South Tyrol, Italy

Olm Nature Escape

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Olm from home

Setting

Alpine amphitheatre

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Coiled beneath snow-capped peaks high in the north valleys of South Tyrol, the arresting architecture of Olm Nature Escape looks pretty futuristic for an eco resort. But this disc-shaped hotel’s green credentials are no mere pi in the sky. Enclosed within its Alpine embrace, a restaurant, spa, pools and garden provide temporary distraction from wraparound Alpine panoramas which, especially at this altitude, may well take your breath away.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

41 rooms and suites, all with balconies and Alpine views.

Check–Out

10am. Check-in, 3pm. Both are very flexible and can be booked for €60, with early check-in available from 8am and late checkout (including sticking around for dinner, if required) until 8pm.

More details

Served in Prenn° restaurant, the breakfast buffet showcases organic local and regional products, including eggs from Forerhof Farm, Moarhof grey cheese, and the hotel’s signature muesli mixes. Minimum three-night stays apply over selected dates.

Also

Some of the Apartsuites, as well as the spa and restaurant, are wheelchair-accessible, and there’s an elevator connecting the upper and lower levels. Getting to all areas of the garden may, however, prove challenging.

Please note

The hotel's national identification code (CIN) is IT021017B4CPKU6WK9

Hotel closed

In some low-season months, the hotel is closed from Sunday to Wednesday, and also from 24 March until 10 April 2025.

At the hotel

Free WiFi. In rooms: smart TV, integrated Bang & Olufsen Bluetooth sound system, minibar, free bottled water from the well, beach bag with sauna towels, and Team Dr Joseph bath products. Many suites also have Finnish saunas and freestanding bath tubs.

Our favourite rooms

At Olm Nature Escape, every room comes fully loaded with widescreen mountain panoramas. But if you want to enjoy the Alpine eye candy from your bath or sauna (as well as your balcony), it’s the Medium and Large categories of Apartsuite you need. Fill up the tub, pour yourself a glass of bubbles, stream some tunes to the Bang & Olufsen sound system, and you’re all set.

Poolside

The 25-metre indoor/outdoor pool is solar-heated to 32°C year-round and comprises a covered area by the sauna, and a garden section that’s surrounded by the natural bathing pond. Both are open 7am–9pm.

Spa

It’s all about the views at Olm Eco Spa, where the massage studio and saunas (steam, Finnish and bio) all overlook the lake and gardens.

Packing tips

Olm is the kind of place that lends itself well to offline pursuits — it’s why each room comes with a switch for toggling the WiFi on and off. Embrace the analogue by packing a couple of paperbacks and travel games. After all, there’s surely never been a better time to get round to that copy of The Divine Comedy that’s been gathering dust on your bookshelf for the past 20 years.

Also

Resist the urge to jog circuits of the 350-metre glass corridor that runs all the way around the hotel and head instead for the gym where the Alpine views, though static, are no less inspiring.

Pet‐friendly

Dogs are welcome at Olm for a nightly fee of €25 and should be kept on a leash at all times, though not even very good pups are allowed into the restaurant, spa or garden. See more pet-friendly hotels in South Tyrol.

Children

An extra bed can be accommodated in most suites, and the XL category with connecting rooms is suitable for larger families.

Sustainability efforts

Olm Nature Escape is almost self-sufficient: solar panels take care of energy requirements, there’s a geothermal heating system, and a kitchen garden keeps the restaurant stocked with salads and herbs, with small local farms providing everything else. They even have their own artesian well to fulfil the hotel’s water requirements. Grazing sheep and cows deliver a natural landscaping solution and the swimming pond in the garden is unheated. Hardy souls can make up their own minds whether that bracing January dip is a good idea or not. The hotel is built from natural materials (note the South Tyrol larch cladding in every room), and artworks are sourced from local artists. But its green credentials don’t end there. Rooms are also plastic-free and the use of LED bulbs and smart sensors help conserve energy. There’s no daily room cleaning service and towels and linens are only changed on request (and for a fee). In short, this one’s the full eco-package.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

By the windows for widescreen montane vistas or by the show kitchen for culinary theatrics.

Dress Code

Olm’s MO — essentially that you should be able to tailor your stay to your wishes — means there’s strictly no dress code at the restaurant and you can invent your own.

Hotel restaurant

The open kitchen at Prenn°, with no barrier whatsoever between chef and diner, is almost as mesmerising as the restaurant’s garden views. The food, too, is always interesting, using seasonal local produce to conjure an ever-changing menu, so that you might find yourself sharing modern Mediterranean tapas one night and devouring traditional Tyrolean dumplings the next.

