Brücke 49 Herberge

Brücke 49 Herberge

With their B&B Brücke 49 in the Swiss mountain village of Vals, Ruth Kramer and Thomas Schacht have won the hearts of design lovers. Now they are offering additional holiday apartments in the neighbouring house. With Brücke 49 Herberge they continue to develop their successful style concept – the fusion of alpine architecture and Scandinavian design.

Region/Town: CH – Switzerland, Grisons, Vals

Name: Brücke 49 Herberge

Scenery: In the middle of a small mountain village in the Swiss Alps

Accommodation: Apartment

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Stadl Wuggitz

A 200-year-old hay barn in southern Styria has been given a new lease on life as a holiday house. The conversion process involved the barn being completely disassembled, its wooden beams being carefully restored and then carefully reassembled once again. Its new additions include large windows and a glass entrance area. The interiors of the house are open like a loft…

Region/Town: AT – Austria, Southern Styria, Oberhaag

Name: Stadl Wuggitz

Scenery: Surrounded by vineyards or orchards

Accommodation: House

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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 Boutique Hotel

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

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 Hotel Ambet

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

Accommodation: Hotel

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