Avance Activity Hotel - a paradise for active families
Riding courses on Lipizzaners for kids, golf and tennis academies for kids, free all day kids club, great facilities for adults such as separate pool and spa and adult sports program.
The Riding
Hacks on 450 km riding trails through the beautiful Southern Burgenland wine region. Seven different routes, with varied terrain. Top dressage training with Kirsa Steinböck, state certified dressage rider with international Grand Prix successes in baroque dressage. Antonia and Patrick are also on hand for lessons for all levels and rides out. Kids' Fun Riding courses on Lipizzaners.
The Riding Facilities
Facilities include a 36m x 22m air conditioned floodlit indoor sand school with a rubber base and a surface made of Geotextile, 20m x 60m dressage riding ring, a sports café and paddocks. 16 Lipizzaners including 1 stud stallion for breeding, 5 Kladrubers, 2 Haflingers and 2 mini Shetland ponies. Besides riding you can also learn to drive carriages.
Kladruber: The Kladrubers were the carriage horses of the royal and imperial monarchies for 400 years. They are baroque horses of a large stature with a pronounced concave head profile. The breed was established in 1572 in the court stud Kladgrub. The Kladruber is a strong, generous horse with a calm, but if necessary also fiery temperament.
Lipizzaner: The "emperor's white horses" of the Hapsburg monarchy originate from the oldest cultured European breed of horses in Lipica, which is now in Slovenia. The Lipizzaner breed was created in 1580 through cross breeding with Spanish, Neapolitan and Arab horses on the initiative of Archduke Karl II.
4* Reiter Avance Hotel for Families
Kasimir's Kid's World is 120 m2 with its own terrace, with full time creative professional childcare from 9 am to 9 pm daily. Weekly barbeque evening, daily activity programmes for children aged 3-8 years and youths aged from 8-12 years. Soft play area for youngsters and Safari lodge with DVD and music centre for older kids, children's creative workshop. Kids have their own cool South East Asian style restaurant where they can have lunch, tea or dinner (supervised) and help themselves all day long from the soft drinks fountain. Weekly pizza party, youth bar, youth disco 'The Hole' 3 times a week. Kasimir's Water World is a huge indoor area with pools for babies and pools for older children with large Fun Slide and climbing wall. Kids' massages and other beauty treatments, including professional make-up tips for teenage girls.
Fun Riding Course for kids and teens with Lipizzaners and Kladrubers. Beginners course: Monday theory units from 8 am to 12 pm, Tuesday to Friday 1 lunging lesson per day (20 mins each), plus general horse care, Wednesday afternoon saddle care, Thursday completion of the theory with "Rudi's Giant Ice Cream Coupe" from 5 to 7 pm. Friday excursion with a horse and carriage for a sausage barbeque from 11 am to 3 pm. Price per child: £116.
Advanced riding course for kids and teens: £138. This includes a group lesson of 50 minutes on Monday to Wednesday, a morning hack on Thursday and Friday. Afternoons are spent with a variety of horse related activities such as horse care, cooking tasty things for horses, play hunting, riding to music (Quadrille), ice cream picnics in the horse and carriage. Min. 3 kids from age 7 for both courses.
Fun Golf for kids: David Leadbetter Junior Start Up: 3 day golf course (Thurs to Sat) for beginners and advanced children and youngsters, with 2 hours training daily. Video analysis of the full swing, pitching, chipping, playing bunker and putting. Range fee, range balls and golf club rental during instruction. Refreshments during instruction. Rules and etiquette instruction. Golf treasure hunt. Fun putting. Price per child: £90. Golfer taster day £39. Junior Golf camp (certain weeks only) £319.
For Adults: The Avance Hotel has its own pools, fitness, health and beauty areas offering an extensive array of therapies and treatments in the new architect designed Beauty Pavilion. You may also use the Merkur Centre for preventative medicine and physiotherapy. You may choose to spend time with your kids (you can even eat in the kids' restaurant) or escape to your own pool with its extensive choice of saunas and steamrooms. There is an all day free poolside health and juice bar here where you can have an early morning 'dressing gown' breakfast. All meals and drinks (including wine and beer) are included, so you can enjoy a sumptuous breakfast buffet, 3 course lunch buffet with accompanying drinks, snack buffet by the pool, coffee and cake & snacks in the afternoon, dinner with beer or wine and soft drinks included. In the hotel lobby bar: all drinks, including alcoholic cocktails, are included.
Sporting facilities
Golf: 9 and 18 hole courses and home to the famous David Leadbetter Golf Academy. Open year round. Free green fee (see below for details). On the driving range approx 200 golfers can practise open air or 20 golfers in huts (for inclement weather). For those wishing to practise pitches, putts or bunker strokes, there is a range of approx 180 × 70 metres with 2 greens.
Racquet centre offers 1 squash box, 2 indoor courts with granular surface, 2 outdoor sand courts, tennis court rental is free of charge. The 'Better Tennis Academy' offers expert tuition for all standards with a Children/Youth tennis programme and an Adult programme.
Nordic Walking and Running: In the resort itself there is a 1.5 km moon & sun running track. The region has running routes of 138 km, as well as hiking or signposted walking trails with a total length of 280 km.