 

Hotel bar

Open between 3pm and 11pm daily, the lobby bar opens onto a small garden terrace and runs themed evenings featuring cocktails that showcase seasonal flavours.

Last orders

At quieter times of the year, Prennº closes on Mondays. Breakfast is served between 7.30am and 10.30am; lunch is from noon to 1pm, and for dinner, it’s 7pm to 8.30pm. The bar stays open until 11pm.

Room service

None, but there are snacks and drinks in the minibar and you can plunder the shop at reception for more substantial items, such as regional cured meats and cheeses, and organic eggs and milk.

Location

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Address
Olm Nature Escape
Unterwalburgen 21
Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures
39032
Italy

High in the Ahrntal valley, within sight of the Zillertal Alps and the Dolomites, Olm Nature Escape’s extraordinary circular design guarantees truly panoramic views of the South Tyrol’s emerald mountain wilderness.

Planes

Bolzano Airport is around two hours away, and Innsbruck Airport is around two-and-a-half hours from the hotel. Private transfers can be arranged on request.

Trains

Bruneck train station is half an hour away for connections to Innsbruck, Bolzano, Venice, Milan and more. A private transfer from the station to the hotel costs around €45.

Automobiles

The Ahrntal Valley and its many peaks are prime hiking and skiing territory. A reliable bus network serves the needs of both, making it possible to travel car-free. However, if you do want to rent your own wheels, you can do so at the airport. There are enough covered parking spots for every guest at Olm Nature Escape, plus several electric-vehicle charging stations.

Worth getting out of bed for

Hikers will be in clover (and spruce, and pine) at Olm Nature Escape, which is within yomping distance of hundreds of kilometres of excellent Ahrntal Valley walking trails. Difficulty levels here vary wildly, of course. Only the truly intrepid need apply for the dozens of peaks that soar to over 3,000 metres, among them Schneebiger Nock and the mighty Hochfeiler, both within an hour’s drive of the hotel. Novice ramblers may find the verdant valley floors more inviting. The rewards in either case: thundering waterfalls, melt-cooled lakes and spruce forests set against a dramatic mountain backdrop. You can also explore on two wheels: there are e-bikes available to rent at the hotel. 

In winter it’s all about the white stuff. It’s just a 15-minute drive from Olm to Skiworld Ahrntal, which provides access to over 70 kilometres of slopes, plus snowshoe trails and an impressively long toboggan run. There are lockers for ski equipment storage at the hotel.

And if all this sounds a little strenuous for the relaxing Alpine break you’d been dreaming of, there’s also a storybook castle you can explore, without breaking too much of a sweat, in the nearby village of Sand in Taufers. 

Local restaurants

You can measure the quality of a restaurant — perhaps especially in a place as rural as Sand in Taufers — by whether the locals eat there or not. Daimer’s South Tyrolean eatery sits firmly in the former camp, a popular neighbourhood stalwart that keeps the community well fed with grilled meats, cheese dumplings and other regional favourites. 

Sand in Taufers may be a long way from Naples, but try telling that to the proprietors of pizza joints Rosmarin and Mausefalle, where the puffed crusts are stonebaked and the toppings, all-Italian.

Local cafés

If Aperols on the lake, traditional kaffee und kuchen and mountainous brioche-and-bubbles brunches are your bag, your luck’s in: Thara See Lounge specialises in all three and is just a two-minute trot from Olm. A selection of homemade ice-cream and a playground just across the water means even Little Smiths will happily while away an hour or two here. Café Am Park in Sand in Taufers is a popular spot for fortifying with coffee and pastries en route to the nearby Reinbach Waterfalls (and for replenishing sugar levels on the way back down).

Reviews

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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 eco resort between the Alps and the Dolomites, unpacked their souvenir pine cones and uploaded their mountaintop selfies, a full account of their outdoorsy adventure will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Olm Nature Escape in South Tyrol…

It’s hard to shake the sense of being in some sort of Alpine amphitheatre at Olm Nature Escape, a ring-shaped eco resort set high in the Ahrntal Valley. And this solar-powered showstopper certainly knows how to wow a crowd. Guests take ringside seats in the garden, where views across the natural bathing pond to emerald-green mountains beyond are worthy of a standing ovation, and the star-studded nightly cosmic ballet will have you coming back for encores time and again.

The ethos here is all about creating a home-from-home (Olm from Olm?), meaning guests have the freedom to make their own choices. So, you can opt for the hotel restaurant, cook in your suite, or dine out at staff-recommended neighbourhood hotspots. You might brave a plunge in the pond (unheated) or stick to the 32C comfort of the indoor/outdoor pool (heated using solar energy, naturally). You can even toggle the WiFi on and off in your suite, should you yearn for a little digital downtime. Analogue comes full circle.

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