Feel the unique nature
Trail Running Spring
05.06.2025 - 09.06.2025
The gently undulating landscape of the Mühlviertel and South Bohemia, as well as the unique Sumava National Park, the former Iron Curtain, are ideal for trail running.
Run great trails together every day.
Immerse yourself in the untouched nature of the Sumava National Park and experience running on varied trails through dense forests, along crystal-clear streams and over the gentle hills of the Mühlviertel and South Bohemia. Our offer is aimed at experienced trail runners as well as road runners who want to discover trail running as a new passion.
With first-class routes, professional support from 28-time marathon runner and hotel owner Christian, himself an enthusiastic trail runner, we want to offer you unforgettable trail running experiences in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Europe.
Discover the natural beauty and challenges of the trails in the Mühlviertel and South Bohemia with us – we look forward to accompanying you on your trail running journey!
And after the run, wellness, dinner together, the AVIVA Alm and the Dance Club await you. Run together, spend your vacation together and of course exclusively for singles & friends, guaranteed without couples.
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
| 5 days / 4 nights for you (1 person) |
5 days / 4 nights for friends (2 people) |
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| AVIVA “MehrBlick”-room | from 700,- | from 600,- |
| AVIVA Sky on the 4th & 5th floor | from 780,- | from 680,- |
| AVIVA Suite 50m² | from 900,- | from 800,- |
- 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 listed program 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 reservation team will be happy to answer your questions daily from 7 am to 8 pm.
Thursday, 5.6.2025
- Arrival, check-in and fortify yourself with an afternoon snack
- 15:30 Casual off-road run to wind down after arrival (around 8 km, 250 m elevation gain, 1 hour)
- Time for wellness
- 18.30 6-course dinner
- 21.30 Dance club with karaoke
Friday, 6.6.2025
- from 7.30 a.m. refreshment at the breakfast buffet
- 10.30 a.m. Trail run to the ruins of Wittinghausen Castle in the Czech Republic. We cross the untouched nature of the Sumava National Park with an ascent to the ruins (around 20 km, 320 m elevation gain, 2.5 h without a stop)
- On our return, we will enjoy an afternoon snack and relax in the wellness area or go aqua jogging in the indoor pool
- 18.30 Hearty barbecue buffet
- from 21.00 AVIVA Alm party “Lederhosn meets Dirndl”
Saturday, 7.6.2025
- from 7.30 a.m. refreshment at the breakfast buffet
- 10.30 a.m. Trail run along the Nordkamm forest trail to the “Iron Curtain ” memorial through the Sumava National Park and along the border through the untouched landscape back to the Hotel AVIVA (approx. 17 km, approx. 300 m elevation gain, 2 h)
- After returning, refreshment with an afternoon snack and relaxation in the wellness area or aqua jogging in the indoor pool
- 18.30 6-course dinner
- from 21.00 AVIVA Alm Party & Dance Club
Sunday, 8.6.2025 (Whit Sunday)
- from 7.30 a.m. refreshment at the breakfast buffet
- 10.30 a.m. Departure to the Schwemmkanal (approx. 15 min.) and run in the 8th wonder of the Habsburg Empire in the unique natural scenery (approx. 18 km, approx. 100 hm, 2 h)
- On return, refreshment with an afternoon snack and relaxation in the wellness area or aqua jogging in the indoor pool
- 18.30 6-course dinner
- from 21.00 AVIVA Alm Party & Dance Club
Monday, 9.6.2025 (Whit Monday)
- from 7.30 a.m. refreshment at the breakfast buffet
- 10.30 a.m. leisurely final trail run in the unique surroundings of the hotel (approx. 11 km, 200 m elevation gain, 1 h)
- Relaxation in the wellness area, refreshment with an afternoon snack, departure or individual extension
Program subject to change
