Schgaguler Hotel

Schgaguler Hotel

At the South Tyrolean Schgaguler Hotel in Castelrotto at the foot of the Alpe di Siusi, you can admire the amazing transformation of an 80s building into an elegant modern boutique hotel. The hotel is hardly recognisable and looks like an entirely new building.

Region/Town: IT – Italy, South Tyrol, Castelrotto

Name: Schgaguler Hotel

Scenery: In the historic centre of Castelrotto in the heart of the Dolomites

Accommodation: Hotel

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Podere 500

In a picturesque location between green meadows and sunflower fields, amidst the rolling Tuscan hills near the town of Cortona, Italy, you will find Podere 500, a holiday home that was once a traditional farmhouse. Behind its weathered stone walls, a surprisingly modern holiday home with spacious rooms and a bright and airy ambience awaits you.

Region/Town: IT – Italy, Tuscany, Cortona

Name: Podere 500

Scenery: Amidst meadows and fields, with a great view of Cortona

Accommodation: House

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casa LUUM

Casa Luum is situated on a property surrounded by a nature reserve in the hinterland of the Algarve. The building was designed by the Portuguese architect Pedro Domingos, who also created the neighbouring house Casa Agostos. …

Region/Town: PT – Portugal, Algarve, Santa Barbara de Nexe

Name: casa LUUM

Scenery: In a natural reserve at the end of a dirt road surrounde by hundres of olive-, cork- and almond trees

Accommodation: House

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Le Tamerici

Right on the beach! Le Tamerici forms part of an historic building complex just 200 meters from the central piazza of Punta Secca, a fishing village on the southeast coast of Sicily. A house with soul and charm: rooms with high ceilings, rough walls, old stone floors, original doors and windows, and traditional majolica tiles.

Region/Town: IT – Italy, Sicily, Punta Secca

Name: Le Tamerici

Scenery: On the beach

Accommodation: House

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Steinhaus am Auerbach

At first, you might be slightly surprised by the name: “Steinhaus (stone house) am Auerbach”. This Steinhaus in the Bavarian town of Oberaudorf looks like a wooden house from the outside, but is in fact a massive stone building with 80cm thick walls. …

Region/Town: DE – Germany, Bavaria, Oberaudorf

Name: Steinhaus am Auerbach

Scenery: In a small village in the northern part of the Alps

Accommodation: House

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Golf Lodge Schloss Auel

The Golf Lodge is situated in the middle of the grounds and golf course of Schloss Auel in Germany’s Bergisches Land. The new building has its own modern character, yet still integrates seamlessly into the heritage listed ensemble. …

Region/Town: DE – Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rheinland, Lohmar

Name: Golf Lodge Schloss Auel

Scenery: Amidst meadows and forests in the Bergisches Land

Accommodation: Hotel

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Bergloft Privà

At first glance, Bergloft Privà in the mountain village of Degen in Switzerland’s Lumnezia valley looks like an ordinary stable typical to the region: an airy log cabin built upon raw stone foundations. Yet if you look closely – …

Region/Town: CH – Switzerland, Lumnezia Valley, Degen

Name: Bergloft Privà

Scenery: In the heart of the village Degen, in the idylliac region of the Surselva

Accommodation: House

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Casa Ceppi

Casa Ceppi is a rural property on the Croatian peninsula of Istria. The historic complex, which comprises a main building and outbuildings grouped around a central square, was in ruins until it was rebuilt according to plans by the Berlin architecture firm Wietersheim. …

Region/Town: HR – Croatia, Istria, Čepić

Name: Casa Ceppi

Scenery: In the hinterland of Istria, 15 min. from the coast

Accommodation: House

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Mezi Plutky

The small boutique hotel Mezi Plutky in the Czech Carpathian Mountains effortlessly blends apparent contradictions. Old and new, darkness and light, privacy and community come together to create a haven of peace and tranquility. The 200-year-old country house with its traditional shingled roof and typical small windows is surprisingly bright inside: white walls, …

Region/Town: CZ – Czech Republic, Čeladná

Name: Mezi Plutky

Scenery: In the protected landscape area Beskydy in the western Carpathian mountains

Accommodation: House, Hotel

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Smart Wood House

The Smart Wood House is a sustainable, low-energy house in Salzburg’s Lungau Region – characterized by a combination of straight-lined architecture, innovative building technology and natural, regional materials. The gable-roofed house which nestles into the slope is clad from head to toe in Lungau mountain larch: the roof is covered with wooden shingles while the outer walls were constructed of sawn-up timber boards. …

Region/Town: AT – Austria, Tamsweg/Salzburg

Name: Smart Wood House

Scenery: At the outskirts of a small village amidst an alpine setting

Accommodation: House

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