and the Bohemian Forest on foot or by bike.
Mountain bikes are at your disposal if you want to take part in bike tours with your own muscle power. If you prefer a more leisurely pace, you can also take part in the tours on an e-mountain bike.
You can also experience the surrounding area all the way to the Czech Republic on guided hiking tours. Get your own impression of the hilly granite landscape of the Mühlviertel or the Czech border as far as the Vltava reservoir.
You can expect 2 guided hikes and 2 guided mountain bike tours/e-bike tours with our experienced guides.
If you need an e-bike or mountain bike – please book in good time.
Who else is taking part?
Just ask in the AVIVA make friends community who is taking part, get to know each other in advance and arrange to travel together 🙂
The AVIVA inclusive services
- Overnight stay in a modern, south-facing multi-view room with a view of the Alps
- Free use of the AVIVA spa area & activity programme also on arrival & departure day
- Rich breakfast buffet with regional food from 7.30 am to 10.30 am (until 11.00 am at weekends)
- AVIVA Sweet & Sour Snack also on the day of arrival & departure with soups, various salads, hot snacks, cakes and tarts, coffee and fruit from 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm in the restaurant and on the hotel terrace in warm weather
- All-day fruit bar in the lobby and wellness area
- 6-course AVIVA make friends dinner with 3 different main courses to choose from, an extensive salad buffet and a cheese bar, as well as a weekly barbecue buffet with Austrian specialities at large communication tables with other guests.
- Various culinary highlights such as BBQ, street food, Mühlviertler Alm dinner, etc. at the themed events.
- Intolerances can be catered for by prior arrangement.
- Mainly regional food with a maximum transport distance of 50km
- Free use of the wellness & spa area on 2,000 m² on the day of arrival & departure: indoor pool, sauna area with earth sauna, Finnish sauna, soft sauna, infrared cabin, caldarium, relaxation room, tea, juice and fruit bar, as well as solarium (for a fee)
- Sauna infusions and steam bath peelings several times a week in the Finnish sauna, earth sauna
- Bathing bag with bathrobe, sauna towels and bath towels
- Modern fitness centre with Technogym equipment, including BodyCoach vibro, treadmill, spinning bike, ergometer and strength equipment
- bright vitality room equipped with various stretching, strengthening and fascia training machines
- Large wellness garden with loungers, swimming pond, outdoor whirlpool, relaxation and communication islands, beach volleyball court and table tennis table
- Get-together several times a week in the hotel’s various outlets
- Daily (except Sunday) varied indoor & outdoor sports programme, accompanied by a professional fitness trainer
- Use of the hotel’s own Nordic walking poles, mountain bikes (in summer) and cross-country skis, snowshoes and ice stock for the hotel’s own ice stock rink (in winter), as well as the option to hire modern e-bikes for a fee (subject to availability, please reserve in advance)
- Opportunity to take part in beer brewing and the brewery tour
- Dance club for partying with DJ from Thursday to Saturday
- Rustic alpine feeling on the AVIVA Alm on Tuesday and Thursday
- Broadband WLAN internet connection throughout the hotel, table football and darts
- free monitored car park directly in front of the hotel with 6 e-charging stations – 22kw/h with type 2 plug
- Low-cost shuttle 3 times a week – further details
- free carpooling platform for coordinating your own holiday arrival and departure with other guests – more details
- free participation in the AVIVA make friends online community – an online platform to stay in contact with other guests or to get to know them
- free participation in the AVIVA online guestbook – an online platform to see who else is staying at the hotel during your stay
- Extensive sustainability and energy-saving measures – further details
- a variety of measures for professional working conditions for around 80 employees
| 6 days / 5 nights for you (1 person) |
6 days / 5 nights for friends (2 persons) |
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| AVIVA “MehrBlick”-room | from 930,- | from 750,- |
| AVIVA Sky on the 4th & 5th floor | from 1.030,- | from 850,- |
| AVIVA Suite 50m² | from 1.180,- | from 1.000,- |
- The daily updated prices can be found in the AVIVA online booking tool. Our tip: the earlier you book, the cheaper the price. Please note the early booking promotions and specials in the AVIVA newsletter.
- The price for you is valid for single occupancy, for friends for double occupancy per person.
- All prices are per person and stay and include the programme listed and all hotel inclusive services.
- The prices quoted are inclusive of VAT, plus the statutory local tax of 3.50 and a service charge of 3.50 per person per night.
- The AVIVA reservations team will be happy to answer your questions daily from 7 am to 8 pm.
Monday
- Hike from Bad Leonfelden to the Sternstein
- The Sternstein is 1,125 metres high and lies in the beautiful Austrian landscape of the Mühlviertel. There is a lookout point on the top of the mountain, which was opened in 1899 and reaches 20 metres into the sky. From there you have a marvellous view over Upper Austria and the Czech Republic. Approx. 13 km / altitude approx. 400 metres / walking time approx. 3.5 hours / difficulty: easy
Tuesday
- Hike to the Wittinghausen ruins in the Czech Republic
- Trail conditions: Mainly forest and meadow paths / Walking time: 4 hours, 20 km and approx. 450 m elevation gain
- The castle was founded in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 14th century. From the tower you can enjoy a wonderful view over the Bohemian Forest and the Vltava reservoir.
Wednesday
- Mountain bike tour to Lipno on the Vltava reservoir
- Departure to the Vltava reservoir – via the Guglwald border crossing to Lipno – /ride along the Vltava reservoir to the ferry / – ferry crossing. Return to the AVIVA via tarmac, forest and meadow paths
- Distance: approx. 45 kilometres/approx. 450 m ascent
- Difficulty level: medium
- Good physical condition required. Also possible with an e-bike
Thursday
- Mountain bike tour through the Mühlviertel region
- Explore the Mühlviertel on forest trails with our guide Charly.
- On forest and meadow paths through the hilly Mühlviertel landscape.
- Tour data: approx. 20-25 km/ 300-400 metres
Programme subject to change
