South Tyrol, Italy

My Arbor

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Style

Sky-high serenity

Setting

Almighty Dolomiti

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Healing is coming in hot at adults-only My Arbor, an all-seasons stay deep in the Dolomites. There’s plenty for the explorers around here: the base of Plose is a mere ski-clad mooch away and surrounding valleys make for a hiker’s haven. But if you’d prefer your Tyrolean escape be more meditative than adrenalin-pumping, then take to the restorative spa, set a few steps from stilted, pine-clad suites and home to in-house ‘gus masters’, who perform daily sauna steams that are as soul-soothing as the scenery.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

104 suites.

Check–Out

11am, and check-in is at 2pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates include a buffet breakfast, as well as a welcome drink, access to the spa (including four daily sauna infusions), two-hours’ daily access to the cuddle nests, and a BrixenCard for getting around South Tyrol.

Also

Lifts serve all the floors at My Arbor, and the Nest Suites have spacious bathrooms. But unfortunately, none of the rooms have been specially adapted for wheelchair-users and the terrain around the hotel can be difficult to navigate.

At the hotel

Two tennis courts, padel court, gym and free WiFi throughout. In suites: TV, heating, minibar, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, bathrobes and slippers, hairdryer and Team Dr Joseph bath products.

Our favourite rooms

For something truly spectacular, bag one of the three coveted Treetop Suites, lodged in the canopy with private south-facing terraces, whirlpool hot tubs and all-natural alpine interiors.

Poolside

There are three pools to pick from, and where you choose to dip depends on what you’re here for. Lengths are best notched up in the spa’s indoor-outdoor pool, which opens from 7am to 8pm; but if you’d rather lap up the views, head for the outdoor Jacuzzi pool between noon and 8pm, bathed in a panoramic valley backdrop. The final of the three nails the lounge to swim ratio, open between 8am and 8pm, and set outdoors in the grounds: it’s flanked by 10 chalet-like huts (referred to as the ‘cuddle nests’), which are all tricked out with heating, cushy mattresses and blankets.

Spa

Spa Aboris is this hotel’s beating heart, and with over 2,500-square-metres of space over two soul-soothing floors, it’s no surprise. Masseurs work revitalising wonders in 10 treatment rooms, and there’s a marbled steam room, relaxation areas, two pools (three, if you include the Wim Hof-approved plunge pool), a yoga room and gym. There are also multiple saunas, where local experts perform traditional Danish ‘saunagus’ rituals that are made up of three 15-minute sessions. It starts with an aromatherapy steam, before moving on to a guided meditation and ending with an (optional) dunk in the ice-cold plunge pool. There’s also a gym and a yoga room, where you’re welcome to partake in private or group classes.

Packing tips

Bring your binoculars to spot distant Dolomiti wildlife from your terrace.

Also

Arbor, Latin for ‘tree’, refers to the 115-foot stilts that suspend these spruced-up suites over the valley.

Pet‐friendly

Dogs are welcome in some of the Nest rooms for €42 a night. See more pet-friendly hotels in South Tyrol.

Children

This wellness wonderland is for over-16s only.

Sustainability efforts

My Arbor was built with repurposed wood from the surrounding area and most of the restaurant’s produce (including all fruit, vegetables, potatoes, herbs, eggs and wine) is sourced from the 20-acre gardens, and everything else is sourced from nearby suppliers. They also have a ban on single-use plastic, water-saving devices installed on taps and showers, solar panels, and a strict recycling and composting programme. And from every bottle of water sold, the hotel donates €1 to a local conservation charity.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Secure a seat by the windows, to pair plates with enviable valley views.

Dress Code

Come as you are, or go full glam – the choice is yours.

