Haus Hirt Hotel | Bad Gastein, Austria

Editor’s picks

Infinity Views from Eros Keros Villas, on the slow-pace Cyclades island of Koufonisia

VILLAS - Koufonisia, Greece

Éros Kéros

Éros Kéros Villas, on the slow-pace Cyclades island of Koufonisia, come drenched in Aegean blue vistas – a sun-kissed boutique retreat of four cubic Cyclades-style merchant houses that lazily gaze onto the island of Keros.

JOURNAL

Tinos’ Marble Marvels

From vast Doric columns to tiny, intricately carved religious artefacts, beautifully smooth busts and imposing door lintels, the Museum of Marble Craft in Tinos reveals the surprising malleability of this revered material.

MAGAZINE

Farmhouse Fabulous

Once considered the ‘rough-it’ option, down on the farm has over the past couple of years radically shifted style gear. A rural design magazine which neatly pulls together your escape-to-the-country.

JOURNAL

Secret solace in rural Mallorca

Summer in Mallorca is seeing the Balearic isle at its best. A blazing sun hangs in a deep blue, cloudless sky, people throng the cobbled streets of Palma’s old town and restaurants spill over into the streets. Yachts bob in the glittering Mediterranean Sea, church bells chime and the coastline beckons for downtime on the sandy beaches and azure water. Head northwards to Pollensa for a whole away-from-the-crowds experience.

JOURNAL

Ski Guide to Bad Gastein

Located in the Hohe Tauern National Park in the heart of the Salzburgerland province, Bad Gastein’s ski playground is made up of 200km of groomed pistes scattered over four different mountains, part of the Ski Amadé area, with over 1,000 metres of altitude which offers superb long downhill runs.

Cool hip Miramonte Hotel & Aveda Spa with Bertoia chairs, White Line Hotels

HOTEL - Bad Gastein, Austria

Miramonte

A peak-side, sophisticated bolthole oozing fifties Vogue glamour. A firm favourite of the design fraternity, it is a trove of timeless, postmodern pieces that feel perfectly at home in this alpine masterpiece of creative chillax.

JOURNAL

Your Ski Holiday Just Went Underground

This year you find yourself dreaming of something slightly less usual, it’s time to take your holiday down-time underground. Into Bad Gastein’s healing caves.

JOURNAL

Haus Hirt: Expert Yoga Classes & Conscious Breathing

It is said that the rhythm of your breath determines the length of your life. At Haus Hirt Hotel in Austria's stunning Gastein Valley, you could almost extend your life beyond the probable just by taking in its purest alpine air in a setting of Bad Gastein that inspires one to live forever.

JOURNAL

Bad Gastein: Habsburg glamour dusted with Wes Anderson

Affectionately known as the Monte Carlo of the Alps and the playground of the royals and the Habsburgs, Austria's Bad Gastein is a Wunderkammer of faded Belle-Époque glamour and energetic creativity.

JOURNAL

sommer.frische.kunst. Art Festival 2023

During the summer months, the once crowned Monte Carlo of the Alps, the spa town & resort of Bad Gastein, plays host to an inspiring Artists-in-residence cultural programme: sommer.frische.kunst. 2023.

Brücke 49 Herberge Vals - a small design guesthouse with luxury nordic style, Switzerland

Guesthouse - Vals, Switzerland

Brücke 49

A fabulously humble basecamp of good design for kindreds of style, Brücke 49 is a collection of rooms, suites, studios and apartments in the high-in-the-mountains creative enclave, Vals.

Modern design hotel & spa, Forsthofgut in Leogang Austria - spa relaxation zones in wood

HOTEL - Leogang, Austria

Forsthofgut

A lair of nature wrapped by the mountains and forests with perhaps one of the best nature-inspired spas in Austria, all overlooking the Leogang Rockies. This design hotel hugs smooth modern interiors that brush up to loveliness of the Alps, complete with its own lake.

Hotel Arlberg luxury hotel in Lech am Arlberg in Austria

HOTEL - Lech am Arlberg, Austria

Hotel Arlberg

A legendary crash pad of royalty, celebs and lovers of Arlberg, this is the chic chalet hotel and spa of consummate five star style. Interiors are dedicated to alpine heritage and modern luxe running through the hotel’s family history.

JOURNAL

Delectably Local: Chez Vrony

For the ultimate in local fare that’s “still” organic — as in “it was never anything but” — Chez Vrony in Zermatt, Switzerland serves up time-honored recipes that have been handed down generation to generation, like the restaurant itself.

JOURNAL

Ski Guide to Alta Badia, Italy

As The New York Times, The Guardian, and international travel sections begin to fill up with articles about winter getaways, we’re going to throw our recommendation into the mix. Tried and true, Alta Badia, on the border of Austria and Italy, offers unparalleled winter sports, relaxation, and cuisine.

JOURNAL

Ski Guide to Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

Everything in the long-established Ski resort of Zermatt revolves around Switzerland’s icon, the majestic and unmistakable, Matterhorn standing at a hypnotic 4478m.

Haus Hirt

Gallery

Editor’s picks

VILLAS - Koufonisia, Greece

Éros Kéros

JOURNAL

Tinos’ Marble Marvels

MAGAZINE

Farmhouse Fabulous

JOURNAL

Secret solace in rural Mallorca

RELATED

Gallery

Editor’s picks

VILLAS - Koufonisia, Greece

Éros Kéros

JOURNAL

Tinos’ Marble Marvels

MAGAZINE

Farmhouse Fabulous

JOURNAL

Secret solace in rural Mallorca

RELATED

JOURNAL

Ski Guide to Bad Gastein

HOTEL - Bad Gastein, Austria

Miramonte

JOURNAL

Your Ski Holiday Just Went Underground

JOURNAL

Haus Hirt: Expert Yoga Classes & Conscious Breathing

JOURNAL

Bad Gastein: Habsburg glamour dusted with Wes Anderson

JOURNAL

sommer.frische.kunst. Art Festival 2023

Guesthouse - Vals, Switzerland

Brücke 49

HOTEL - Leogang, Austria

Forsthofgut

HOTEL - Lech am Arlberg, Austria

Hotel Arlberg

JOURNAL

Delectably Local: Chez Vrony

JOURNAL

Ski Guide to Alta Badia, Italy

JOURNAL

Ski Guide to Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

JOIN the AFICIONADOS