THE ALPINE EDIT & mountain hopping

White Line Hotels – the collection of more than 40 indie hotels, has introduced the cool concept of Mountain Hopping through a selection of creative boltholes; The Alpine Edit – the insider guide to hotels, ski chalets, retreats and lodges from across Switzerland, France, Austria and Italy.

We don’t list many places, just those that capture the soul of the Alps for those aficionados who seek accommodation that echoes of the setting. Abstract wooden elements of the chalet marry with the contemporary, aged components relish designer furnishings whilst others are simply Alpine being a tapestry of naturalness.

Whether you are a ski junkie, a carver or a boarder, or someone who gravitates towards the slow lane, you can soak up the holistic of the snowy and sun decked Alps.

Hop through our edit of diversity, that the line smartly draws together – each very different, each very much like-minded.

Enough words have a gander through The Alpine Edit and get yourself off – just click on each place to book.

THE EPICUREAN PAD Son Brull, Mallorca

Set your savvy co-ordinates to the Balearic Islands, this place deserves some serious attention. A rich epicurean combo of cloistral heritage and Mediterranean smoothness poise a contemporary note of ease that echoes here at the family owned Son Brull.

Void of the maddening crowds, our Balearic find is tucked away in a 30 hectares estate close to Pollença on the northern corner of Mallorca.

Approaching, you get a sense of the monastic, casting a mesmeric silhouette from the raised setting.

Expect abstract artistic elements blended with a patina of exposed metals, aged woods and heritage pieces. There is certain air of expected solace within, which resonates throughout, as indeed does an impeccable sense of dedicated styling that adopts rural tonality suffused with sophisticated Catalan palette and modernist icons.

Certainly designed for the urban sybarites of today, zeitgeist in essence, packed with contemporary grandeur, all nicely topped with that essential regional soul.

This is, the Son Brull

Kopanisti Cheese: Divine and Cycladic

Although its white to bluish-white hue and light, fluffy texture could be said to resemble picture-perfect clouds on your plate, what makes Kopanisti cheese so divine isn’t just its taste. As legend has it, Aristaios, the son of Apollo and the huntress Cyrene, was sent by the gods to bestow the divine art of cheese-making on the people of Greece. Some myths even suggest that Kopanisti cheese gets better and better with time. One taste of its rich, peppery taste and you just might believe it.

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Sterngasse 4 – What Karin Neuhold Would Wear

Karin Neuhold, founder of the Vienna based concept store Sterngasse 4, takes us through what it takes to follow one’s dreams and make them a reality. Sterngasse 4 combines high-end fashion labels with a careful selection of accessories, jewels, and even books.

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