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At first glance, Bergloft Privà in Switzerland’s Lum­nezia valley looks like an ordinary stable typical to the region: an airy log cabin built upon raw stone foun­da­tions. Behind the facade, however, is a modern holiday home.
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Holiday home Bergloft Privà
Bergloft Privà
Holiday home Bergloft Privà
At first glance, Bergloft Privà in Switzerland’s Lumnezia valley looks like an ordinary stable typical to the region: an airy log cabin built upon raw stone foundations. Behind the facade, however, is a modern holiday home.
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Hotel Hotel Bären
Hotel Bären
Hotel Hotel Bären
The Hotel Bären in the village square of Mellau in the Austria’s Bregenzerwald is one of the few stone houses within a village characterized by wooden houses. Its new owners have breathed new life into the traditional house, which dates to 1872.
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Holiday home Smart Wood House
Smart Wood House
Holiday home Smart Wood House
The Smart Wood House in Salzburg's Lungau Region is characterized by a combination of straight-lined architecture, innovative building technology and natural, regional materials. The low-energy house is clad from head to toe in Lungau mountain larch.
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Apartment Anima Monti
Anima Monti
Apartment Anima Monti
The holiday apartments in the secluded village of Sauris in the Carnic Dolomites in Northern Italy combine the flair of a mountain hut with modern design.
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Bed & Breakfast Das Wanda
Das Wanda
Bed & Breakfast Das Wanda
In South Tyrol's wine village Caldaro, Verena Huf has transformed a 1970s guesthouse into a stylish B&B. ‘Das Wanda’ bears the name of a former inn on the island of Elba that belonged to the grandfather. Her B&B radiates the same Mediterranean mood.
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Apartment Wälder Vakanz
Wälder Vakanz
Apartment Wälder Vakanz
Modern, understated design and the quiet location in the Vorarlberg hills characterise the Wälder Vakanz holiday apartment situated on the ground floor of a family home in the village of Krumbach in Austria’s Bregenzerwald.
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Holiday home Alte Schrei­nerei
Alte Schrei­nerei
Holiday home Alte Schrei­nerei
Located below Hohenberg Castle on the Eger River in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains is this holiday home—an excellent renovation that showcases regional architectural heritage and offers a stylish atmosphere for families and small groups.
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Apartment Giatla Haus
Giatla Haus
Apartment Giatla Haus
The Giatla House masterfully bridges the gap between yesterday and today. The over 300-year-old farmhouse belongs to a mountain farm in Villgratental in East Tyrol. The house has been carefully renovated and large parts of the building have been maintained in their original character.
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Holiday home Alpen­lofts
Alpen­lofts
Holiday home Alpen­lofts
The Alpenlofts in Bad Gastein are a project of Evelyn and Ike Ikrath. With their hotels Haus Hirt and Miramonte the hotel manager and the architect have already created hideaways in which guests feel like visiting friends.
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Apartment Giassa 10
Giassa 10
Apartment Giassa 10
The listed wooden house from 1801 is located in a small hamlet in Grisons. In 2012/13 the building has been restored to its original condition far as possible. The house features two apartments, one of which is rented out as a holiday home for up to six people.
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Holiday home La Marmote
La Marmote
Holiday home La Marmote
La Marmote in the Carnic Alps in north-eastern Italy is a hotel with 22 apartments, which are scattered throughout the little town of Paluzza. The apartment Da Velio frames the mountain panorama with its huge glass front.
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Holiday home Bergraum
Bergraum
Holiday home Bergraum
The holiday home BERGRAUM in the Austrian Kleinwalsertal is a modern interpretation of the traditional barn. Outside as well as inside the building is characterized by simple forms, straight lines and the reduction to the materials wood, concrete and glass.
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Holiday home Auf da Leitn 8
Auf da Leitn 8
Holiday home Auf da Leitn 8
The holiday home “Auf da Leitn 8”, in the middle of a traffic-free hamlet at 819 meters above sea level, is set amidst Hohe Tauern National Park, on the edge of the Kitzbühel Alps and the entrance to the Wildkogel.
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Apartment Villa Alvarium
Villa Alvarium
Apartment Villa Alvarium
Situated on a sunny hillside above the tranquil South Tyrolean town of Merano, the modernist Villa Alvarium offers sweeping panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and valleys.
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