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.
Affectionately known simply as ‘Magda’, personality flows from this mountainous bolthole of style framed on all sides by glorious greens, thanks to its location in choc-box Bolzano within the South Tyrolean Dolomites. Magda will soon become your New Best Friend.
read moreCaramel 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 grassiest of natural pastures, soaring spruce trees which your eyes follow and views of the insta-beaut Sauris plateau and the Dolomites.
read moreBurgenland's Gut Oggau winery is Austria's famed and finest biodynamic vineyard, famous also for its association with Austria foodie institution, Taubenkobel.
read moreA modernist, geometric structure, Filario Hotel stands as a beacon of the new, while cosying up against matriarchal mansions of Como and locking into the traditions of the locale – there’s a new way to do Como.
read moreThe 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.
read moreThe 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.
read moreAlthough 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.
read moreA 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.
read moreBirch and smoked oak hug the thick walls and capture the house’s DNA from the days as a farmhouse barn. Once a resplendent Renaissance home to the Bishop and favoured lodgings for the merchant traders heading along the Romanesque Via Claudia Augusta.
read moreSince the 14th century, the village of Mund and the UNESCO mountain region has been the quiet spice producer since it was smuggled in via Italy and the Simplon Pass.
read moreThe 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.
read moreFounded 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’.
read moreA former 18th-century Mallorcan palace built for a wealthy marqués merchant in 1760, is now one of Palma’s most noble Palacio's of style, renovated into a seductively glamorous grand hotel of casual luxe.
read moreThere 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.
read moreThe vigilius mountain resort, created by architect, Matteo Thun, reclines in effortless eco style set to a fragrant Alpine landscape of larch trees, mountain pine, foxgloves and alpine roses.
read moreEmbrace the snow and taste the rakfisk (that's semi fermented trout - be brave now) at Valdres’ annual Rakfisk Festival, Norway.
read moreAwarded 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.
read moreOne 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.
read moreA 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.
read moreThe 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.
read moreAn elemental experience awaits at this natural designer den, where cashmere hugs, rock walls shield, and simplicity is elegant. Insanely popular foodie destination where the maverick chef-owner prepares food from the seas, straight from the heart.
read moreDating back to the 1700s, Gasthof Hotel Hirschen Schwarzenberg in Bregenzerwald is a boutique art hotel boasting an eclectic combo of choc-box appeal, culture and rich history woven throughout, with an enviable personal collection of artworks that span the centuries and styles. An informal gallery sets the tone of this cute, boutique heritage hotel, cradled by the Bregenzerwald mountains.
read moreClose to the natural beauty of the Neusiedler Lake lies one of Austria’s best kept foodie secrets, a place famed for making the humble, wonderful.
read moreHoused in the Widder Hotel Zurich on the historic Rennweg in the Augustine Quarter, AuGust Restaurant | Boucherie is a new, all-day dining & insanely popular locality, that even the odd prominent celeb stands in-line to await a table – it is the perfect pairing with the infamous Widder Bar and is again the brainchild of long standing management duo, Jan & Regula Brucker together with the iconic and long-time architectural partner of the Widder Hotel, Tilla Theus.
read moreWidder Bar & Kitchen is the latest foodie destination to hit Zurich, created in the infamous social hotspot, Widder Hotel. This is Zurich's best restaurant, where gourmet dining is casual, the food is delicious and the cool crowd is fab.
read moreA 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.
read moreAn epic mountain setting that could easily inspire a novel or two, this is a sleek Bavarian bolthole where the past cuddles up to organic modernity. Hand-finished in every detail, this is Alpine living with a fashionable edge, all authentically wrapped in natural woods, stitched linens and fluffy sheepskin throws.
read moreA 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.
read moreOne for you travelling oenophiles - Switzerland's beautiful Valais holds the highest vineyard in Europe, and wines that are regarded as "the pearl of the Alps".
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