Long live Franco-German fri­endship!

The Hof Farchau cultural monument on the Küchensee lake offers six individual accommodations that take you back in time, along with plenty of opportunities for a relaxing time by the lake.

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday destinations that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 2 you will find the most popular guesthouses.

On El Hierro, El Elevador offers an austere version of luxury — bookable only by handwritten letter. Financial Times showcases the accommodation, which could have come straight out of a James Bond movie.

Archaic presence: Casa Sassello, overlooking Lake Maggiore, combines the raw materiality of the traditional Ticino with the precise style of the wdmra architects. A crafted choreography of the elements – in a fabulous location!

Escape the heat with an immersive time in the forest. Beyond its soothing coolness and deep sense of calm, forest bathing is said to rejuvenate both body and mind. In these houses, the path into the woodland begins right outside the front door.

Form follows environmental protection: in the Salzkammergut, just a few metres from Lake Traunsee, Haus Moosberg demonstrates how necessity can be turned into a virtue and how architecture finds its form through dialogue with nature.