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For Sale For sale: Die kleine Acht
Raised on the slope on con­crete sup­ports, yellow window frames and an uncon­ven­tional roof: Bleibe Men­zen­schwand demons­trates the courage to be indi­vidual. The holiday home sits on a steep western slope in Men­zen­schwand, a dis­trict of St. Blasien in the sou­thern Black Forest.
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Designed by archi­tects for travel enthu­siasts: Our curated coll­ection of out­standing holiday acco­mo­da­tions — also via map. Do you already know our new entry?

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Holiday home Collage — Ferien
Collage — Ferien
Holiday home Collage — Ferien
The Collage holiday home illustrates the potential that an ageing house from the 1970s can offer. Situated in a holiday village in Bernau, a town in the Black Forest, the house has been transformed into a contemporary, modern holiday home.
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Hotel Milla Montis
Milla Montis
Hotel Milla Montis
With its restrained and at the same time sensational design, the South Tyrolean Milla Montis Hotel enriches the Puster Valley with an architectural highlight. The motto of the architectural intervention: origin, redefined.
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Holiday home Haus in Matzwitz
Haus in Matzwitz
© 2021 by Jörg Hempel; www.joerg-hempel-com
Holiday home Haus in Matzwitz
You could almost mistake the house in the village of Matzwitz, situated in the hinterland of Hohwachter Bucht (Hohwacht Bay), for a barn – if it weren’t for the oversized window that gives it an extravagant touch!
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Holiday home Mezi Lukami
Mezi Lukami
Holiday home Mezi Lukami
The holiday home at the foot of the Western Carpathian Mountains is a sensitive reconstruction of an old wooden house and the virtuoso combination of craftsmanship, traditions and modern design.
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Hotel Alpenloge
Alpenloge
Hotel Alpenloge
The Alpenloge is a small hotel in the Allgäu region, where modern-elegant design and the style of the 1930s combine with Bavarian mountain panoramas. 
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ApartmentHoliday home Larix Lodge
Larix Lodge
Apartment // Holiday home Larix Lodge
The Larix Lodge in the village of La Villa (Stern) in Alta Badia is modern, yet rooted in tradition. The wooden façade, loggia and gable roof relate to the characteristic features of the region’s buildings, but at the same time the building has an independent, contemporary character.
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Holiday home Casa Salvati
Casa Salvati
Holiday home Casa Salvati
Casa Salvati is part of an ensemble of three holiday homes built by the architects Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi in 1972 on a hill on the western shore of Lake Garda. An important element of Salvati and Tresoldi’s work was the use of colour.
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Hotel Hotel Villa Mayr
Hotel Villa Mayr
Hotel Hotel Villa Mayr
Villa Mayr in Vahrn near Brixen, South Tyrol, is a house steeped in history. The building, which is more than 400 years old, used to be the summer residence of the Hotel Elephant in Brixen and was converted into a boarding house in 1878.
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Apartment Iselhof
Iselhof
Apartment Iselhof
Mountain world and city life, tradition and modernity - a holiday at Iselhof in Lienz in East Tyrol has many facets. You live in the midst of greenery, but it only takes a few minutes to walk to the centre of the small town.
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Holiday home Schilana 80
Schilana 80
Holiday home Schilana 80
The Engadine house, centrally located in the village of Ramosch, is over 300 years old. It was renovated entirely but thoroughly in 2011, preserving the historic building with the traditional structure of the residential stable house while at the same time adapting it to modern living requirements.
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Holiday home Bene­dikta
Bene­dikta
Holiday home Bene­dikta
The holiday home in the southern part of Vorarlberg is a typical Montafon house. The building from 1836 was dismantled in accordance with monument preservation regulations in 2020. Since 2026 it is part of the Vipp Guesthouse Collection.
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Holiday home Sankt Unterholz
Sankt Unterholz
Holiday home Sankt Unterholz
Plenty of nature, few people: In the Uckermark region in North-Eastern Germany, you can easily leave everyday life behind. The quiet rural surroundings are ideal for relaxing, yet also for concentrated and creative work.
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