While the pandemic delayed Forestis’s original launch in early 2020, its breathtaking setting, impeccable service, and world-class spa have quickly made it a word-of-mouth hit among a more discreet kind of luxury traveler. But if that makes it sound forbiddingly glitzy in theory, the opposite is true in practice.
Most notably, perhaps, there’s the subtle, sensitive architecture, which is worth the visit alone. Overseen by local architect Armin Sader, the historic building at its center—originally a tuberculosis sanatorium built by the Austrian royals just before World War I—has been thoughtfully extended with a modern wing housing an expansive dining room, as well as three elegant, pillar-like towers of glass and steel (designed to echo the verticality of the surrounding woodland) that house the bulk of the resort’s suites and penthouses.
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In place of the baubled kitsch of most Alpine lodges, the design language of Forestis is one grounded in simplicity, balance, and an overwhelming emphasis on local materials. Behind the ubiquitous spruce wood that lines walls and ceilings lies a foundation of dolomite stone, filled with a specially concocted mix of rock flour, water, loam, and beeswax; the crisp, soft sheets are woven with natural fibers in the nearby Trentino region. (While Forestis wears its sustainable credentials lightly, combing through a list of the various measures taken by the property—from its CO2-neutral construction to its fully renewable energy supply to the zero-waste kitchens which rely on reusable food boxes to collect produce from local farmers—makes for genuinely impressive reading.)
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