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Tirler Dolomites Living Hotel

Name: Tirler Dolomites Living Hotel
Telephone: 39-0471-727927

A wellness hotel at one with nature

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Tirler Dolomites Living Hotel sits in Alpe di Siusi, Europe’s largest alpine pasture — a breathtaking 14,000-acre expanse of rolling meadows framed by the jagged peaks of the Dolomites. As one of the few hotels in this UNESCO-listed landscape, Tirler offers rare front-row access to this stunning natural wonder.

After a day exploring the mountains, the 31-room family-owned property serves as an alpine respite. It focuses on well-being, designing a stay around healthy eating, restorative sleep, allergy-free living and high-altitude healing. Relax your weary body in the heated indoor-outdoor pool while overlooking the peaks or indulge in a spa treatment, featuring the hotel’s own products made with local ingredients, like muscle-soothing mountain arnica oil.

The wellness hotel also has a cinematic tie: South Tyrolean filmmaker/mountaineer Luis Trenker shot scenes for his 1934 movie The Prodigal Son there. Tirler honors his memory with an outdoor bronze statue, vintage photographs displayed throughout the interiors and a sun mask from the movie hanging in the lobby.

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Boasting about 300 sunshine-filled days a year, Alpe di Siusi (or Seiser Alm in this bilingual German- and Italian-speaking region) is a playground for outdoor enthusiasts. Winter brings 112 miles of ski slopes, 50 miles of cross-country trails, 37 miles of groomed hiking paths, 31 miles of marked snowshoe trails and 10 toboggan runs. Then in the summer, hike 280 miles of marked trails; explore the region on one of the hotel’s e-bikes; or take in the scenery on horseback.
The Dolomites hotel is part of the Schlern-Rosengarten Nature Park, a protected preserve where cars are restricted (the hotel can help secure necessary permits). It’s home more than 800 species of flowering plants and ferns. For a nature walk, head behind the property to the family-friendly Witches' Springs, a mile-long forest path that’s a sensory journey meant to be experienced barefoot.
The 8,600-square-foot Curasoa Energy Spa provides everything from facials and massages (the sport’s massage is one of the most popular services) to physiotherapy and osteopathy. Don’t miss relaxing in the dark, cave-like energy grotto and the saunas. The Swiss pine sauna is good for those who prefer a milder heat, and the Turkish bath infuses essential oils from the meadow’s medicinal herbs. However, the standouts are the unique igloo-shaped hay sauna, which features fragrant, hand-cut Seiser Alm hay, and the panoramic sauna, which lets you steam while gazing out at the majestic mountains.
The hotel caters to travelers with allergies. It was the first in Italy to earn a European Center of Allergy Research Foundation Seal, which means the anti-allergenic rooms have linens washed in fragrance-free detergent and toiletries mild enough for sensitive skin, among other criteria. Plus, it maintains a strict no-pets policy.
Tirler Alpe di Siusi Restaurant employs the “positive eating” principles developed by cancer researcher Dr. Johannes Coy. The diet replaces standard table sugar with natural alternatives that won’t spike your blood sugar. Yet you can still savor traditional local delicacies like delicious kaiserschmarren (cut-up pancake), which is sweetened with beet sugar. In addition, the hotel bottles its own mountain spring water.

The Rooms

The largest accommodation is Chalet 1752, a 743-square-foot space with a fireplace and a spacious terrace featuring a glass-walled private sauna. A distinguishing feature of the Chalet is the zodiac signs emblazoned on the wood ceiling panels in the bedroom.
Families will want to stay in the two-story Dolomit Suite, which accommodates up to six people. It contains two bedrooms (one on each floor with its own bathroom), a living area and a kitchenette.
Tirler tries to shield rooms from electromagnetic waves, which hamper sleep, hotel officials say. That’s why there isn’t internet in the accommodations (portable Wi-Fi is available upon request), and each room has a master switch to shut off all the power at night.
The clean-lined rooms have a modern South Tyrolean charm. Architect Hugo Demetz, who was raised in the area, used only sustainable natural materials, covering the bedrooms in Swiss pine (its scent is supposed to have calming, slumber-inducing properties) and using stone in the bathrooms.
In the 624-square-foot Curasoa Suite, couples can get cozy in front of the fireplace, soak in the standalone handmade wooden tub or spend time in the infrared sauna.

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