Designed by architects for travel enthusiasts: Our curated collection of outstanding holiday accomodations – also via map. Do you already know our new entry?
Two houses, one focus: capturing the Zugspitze backdrop in all its splendour. Therefore, Spielleite Acht near Garmisch-Partenkirchen takes a stylish step back and lets the mountains take centre stage.
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As every year, at the beginning of January we publish the holiday domiciles that our readers particularly liked last year. The ranking is determined by how often a post was read.
Designed by architects for travel enthusiasts: Our curated collection of outstanding holiday accomodations – also via map. Do you already know our new entry?
Two houses, one focus: capturing the Zugspitze backdrop in all its splendour. Therefore, Spielleite Acht near Garmisch-Partenkirchen takes a stylish step back and lets the mountains take centre stage.
As every year, at the beginning of January we publish the holiday domiciles that our readers particularly liked last year. The ranking is determined by how often a post was read.
In the first part of our Best of series you will find the most popular houses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The most popular holiday domiciles in Germany, Austria and Switzerland:
In the Baltic seaside resort of Zinnowitz on the island of Usedom, a Berlin family has created a retreat from city life. The house reflects the hosts’ penchant for architecture, design and art.
Due to its location on a pier in the Baltic Sea resort of Olpenitz near Kappeln, a town situated on the Schlei, the Strandvilla gives guests the impression of living in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
The Siegfried holiday home is situated in the Baltic Sea resort of Dierhagen at the entrance to the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula. From here it’s just a few steps to the water, with the Baltic Sea only 230 meters away and the Bodden on the opposite side visible from the house.
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Pure deceleration: In the midst of the Lower Bavarian picture postcard landscape, the Hofgut Hafnerleiten (Hafnerleiten Estate) offers a retreat in harmony with nature that combines the elements in a down-to-earth and architecturally subtle way.
Peace and nature at Lake Teupitz: The three apartments are located in a modern, linear building that opens up to the lake with large windows. Each unit offers access to the garden, the shore area and the (barrier-free) jetty.
La Chalette is a holiday cottage in the Upper Black Forest. It is located next to two historic houses on the edge of the village. On the outside you can still see its former use as a tractor shed, inside you feel like you are in a fine wooden box.
At Ansitz Hohenegg you can leave everyday life behind you. This former farmstead on a mountain ridge in the Allgäu is surrounded by high spruces on a sunny clearing and promises pure relaxation, thanks simply its solitary location amidst nature.
The turquoise shimmering lake Walchensee lies virtually at the feet of the Urfeld House. Situated on the edge of the forest at the northern tip of the alpine lake, the house was planned with great emphasis on sustainability.
Just behind the dunes and the ocean within earshot! Strandhaus fünfzehn (beach house fifteen) in Wustrow on the Fischland peninsula is perfect for a beach vacation. The house replaces a burnt down house from the 70s.
On the outskirts of Lindenhagen in the Uckermark region of north-eastern Brandenburg, Berlin architect Thomas Kröger has converted a 1950s estate house into a fantastic holiday home.
Spacious holiday home in a wide landscape! Fjorde Sieseby on the edge of the picturesque village of Sieseby on the Schlei is a former farm, which has been converted into a holiday resort with three lodges and a landscape park.
Wasserkoog is considered one of the most beautiful villages on the Eiderstedt peninsula. There are old farmhouses surrounded by the typical North Frisian landscape with meadows, pastures and a wide horizon.
The NewHaus holiday homes are located in the foothills of a pine forest just behind the dunes on the Fischland-Darß peninsula. The furnishings with classic furniture in an urban style are both elegant and casual.
Open architecture, modern interior, cosy and yet unobtrusive – this is MEERHAUS (Seahouse), surrounded by trees on a plot of 800 sq m, just 40 steps away from the beach.
Simply beautiful. There is no better way to describe Birki, an historic brick-built house in Thale, a small town on the northeastern rim of Germany’s Harz mountains.
Wild and romantic nature surrounds the Wanderlust holiday home in secluded Treseburg, a dreamy village at the entrance to the Bode Gorge in the Harz Mountains.
Only a few minutes’ walk from the beach, Lillesol is located in a small holiday housing development at the historic spa gardens in the seaside resort of Juliusruh on the island of Rügen.
Two houses, one focus: capturing the Zugspitze backdrop in all its splendour. Therefore, Spielleite Acht near Garmisch-Partenkirchen takes a stylish step back and lets the mountains take centre stage.
A dynamic duo – in the latest of our Friday interview series, we spoke to Johanne and Lena Nalbach from Nalbach + Nalbach. They talked about the pitfalls of architecture and the hotel business, their appetite for spontaneity and flawed nostalgia.
Stay in the midst of Hanseatic tradition with a Scandinavian twist: Hotel Die Reederin is located in a listed building dating from 1790 on Lübeck's beautiful Old Town island.
Surrounded by pine trees, air and tranquillity, the Montevid holiday home sits at an altitude of 1100 metres and enjoys a magnificent view. A place in the vineyards of La Palma inspired by the stone walls of its location, with a stunning view of the sea and the stars.
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