Five nights of running, hiking, adventure, music and connection on the island of Krk • 28th SEPT - 3rd OCT 2027
Five nights of running, hiking, adventure, music and connection on the island of Krk
28TH SEPT - 3RD OCT 2027
Leave with a full heart, new friends, and a fresh perspective
⌞ ⌝ Duration
6 days, 5 nights
⚲ Location
Baška, Croatia
𐦂𖨆𐀪𖠋 Group Size
Approx. 500
⋆˚࿔ Dates
29 Sept - 4 Oct
Swap screens for sunsets
Love Trails Croatia is a week dedicated to the lost arts of adventure, movement and connection.
Designed to feel like a retreat crossed with the best group running holiday you've ever been on. This is the running experience your body & mind needs now more than ever. This is your chance to unplug from the digital world and immerse yourself in nature for a life changing week on a Mediterranean island.
Tue 29 Sep 2026
The ideas behind Love Trails Croatia
Why the race clock pauses, the trails lead to music and the week leaves room to surprise yourself.
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Inside the music programme at Love Trails Croatia 2026
Beachside DJ sets, live music among the vines and a dancefloor waiting at the end of the trails. Head of Music Ollie Baxter shares the thinking behind a week of musical discovery on Krk.
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Follow your curiosity: inside Love Trails Croatia’s movement programme
Strength for the trails, space to slow down and the pleasure of trying something new. Curator Neil Frankel shares the thinking behind the movement programme at Love Trails Croatia 2026.
Timed Out™
The world's first trail race that stops the clock for the best bits.
Every race you've ever run made you rush past the good stuff. Timed Out is the one that doesn’t. You race the legs against the clock. Then, the second you reach an 'aid station', the clock times out. It pauses. And the trail turns into a pop-up festival you're free to soak up for as long as you like — with zero penalty to your time. Think DJ sets, craft workshops, sea dips and yoga classes along the route.
Race hard. Then properly arrive. Socialise. Then do it all over again. It's the only race where stopping is the whole point.
The lost arts of adventure, movement and connection.
Here's what that looks like in practice.
A week of adventure, movement, connection and everything in between. Check out some of the highlights from the week:
What’s included & not included?
Included
- 5x nights of accommodation or camping
- Half-board (breakfast and dinner) for all Sunny Baška Hotel bookings
1x entry into Timed Out™; our immersive 18km race experience, (or race a 6km loop course, that ends with a craft station) - Guided trail run experiences (a wide variety of distances from 4km to around 20km)
- Guided hike experiences (from 1hr to 4hr in duration)
- Dozens of movement, yoga & coaching sessions across the week
- Photos taken throughout the week by our content team will be shared with you
Not Included
- Travel to and from Baška (we operate coach transfers to all the nearest airports, or you can hire a car)
- Extra snacks, personal fuelling for trail runs or hikes
- Alcoholic drinks
- Please make sure you have appropriate travel insurance in place
“The week truly changed me for the better. Leaving with a full heart, new friends, and a fresh perspective on everything.”
In a word: no. Love Trails Croatia has been designed to feel like a wellbeing retreat crossed with the best group running holiday you’ve ever been on. It’s a 5-day long holiday on the largest Croatian island, curated and hosted by the team that organise Love Trails Festival in the UK.
Love Trails Croatia has been designed for every level of runner, with hikes & socially paced guided runs every day. You don’t need to be a good runner to take part. For experienced runners, Baška offers up plenty of technical trails, mountain assents, and endless possibilities for exploration.
The majority of attendees are in their 20s and 30s, but there’s no upper age limit. You’ll find people in their 40s and 50s too; Love Trails Croatia is a welcoming & inclusive place, whatever your age.
Absolutely. If lounging by the pool or relaxing in the town is more your thing, or simply taking longer over breakfast feels like the right thing to do, you do you. Nothing is mandatory and everything we put on programming wise is waiting there for you, as and when you need it.
You can, in fact around 30% of all attendees come on their own. With so many small group activities, and most people eating together in the hotel, making new friends is dead easy.
Love Trails Croatia runs airport transfers from all major airports in the vicinity of Baška, Croatia. Find out more here.
In short, it’s plentiful, healthy, varied & Croatian inspired. Meals at the hotel are served buffet style, so you can eat as much or as little as you like.
What’s the weather like?
18-28°C by day, cooling to roughly 15-17°C by night
At the end of September, Baška offers mild to warm, pleasant weather, as Croatia transitions from summer to autumn. Temperatures generally range from 18°C to 24°C, though warmer days closer to 28 or 29°C are common. The temps are perfect for being active outdoors.
And what about the sea temperature?
Sea temperatures remain comfortable for swimming at roughly 22°C to 23°C.