AVEDA SPA • HOHE TAUERN • HILLSIDE • URBANITES • CHILLED • YUMMY MUMMY • YOUTHFUL • RESTFUL • ECLECTIC • TOWNHOUSE-LODGE • ALPINE-CHIC • CRAFTED • LAYERED • PERSONAL • KIDS PROGRAMME • SPA RESORT

Built as an imposing grand, yet elegant, Alpine lodge gracing a fantastic hillside foothold, this famed retreat nowadays caters firmly towards the utterly modern urbanite and their sophisticated
little clan -is an insiders tip as a family affair whereby stylish grandma feels equally at home as do the digital grandkids.

Elements of the arts and crafts movement dance closely to commissioned pieces of the modern age, oversized sofas play host to an eclectic crowd, it is every bit a "Private House", but one where one feels at total ease.

Whilst the interiors could easily be the centre spread in some glossy, it is an urban country pad without the pretence, it is playful with lovely quirky corners that are focal points for pleasant distraction, a rest bite to take in the cinematic views across this truly enchanting landscape.

We just love the relaxed soul of the place, it has a warmth and sense of character that is hard to find, it is both eccentric yet familiar, stylishly actual and cosy – a cross generational hub that inspires, recharges and simply prompts unwinding, with
or without the family clan in tow.

If cozy chairs near flickering fires still hold their appeal, but 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.

The summer long festival program includes an artist residency culminating in the presentation of a light installation by artist Thomas Hoke and an exhibition opening on August 27th in the historic hydroelectric power station, used in the meantime as a studio building for the residency artists.

The scale of this former grand lodge in the resort of BAD GASTEIN, Austria -is cleverly toned by soft interiors with a dash of the whimsical, all orchestrated under a relaxed, chilled and an exceptionally large dose of addictive alpine style.