Where the Outdoors Is the Main Attraction
Some hotels are really just the starting point for everything outside. Nature brings together places surrounded by forests, jungle, desert, rivers and wide-open landscapes—made for hiking, cycling, kayaking, wildlife watching or simply getting your shoes muddy. Sometimes it’s adventurous, sometimes wonderfully slow. These are hotels where nature isn’t something admired through the bedroom window, but something you’re meant to get out and experience.
Peterhof Furx | Batschuns, Vorarlberg | Austria Ten Alpine Chalets, Private Saunas, and Wooden Bathtubs High Above the Rhine Valley Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Ten contemporary chalets at 1,200 metres, combining Vorarlberg’s tradition of timber architecture with a clean, quietly luxurious approach to mountain living. ● Each chalet comes with its own sauna…
read moreACHIOTÉ - Uvita, Costa Rica Rammed earth, glass and jungle suspended above Costa Rica’s South Pacific Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Czech studio Formafatal reduced the architecture to its essentials: locally excavated earth, concrete, steel and glass, with two 90-square-metre villas projecting from the hillside above Playa Hermosa. ● The two villas share the…
read moreNOI Indigo Patagonia – Puerto Natales, Chile A waterfront refuge where weathered timber, industrial architecture and enormous windows turn Patagonia into the main event. Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● The architecture embraces Puerto Natales' industrial character, using raw materials, weathered timber and contemporary interventions rather than importing conventional resort luxury into Patagonia. ● Its…
read morePazo da Buzaca – Moraña, Galicia, Spain A 16th-century Galician manor where historic architecture, contemporary restraint and four hectares of gardens create an atmospheric country escape. Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● A historic 16th-century Galician pazo surrounded by 40,000 square metres of gardens, complete with a private chapel, dovecote and traditional agricultural buildings. ●…
read moreSharma Springs Bali’s Bamboo Masterpiece in the Ayung River Valley Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● One of the most extraordinary examples of contemporary bamboo architecture anywhere in the world. ● Designed by Elora Hardy and IBUKU, the pioneers behind Bali’s globally celebrated Green Village. ● A visionary blend of sustainability, craftsmanship, and luxury that…
read moreION Adventure Hotel | Nesjavellir, Iceland An iconic design hotel where brutalist architecture, geothermal energy, and Iceland's untamed landscape create one of the country's most unforgettable stays. Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● A striking cantilevered design by Minarc that turns a former geothermal workers' building into an architectural landmark. ● Sustainable hospitality powered by…
read moreUmi Hotel, South Iceland A peaceful design retreat where minimalist architecture frames Iceland's extraordinary South Coast. Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● A beautifully understated hotel that allows Iceland's dramatic landscape to remain the true focal point. ● Warm Nordic interiors that combine simplicity, natural materials, and exceptional comfort. ● Family-run hospitality that feels personal,…
read moreEremito – Parrano, Umbria, Italy A modern hermitage built stone by stone for silence, solitude and a radically simpler way of staying. Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Built from 130,000 stones using traditional 13th-century masonry techniques, Eremito looks ancient but is a remarkable contemporary creation by former fashion designer Marcello Murzilli. ● The monastic…
read moreSextantio Albergo Diffuso has rustic designer rooms dispersed along the narrow cobblestone streets of a medieval village high up in the Abruzzo mountains.
read moreGasthof Bad Dreikirchen is a splendid, 14th-century family-owned historic inn set in splendid isolation in South Tyrol.
read moremegalithic monument in the Iberian Peninsula), is Imani, a unique country house. Rustic elements like old beams and stone hearths, pots bursting with flowers, stone tanks are combined with vintage touches like a quirky display of antique sewing machines and salvaged neon signs in the garden plus walls full of modern art. In the extensive, mature gardens and lawns are two swimming pools, plus a pair of donkeys roaming the estate. It is incredibly peaceful out here, though Évora is just a 15-minute drive away.
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