January: Hotel Solvie
The Hotel Solvie is the fourth hotel of the family-run Winklerhotels to open its doors once again - an aesthetically composed retreat that combines decelerated luxury, visionary architecture and deeply relaxed lightness to create a new chapter in Alpine hospitality.
In a familiar location - the former Hotel Sonnenhof - a place of longing for design-savvy connoisseurs, lovers of mindful relaxation and aesthetes in search of quiet grandeur has been created under a new name and with a new concept. A retreat where light characterizes the design, the architecture is inspired by nature and well-being becomes an attitude.
On a sun-drenched high plateau in Pfalzen, with far-reaching views of the Pustertal Dolomites, Hotel Solvie welcomes its guests - with 87 luxurious rooms and suites, a 5,000 m² garden, a spectacular spa world on several levels and a culinary philosophy that brings wellness, zeitgeist and aesthetics to the plate.
A design concept between elegance, light and landscape
At Solvie, nature becomes a design element: organically shaped rooms, clear, calm lines, open room concepts and a subtle selection of materials that unfold in natural light create an ambience of effortless luxury. Warm woods, natural stone, soft textiles and a color scheme that blends in with the play of light in the landscape characterize the interiors. Here, your gaze can wander and your thoughts can be still.
The central visual statement: the elliptically shaped signature bar, which, with its open tasting counter and integrated whiskey library, is the social heart of the hotel - with a view of the garden, the fire pit and the infinity pool. A stage for enjoyment, retreat and encounters.
Sensual & light: culinary creations for connoisseurs with a vision
The cuisine at Hotel Solvie is a sensual composition of a healthy lifestyle, refined lightness and pleasurable mindfulness: inspiring, colorful and creative - with regional roots and a global perspective.
The day begins with an extended late breakfast until 11:30 a.m., which effortlessly becomes the first small highlight of the day. Afterwards, guests can enjoy light à la carte dishes from the lively lunch menu as well as sensual healthy food such as freshly prepared bowls, sushi, finger food or buns from the fresh counter.
In the evening, the stylish, minimalist panoramic restaurant is transformed into a sophisticated stage for creative, multi-course gourmet creations with seasonal clarity and Mediterranean-Alpine flavors, optionally accompanied by exquisite wines. An experience that continues onto the terrace, into the private lounge by the pool or into the suite with panoramic views.
Spa & Wellbeing - Where radiance is at home
At Hotel Solvie, tranquillity becomes a sense of space, wellness becomes the art of finding your own rhythm again - and well-being becomes an attitude. Embedded in a 5,000 m² garden landscape with panoramic views on three sides, the spa world unfolds as an architectural statement of deceleration - flooded with light, wide, sensual.
A year-round heated infinity pool (20m x 10m), a crystal-clear natural bathing pond with outdoor yoga platform, an exclusive sky pool (25m x 7m) on the sky deck - at Solvie, the element of water becomes the essence for body and soul. The spa garden with onsen pool and fireplace adds a pleasantly introspective component to the experience. In the saunas - from the infusion sauna by the water to the Herbal Clay Sauna and the Vapor Experience - clarity meets atmosphere. The spa world is complemented by daily infusion rituals, peelings, individual beauty treatments and holistic focus programs for holistic well-being.
What remains is a feeling: of lightness, of grounding, of luminous calm.
A hideaway with a soul - a retreat with attitude
The Hotel Solvie is not a resort in the traditional sense, but an experience space for a new kind of travel: decelerated, inspired, stylish.
Here, luxury is not a promise, but a quiet invitation to pause for a moment.
Further information on the hotel of the month can be found here.
