by With temperatures that are currently 40 ° C in conventional Med holiday destinations, it is time to increase the height for an escape that combines reliable rays with activities in abundance.
In these hotels, higher increases conjures up cooler areas with a lot of sun-drenched charm.
Eriro, Austria
Come for the sunny weather at the age of 20, stay for the jaw drop view: a dramatic panorama of Tyrolian mountains that is merged by a carpet of green pine and alpine meadows. With a minimalist nine-room hideaway Eriro, it is about enjoying the backdrop, with clean architectural lines in natural forests, which contains clear living rooms in huge windows. At 1,500 m in the middle of the summit of Ehrwald, the time is slowing down at this point, the moods in the meditative and nature takes on almost sacred status. Eating, drinks and activities are all included. So switch off and emit yourself.
Book it: From £ 1,315 all-inclusive. Eriro.at
Grand Hotel Belvedere, Switzerland
This recently renovated stay of the Chic Beaumier Group combines the alpine alpine charm with contemporary cool and serves the Lauterbrunnen valley in the Bernese Oberland on a plate. Get into the Wengernalp Cogheel-Zug and climb riding with bends, paragliding and hikes like The Royal Walk into the Heidi-like scene that drives the summit of the nearby male. With sunny but moderate areas, you can spend whole days outdoors, sailing on Lake Thun, hot air balloons or lazy on the pool with a view of the legendary virgin before going to a local beef mage for a dinner.
Book it: From £ 248. Beaumier.com
Aman Rosa Alpina, Italy
After a revision by Jean-Michel Gathy, the Italian ski area San Cassiano will be reopened later this month under the Aman Banner. So there is no cooler time to visit. Expect super spacious bedrooms and a lobby bar with double height, with classic alpine wood and Stone Plus Aman, which typically floated by Zen Asian. Despite the temptation to linger, you should definitely force yourself to explore the hiking and bike paths and the pretty church center. If for no other reason you can immerse yourself in the guilty-free Aman-Spa-Schuld feelings and can enjoy the three swimming pools and treatments inspired by Dolomit for the rest of the day.
Book it: From £ 1553. Aman.com
Elmau Castle, Germany
This long-time hotel in the Elmau-Valley, 1000 m above sea level, is brilliant for family and even brilliant for spa lovers with organized activities, cultural delicacies and excellent food. Twice in the G7, the Swance and privacy is required for jet-seters, but still feels cozy, perfect when you come with the children a football camp, a Pilates retreat, rock climt, tennis or one of the concert hall recitals. Almost a dozen eating opportunities, some with a Michelin star, enable them to quickly restore all calories that they burned from constant move.
Book it: From £ 242pp. Schloss-elmau.de
Hotel Milka, Slovenia
With his rough peaks, medieval cities and glassy lakes in a single, the famous Lake Bled-Sind mountainous, ideal for those who have already examined the usual main suspects in Austria and Switzerland. On the banks of the Jasna lake in the foothills of an alpine pass, Boutiquey Milka is a love letter to the Northeastern region of Kranjska Gora, which is equipped with a beautiful design, extraordinary (with two Michelin star) and sustainable ethos. It could be her first time in Slovenia, but after that it won’t be her last.
Book it: From £ 384. HotelMilka.si
Lyngen Lodge, Norway
With its photogenic Lyngen Alps and the green-double roof of the family-run Lyngen Lodge in northern Norway, the Skandi summer dream looks like. Ultra long summer days of the sun between May 18 and July 26, it was not at all-they give the opportunity for almost unlimited explorations. Spend a morning whale observation or salmon fishing, then hike the afternoon over the Strupreen Glacier, which comes by boat over the glassy Lyngen fjord. Back in the home base with eight rooms, you will be given a warm welcome with wooden walls, a snow-covered palette and a social lounge area with a crackling fire and a whirlpool whirlpool for late nights in the golden light.
Book it: From £ 291pp full board. lyngenlodge.com
Schlosshotel Fiss, Austria
From the children’s club on site to the Splash water park – and in the committed families -SPA – this tyrolical resort, which was 1,438 m above sea level in the Sergerfaus Fiss Ladis ski area, knows how to deal with small travelers. Courses such as trampoline or hip-hop are perfect for older children, while the parents slip to be on the Sun Trap pool, or you can make the best of Mountain Cable Car on a five-minute walk for a quiet, raised hike on one of the many hiking trails. The rooms in green, shades of gray, white and bare forests reflect the tones outside and ground the mood at the end of a strenuous day.
Book it: From £ 407. schlosshotel-fiss.com
Casa Cook Madonna, Italy
If you need evidence that coolcations are trendy, it is only the opening of the first mountain retreat from Casa Cook for adults. The short-running holidays of the Design Forward were traditionally in sun-drenched areas (think of Greece, Egypt), but the latest place throws this 18th July in the Italian village of Madonna di Campiglio Open doors at 1,550 m. breaks up, you light up again.
Book it: From £ 173. Casacook.com
Six senses Crans-Monontana, Switzerland
High glamor high in the high Swiss Alps. At 1,500 m, crans-monontana enjoys blue sky and sunshine for about 300 days a year, and the luxurious Six sense help you to make the best of it and to arrange everything from paragliding to e-biking and golf. The view extends over the legendary Matterhorn, while they cooled down, insure the rooms in deep shades of gray as if they had been carved directly from Mountain Rock. In view of a six -sensual -Sp, a visit to the SPA is practically mandatory for rounds in the roof pool or organic pace treatments that aim to turn the clock back.
Book it: From £ 653. Sixsensensensensen.com
Chedi Andermatt, Switzerland
Do you love the idea of a mountain break, but not rustic? The Chedi with its untouched, polished and glassy interior-what would not look like in a high-end city hotel has her back. You want to find a premium cigar (you store more than 900 options) or a seafash body packaging in the 2,400 square meter spa here for nothing, regardless of whether you are looking for a Japanese dinner with two Michelin stars. If (or if) you manage to make it outdoors, beautiful alpine panoramas and the golf, waiting luxurious shops and mountain railways from chic Andermatt.
Book it: From £ 804. thechediandermatt.com
My arbor Italy
Is it a hotel? Is it a tree house? Architecturally ambitious, my arbor is certainly unique and sits on stilts in a forest rod with a view of the purple-coloring panorama of the South Tyrol. This hotel was developed to inspire personal well-being and connection with nature, and has a two-story spa (including five saunas) and a stricter outdoor program that includes sunrise hikes, forest pool, yoga and meditation. The rooms are not surprisingly a tribute to the tree, which is lined in characteristic forests and with deep inaugurated trays.
Book it: From £ 212pp halboard. my-armbor.com
Grand Hotel Kempinski High Tatras, Slovakia
This low -palace hotel in the Slovak High Tatras Mountains, an untamed wilderness full of bears, lynx and wolves, has an old romance in the Old World. With its white tablecloths and the silver service, the chandelier was frozen over the pool and billiard room in the Player Lounge, in another time, in the middle of this huge wilderness, which is etched with hiking trails, river tree and underground lakes. Book in a water and you can climb coffee and breakfast on your balcony and look for wild animals between the bushy bang pine.
Book it: From £ 250. kempinski.com
