IN THE HEART OF THE DOLOMITES
Forestis is the chic and stylish take on the mountain retreat, perched at an altitude of 1,800 meters. This new member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World chain has resurrected a former sanatorium dating back to 1912: a very ambitious project originally commissioned by the Austro-Hungarian monarchy to the architect Otto Wagner, a master of Art Nouveau, known for having transformed the face of Vienna. But after his death and the outbreak of the First World War, a more modest building was ultimately erected. Long abandoned, it was converted into a hotel in 2010 by Alois Hinteregger. His son Stefan then took it over and renovated it, adding a contemporary extension designed by the architect Armin Sade using glass, wood, and stone from the South Tyrol region. The hotel is carbon neutral and heated by renewable energy. Its deconstructed lines evoke the jagged peaks that surround it: a strong aesthetic that also impresses from the inside, from the 62 rooms, suites and penthouses , from the terrace of chef Roland Lamprecht's locavore restaurant which claims a "forest cuisine", or from the 2,000 m2 spa complemented by an impressive indoor-outdoor pool seemingly suspended in mid-air.