All round reconditioning: This is a complete renovation and renewal which includes a daily activity programme with changing sports highlights such as: nordic walking and daily tours, daily aqua-aerobics, UKK walking test with fitness check, trial golf lesson, a guided cycling tour.
Cycling: Enjoy the beautiful gentle hills of the South Burgenland countryside on your bike, cycling past castles and manor houses in an untouched natural landscape. 600 km of fully signposted cycling for every level of ability. Bikes and detailed cycling map available at Reception.
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Accommodation is in 3 different sizes of family suites, 35 m2 (one room with sofa bed for 2 adults and 1 child), Deluxe Family suite of 58 m2 which has two separate bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 balconies and 2 TV’s. The Deluxe Extra suite has even more space at 74 m2. Minimum occupancy 2 adults and 2 children. Choose between view over the woods or the golf course.
Riding package: £965 per adult with 10 rides out and 2 x 50 minute massages in a room with a view.
7 nights in a family nest 35m2: Non riding on full board £825 per adult with transfer. Kids: 3-6yrs £204, 7-11 yrs £258, 12-16 yrs £345.
2 adults with 1 child up to the age of 11 sharing the parents' accommodation: £1870 total per week. All inclusive price with transfer: 2 adults with 2 children up to the age of 11: £2462.
4 nights: £554 per adult in family nest on full board. Kids: 3-6yrs £125, 7-11 yrs £153, 12-16 yrs £210.
Riding prices: You may have as many hacks (on lipizzaners) or lessons as you wish. Lunge (20 mins) £20. Private lessons with trainer £50 (50 mins), with a stallion from level A £66, pony riding £8 (30mins), private driving lesson £58, hacking £16 (per 50 mins). Group lesson (2-3 pax) £22. Carriage ride £50 (up to 4 people), £14 each (up to 8 people). Advanced riding course for kids and teens: £125 per child .Beginners riding course for kids and teens: £115 per child. Min. 3 kids from aged 7 for both courses.
Fun Golf for kids: David Leadbetter Junior Start Up: 3-day golf course (Thurs to Sats) for beginners and advanced children and youngsters, with 2 hours training daily. Price per child: £100. Golfer taster day £45. Junior Golf camp (certain weeks only) £290.
All inclusive includes: Return transfer from local airport or train station. All meals and drinks as stated above, complimentary childcare (9am to 9pm), free use of pools including the thermal pool and spa areas, 1 green fee per person per night (Mon to Fri with advanced booking, 50% reduction at weekends with booking), 1 tennis court hour per room per night (with advanced booking), aqua gymnastics, free use of fitness studio with modern cardio and strength training machines, guided nordic walking, archery, guided cycling tours, free bike hire, beach volleyball court, basketball court, weekly golf trial lessons, show cooking, wine tasting. Price excludes golf, tennis and riding courses, flights and insurance. Child discounts apply. No high season supplements.
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These prices are guidelines only. Please contact us for an exact quote since prices will vary depending on the season, the amount of riding you wish to do and whether you are travelling alone or with a group. To calculate the equivalent cost of your holiday in another currency, please visit XE.com's Universal Currency Converter.
Getting there
Vienna International airport is roughly 1.5 hrs from the Burgenland Resort and Graz is just over the hour. A minibus or car transfer to these airports or train stations are included in the cost of the holiday. The nearest train station is Bad Tatzmannsdorf.
Ryanair (London Stansted to Graz).
Austrian Airlines (London Heathrow and Dublin to Vienna).
British Airways (London Heathrow and Manchester to Vienna).
Fly Niki (London Stansted and Manchester to Vienna).
Aer Lingus (Dublin to Vienna).
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We can advise on flying from other airports, train, car hire and self-drive options - please contact us.
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Riding ability
Beginners riding lessons right through to advanced dressage.
What to bring
Your normal riding clothes and boots with hard hat, with a light waterproof (summer) and padded (ski) jacket (winter).
Weather
Current weather forecasts and general weather information for the region can be found here and here.
Environmental issues
You can calculate the CO2 emission of your journey to Austria at Climate Care and compensate for your 'environmental footprint'. If you let us know how much it is we will be happy to pay this on your behalf.
Austria has one of the highest levels of household recycling and organic farming in Europe. It also has some of the cleanest lakes, is 47% forested and produces nearly 70% of its energy from renewable sources such as water.
In the office, we use paper from sustainably managed forests and recycled material where possible.
We encourage you to travel onwards from your arrival airport by rail when possible, and will book seats on your behalf.
How to book
To make a non-binding enquiry or a provisional booking, please fill in the reservations & enquiries form. Once we have checked availability, we will send you a quote with a holiday reference number by email. To secure your holiday, a deposit is required of £200 per person (or half the cost of the holiday, whichever is lower) and forward any insurance premiums to the insurance company. You should book your flights at this stage, and forward details to us so that we can organise your transfers. The balance of payment must be received by us not less than eight weeks before departure. Payment instructions.
Insurance: all riders must be fully insured. We can recommend this travel insurance policy. The application form may be printed out to send with your premiums direct to the insurance company.
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