Burel Mountain Hotels: Casa das Penhas Douradas & Casa de São Lourenço

Burel Mountain Hotels: Casa das Penhas Douradas & Casa de São Lourenço

Far from the noise and rush of urban life, the Burel Mountain Hotels are set in the midst of Portugal’s Serra da Estrela Natural Park. By the 19th century, the area was already popular with summer visitors thanks to its healthy climate…

Region/Town: PT – Portugal, Manteigas

Name: Burel Mountain Hotels

Scenery: Serra da Estrela, between Portugal's highest mountains

Accommodation: Hotel

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Pur-Ostsee

Haus Pur Ostsee on the outskirts of the fishing village of Prerow on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast is a house that comes with a surprise: from the street side, with its timber façade and the typical roof shape with eyebrow dormers, it looks like a traditional Darßer Schifferhaus. But as you move towards the garden it turns out to be a modern building with a room-high window front along the entire garden side.

Region/Town: DE – Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Prerow

Name: Pur-Ostsee

Scenery: On the outskirts of the fishing village, near the "Weststrand" (west beach)

Accommodation: House

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Odles Lodge

The Odles Lodge, situated in the middle of the Plose ski and hiking area of South Tyrol on the edge of the Dolomites, is tied closely to nature. The building grows out of the slope and seems almost like it forms part of the landscape. The ground level is constructed of natural stone, the façade of quartered larch logs, and the roof surfaces are planted with greenery.

Region/Town: IT – Italy, South Tyrol, Brixen, Plose

Name: Odles Lodge

Scenery: Surrounded by woods and the peaks of the Dolomites

Accommodation: Apartment

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MIRAMONTI

High above Merano, MIRAMONTI Boutique Hotel sits atop a sunny plateau by the edge of a forest. Established as a small inn in 1932, the hotel has been rebuilt and extended several times over the years. In 2012, Carmen and Klaus Alber bought the hotel and transformed it into a hideaway for nature and design lovers.

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

Name: MIRAMONTI Boutique Hotel

Scenery: On a sunny high plateau, at the edge of a forest

Accommodation: Hotel

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Seehotel Ambach

Seehotel Ambach beams its guests back to the seventies. At the beginning of the decade, architect Othmar Barth, considered a pioneer of modernity in South Tyrol, created a complete work of art – merging architecture, design and nature – on the northern shore of Lake Caldaro.

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

Name: Seehotel Ambach

Scenery: Unique position directly by the lake, surrounded by vineyards

Accommodation: Hotel

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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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Schnepfegg 52

A mountain idyll! With views of meadows, wooded slopes, and Alpine ranges, Haus Schnepfegg 52 is situated at an altitude of 900 metres just by a mountain pass in Austria’s western state of Vorarlberg. This Bregenzwälder farmhouse dating to the 18th century has been converted into a holiday home, …

Region/Town: AT – Austria, Bregenzerwald, Schnepfegg

Name: Schnepfegg 52

Scenery: Amidst meadows and forests on 950 m.

Accommodation: House

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Alpine Lifestyle Hotel Ambet

Hotel Ambet is situated at an altitude of 1400 metres in the South Tyrolean village of Meransen at the entrance to the Val Pusteria. The building may be new, but the hotel is still a building steeped in tradition. …

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

Name: Alpine Lifestyle Hotel Ambet

Scenery: In a panoramic position at an altitude of 1,400 m

Accommodation: Hotel

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Heimat1883

Heimat1883, located at the historic centre of Garmisch in Bavaria, was once the town’s almshouse. Today, you will find five modern and comfortable apartments behind its heritage listed façade.

Region/Town: DE – Germany, Bavaria, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Name: Heimat 1883

Scenery: In the town center

Accommodation: House, Apartment

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schlicht & ergreifend: das Birki

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. Situated by a babbling pebble creek on an elevated hill slope near the edge of the town, …

Region/Town: DE – Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Thale

Name: das Birki

Scenery: Small town on the northeastern rim of Germany’s Harz mountains

Accommodation: House

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