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 Best of 2021: Deutschland, Öster­reich, Schweiz in  /

Best of 2021: Germany, Austria, Switz­erland

As every year, at the beginning of January we publish the holiday domiciles that our readers par­ti­cu­larly liked last year. The ranking is deter­mined by how often a post was read.

In the first part of our Best of series you will find the most popular houses in Germany, Austria and Switz­erland.

The most popular holiday domiciles in Germany, Austria and Switz­erland:

Holiday home Feri­enhaus Sieg­fried
Feri­enhaus Sieg­fried
Holiday home Feri­enhaus Sieg­fried
The Sieg­fried holiday home is situated in the Baltic Sea resort of Dier­hagen at the ent­rance to the Fischland-Darß-Zingst pen­insula. From here it’s just a few steps to the water, with the Baltic Sea only 230 meters away and the Bodden on the opposite side visible from the house.
Holiday home­Hotel Hofgut Haf­ner­leiten
Hofgut Haf­ner­leiten
Das Foto ist aus­schließlich für PR- und Mar­ke­ting­maß­nahmen der Firma Feu­erring GmbH — Tief­talweg 3 — CH-6405 Immensee — und dem Hofgut Haf­ner­leiten — D‑Bad Birnbach zu ver­wenden. Jeg­liche Nutzung Dritter muss mit dem Bild­autor Günter Standl (www.guenterstandl.de) — (Tel.: 00491714327116) gesondert ver­einbart werden.
Holiday home // Hotel Hofgut Haf­ner­leiten
Pure dece­le­ration: In the midst of the Lower Bavarian picture postcard land­scape, the Hofgut Haf­ner­leiten offers a retreat in harmony with nature that com­bines the ele­ments in a down-to-earth and archi­tec­tu­rally subtle way.
Holiday home La Cha­lette
La Cha­lette
[©©Roland Halbe; Ver­oef­fent­li­chung nur gegen Honorar, Urhe­ber­vermerk und Beleg / Copy­right­per­mission required for repro­duction, Pho­to­credit: Roland Halbe]
Holiday home La Cha­lette
La Cha­lette is a holiday cottage in the Upper Black Forest. It is located next to two his­toric houses on the edge of the village. On the outside you can still see its former use as a tractor shed, inside you feel like you are in a fine wooden box.
Holiday home Urfeld 26
Urfeld 26
Holiday home Urfeld 26
The tur­quoise shim­mering lake Wal­chensee lies vir­tually at the feet of the Urfeld House. Situated on the edge of the forest at the nor­thern tip of the alpine lake, the house was planned with great emphasis on sus­taina­bility.
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Best of 2021: Germany, Austria, Switz­erland
House Die kleine Acht
On the out­skirts of Lin­den­hagen in the Uckermark region of north-eastern Bran­denburg, Berlin architect Thomas Kröger has con­verted a 1950s estate house into a fan­tastic holiday home.
Holiday home Sieseby Tenne
Sieseby Tenne
Holiday home Sieseby Tenne
Spa­cious holiday home in a wide land­scape! Fjorde Sieseby on the edge of the pic­turesque village of Sieseby on the Schlei is a former farm, which has been con­verted into a holiday resort with three lodges and a land­scape park.
Holiday home NewHaus
NewHaus
Holiday home NewHaus
The NewHaus holiday homes are located in the foot­hills of a pine forest just behind the dunes on the Fischland-Darß pen­insula. The fur­nis­hings with classic fur­niture in an urban style are both elegant and casual.
Holiday home MEERHAUS
MEERHAUS
Holiday home MEERHAUS
Open archi­tecture, modern interior, cosy and yet unob­trusive – this is MEERHAUS (Seahouse), sur­rounded by trees on a plot of 800 square meter, just 40 steps away from the Baltic sea.

In the second part of our Best of 2021 series, we present the most popular houses inter­na­tional.

In the third part you will find the most popular new entries in Germany, Austria and Switz­erland. In the fourth part you will find the most popular new entries inter­na­tional and in the fifth part of the Best of 2021 series you will find the hotels with the best guest feedback.

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