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We are self-confessed "Foodies", and in fact, we border on being deliciously obsessive in treating our taste buds to the delights of well-conceived culinary experiences.
At the heart of many of our hotels, restaurants and producers, natural food plays a pivotal role and is even sometimes the sole 'gastro' reason for packing your gourmet bags. We love heading off for a culinary escape and some taste therapy.
We've got hotels, restaurants and bistro tips created by the foragers of good food - often making the humble ingredient into something special, unique. Rustic, hearty dishes that draw on the regions' heritage, to the organic farm-to-table concepts and finally, across to the other end of the foodie spectrum, Michelin-starred restaurants and their tasting menus of delight. Whoever is behind the stove in our selected foodie hotels we guarantee you will find deliciousness, all at the hands of maverick chefs, grandmas, owner cooks and pioneers of innovative creativity.
Travel & taste – foodie experiences can sometimes be deliciously simple, others a work of ingenuity. But like our hotels, they are always fabulous.
Philip Rachinger is ranked as one of the top chefs in Austria and beyond, famed for his maverick relationship with his homeland through food, taste, texture, scent and provenance. Rachinger is a curious thinker, never fearing to question and innovate.
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A sleek modernist mansion sitting front row on the Lezzeno shoreline of Lake Como, backed by a mountainous canopy forest. An homage to Italian custom, style and native craftsmanship, Filario flirts with time-past decadence and chilled luxury.
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The Taubenkobel is famed for taking the humble ingredient and rethinking it, they also forage in the woods for lost herbs, or digging up indigenous roots found only in Pannonia, including a very rare truffle.
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The edgy contrast of an aged coaching inn where artsy installations lend an air of east-side gallery – this is a cradle of the arts and style where a bold, contemporary curatorial scene is flanked by twisted beams and heritage-thick walls.
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Although they are currently closed for the winter season, the stunning (and ever so sunny) designer den in Mallorca, Son Brull Hotel and Spa, is still doing its bit for sustainability.
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Dating back to the 16th century and once the noble country pad of Marquises and Counts – the Roncolo 1888 is a boutique guesthouse-hotel set within 130-hectares of the Venturini Baldini viticultural estate.
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A fabulous foodie haunt, this chilled riverside hotel in Upper Austria is a traditional modernist that plays with heritage, the arts and nature between the Bohemian Forests and the Danube.
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The Highland Chocolatier at Grandtully, where Iain Burnett is putting his artisan chocolates on the international foodie map. In fact, that might be underselling his talents: Burnett’s truffles have been crowned as the world’s best – twice, alongside receiving over 40 other awards.
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Founded by three self-confessed coffee addicts, Gringo Nordic are serious about its sourcing, production and roasting. What could be better on a visit to Gothenburg to indulge in the nation’s pastime of fika, which involves carving time everyday for ‘coffee and cake’.
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Nothing short of a foodie legend, Restaurant & Hotel Taubenkobel’s quirky 19th-century Austrian country cottage is the iconic culinary destination of Austria - and beyond. Serious pilgrims of food flock from far reaches of the globe to this tiny gourmet hub of creative flavour.
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Caramel timbers, robust chunky stone and larch shingled rooftops amplifies Alpine charisma buttered across the three ‘Malghe’houses of the Borgo Eibn which are draped in the views of the Sauris plateau and the Dolomites.
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Austere beauty and chunky grandeur are the inaugural hallmarks of this 15th century castle and glacial-grey monolith perched on the slopes of South Tyrolean village Villanders / Villandro in northern Italy.
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There are the typical Vienna to-dos for any foodie enthusiast who visits Austria’s capital city; from classic cafés to innovative restaurants to ice-cream parlours.
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Each November you can embrace the snow and taste the rakfisk (that's semi fermented trout - be brave now) at Valdres’ annual Rakfisk Festival, Norway.
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Awarded the prestigious Michelin Green Star in January 2021, discover a place that allows you to truly get back to nature – and more than that, taste it in a way that you never have before - with Inis Meáin’s new elemental eating menu.
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One of our favourite discoveries on a recent trip to Vienna is the wine bistro MAST in the up and coming 9th district of Wien. A small restaurant with a simple modern décor of wooden tables, linens and ceramics – the stars being uncharted natural wines and fabulous food serving some of grandma’s lost classics in a modern twist.
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Burgenland's Gut Oggau winery is Austria's famed and finest biodynamic vineyard, famous also for its association with Austria foodie institution, Taubenkobel.
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A monastic designer den of rural appeal set in a 30-hectare estate, this rural sanctuary has clubhouse flair, a sleek modernist touch and loads of sun-kissed sophistication. Altogether, a chilled off-radar adaption of indulgent luxury.
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The winery of St Jodern Kellerei in Switzerland’s beautiful Visperterminen, in the canton of Valais, has long been recognised as having the highest vineyard in Europe.
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An elemental experience awaits at these natural designer dens, private-hire holiday houses for small groups, where cashmere hugs, rock walls shield, and simplicity is elegant.
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The Hirschen "Young since 1755", is a love pot of heritage, art, culture, food and style – a Wunderkammer of familiar nostalgia reframed for the nomads who seek roots and prefer to sleep with history.
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A legendary crash pad of royalty, celebs and lovers of Arlberg, this is the chic chalet hotel and spa of consummate five star style. Interiors are dedicated to Alpine heritage and modern luxe running through the hotel’s family history.
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A combination of country house familiarity and urban chill. A designer orchestration of salvaged pieces, crafted textiles, aged ceramics and bespoke furnishings that are housed in a traditional red-brick new build – this new luxury kid on the block gives TriBeCa the unpretentious grand hotel it so craved.
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Starting off with bike foodies routes around Mallorca, Mar and her business partner Carlos are now forging new cycling pathways around Catalonia, Basque Country and Rioja that focus on a high quality inside track to each region, all to be experienced on two wheels, giving you that enviable sense of freedom and fresh air with a wholly authentic access.
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