Hotel restaurant

Dishes at the hotel’s restaurant are inspired by the surroundings, and cooked up with the oh-so-fresh ingredients from My Arbor’s farm, a few hours’ away. Sprawling breakfast spreads start mornings right, with fresh fruit and yoghurt, baked goods, eggs how you like ’em and just-flipped pancakes. Lunch and dinner is all about showing off South Tyrol’s traditional plates, and meals tend to be based around revolving themes: Monday’s menus, for example, are all about natural, hand-picked ingredients, while weekend plates might be more indulgent, featuring richly marinated meats and fresh fish (vegan options are always available, as well).

Hotel bar

Barkeeps whip up all the classic cocktails, and their repertoire is ever-growing with seasonal concoctions in the mix. For grape purists, waiters-slash-sommeliers are happy to recommend something from the hotel’s 800-bottle cellar.

Last orders

Breakfast is between 7am and 11am; lunch is available from noon to 7pm, and dinner is 7pm to 9pm. The bar serves till 1am.

Room service

Dishes can be dropped off at your door between 7am and 10pm.

Location

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Address
My Arbor
Via San Leonardo 26
Brixen
39042
Italy

My Arbor sits against the slopes of the Plose ski resort, backdropped by the Dolomites in the Italian province of South Tyrol.

Planes

International flights touch down in either Innsbruck, around 90 minutes away by car, or Verona, a two-and-a-half-hours drive. If you’re flying with seasonal-airline SkyAlp from anywhere in Italy (as well as Ibiza, London, Hamburg and Berlin), you can land into Bolzano – a closer 60-minute drive. Private transfers can be arranged for an additional charge.

Trains

Bressanone/Brixen station is only a 15-minute drive from the hotel, and has frequent routes around Italy’s major cities, including Milan, Venice, Rome and Florence, as well as links to Vienna, Munich, Berlin and Salzburg. Staff can organise private transfers from the station for €30 each way.

Automobiles

You’ll need a car if you’re planning on exploring the Dolomites’ natural wonders, and there’s free parking at the hotel. Just be sure you’ve come with a strong stomach, as routes around the mountains can inevitably be twisty.

Worth getting out of bed for

How you fill days at My Arbor will differ depending on the seasons: between November and March, the hotel’s direct trail will take snow seekers straight to Plose ski resort’s slopes – where you’ll also find the five-mile RudiRun toboggan track. As the weather starts to warm, hiking and cycling trails wrap around the Dolomites massif, lakes hit balmy temperatures for wild swimming and your BrixenCard gets you free rides into charming nearby towns, including Brixen itself.

Intersperse days out in nature with nurturing spells at the spacious onsite spa, where in-house experts host traditional sauna infusions, an indoor-outdoor pool invites lulling laps, and treatment rooms are set for meditative massages. There are also yoga classes and forest bathing sessions throughout the week.

Local restaurants

Hidden inside one of Brixen’s traditional buildings, Traubenwirt serves northern Italian cuisine (pesto-topped burrata, homemade ricotta ravioli and grilled beef tagliata are some standouts) under vaulted ceilings and against photography-filled walls. Sample a considered clash of cuisines at Grissino, where menus bring together Alpine and Asian influences.

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this curative crashpad in Brixen and unpacked their speck and stilfser, a full account of their epicurean adventure will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside My Arbor in South Tyrol…

There’s no better lens to see somewhere than through a local. And thankfully for us, adults-only My Arbor was designed and built by Brixen born-and-bred, Markus Huber, who once set his sights on creating somewhere equal parts restful and riveting. The result: a bucolic break at the base of storied ski-resort Plose, steps from the Dolomites’ cheek-rosing trails and well-appointed with an onsite spa that will have wellness mavens besotted. When you’re not immersed in sauna sessions with resident ‘gus masters’ (who host aroma-led steams) or kicking back in the cuddle nests, there’s plenty of exploring to be done, comforting farm-to-fork fare to be savoured and Tyrolean wines to be swirled and sipped. And it isn’t just the restaurant that puts the mountains’ bounty at its core; suites sit stilted above the valley, with private terraces that frame soaring natural views, and inside, an alpine aesthetic has been carefully created with reclaimed wood from the surrounding hinterland.

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