YOLO Journal Issue 12 - Flipbook - Page 69
FORESTIS,
DOLOMITES
Photographs courtesy of Forestis
Words by Nick Vinson
Our adventure into the mountains
of the South Tyrol began on the train in
Verona, where our friends joined us from
Milan. We changed at Bolzano/Bozen,
got off at Bressanone/Brixen (both
Italian and German are spoken in this
part of Italy), then stopped for a meal
at Finsterwirt, which opened in 1870
and whose menu now draws on Slow
Food principles and local wines from
Alto Adige /Südtirol. With a bottle of
biodynamic Gewürztraminer from local
producer Alois Lageder, we toasted the
start of our retreat.
After lunch, we rode the 11 miles
to Forestis, which sits nearly 6,000
feet up on the southern slope of Plose
mountain (of mineral water fame). Our
suite, in one of three new towers built in
2020 by Asaggio Architects, offered an
astonishing view of the massifs of the
Dolomites—just mountains, trees and
sky—with a fresh dusting of morning
snow. The room’s walls, floor and ceiling
are all finished in spruce, just like the
trees outside—the ultimate olfactory
experience.
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