A glass house on stilts over a calm alpine river at dusk, its rooms lit warm, a woman by a fire pit on the deck

Val Serena · Dolomites

Where the river does the talking.

A glass house on the water, for two to six. Scroll to step inside, or press play and let the house show you round.

The deck

Fire on. River below.

The living room

A fire that’s always lit.

Kitchen & table

Long table, slow dinners.

The bath

Stone bath, larch view.

The bedroom

Wake up to the valley.

After dark

The doors open onto the water.

Val Serena, Dolomites

Stay a while.

From €1,450 a night, three nights or more. The fire is laid before you arrive.

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The house

Built from larch and local stone on a bend of the river, LÄRCH stands half on the bank and half over the water. Every room looks at the valley. The nearest neighbour is a heron.

3Bedrooms
6Guests
240m²Inside
38mOf glass to the river
1,630mAbove the sea

Rooms

One long room to the river.

Living, kitchen and table run the length of the glass. The bath and bedrooms sit behind the fire, facing the forest and the water.

01The timber deck over the river with a round fire pit and a woman wrapped in a blanket

The deck

Fire pit · 6 chairs

Four metres above a slow green river. Blankets in the bench, logs by the pit.

02The living room with cream sofas, a wool throw and a stone fireplace with the fire burning

Living room

Stone hearth

Deep sofas, a hearth of local stone and a record player that only plays jazz.

03A long oak dining table under pendant lights beside an open kitchen

Kitchen & table

Seats 10

A cook’s kitchen and an oak table long enough for everyone, and the chef if you book one.

04A carved stone bathtub steaming beside a corner window onto the larch forest

The bath

Carved stone

One block of Dolomite stone, a corner of glass and nothing outside but larches.

05A bed with a knitted throw facing a wall of glass, the river and snowy peaks beyond

Main bedroom

River doors

The bed faces the peaks. Sliding doors open straight onto the water.

06The house glowing at night on the riverbank, smoke rising from the stone chimney

The river

Private bank

Swim in August, paddle in June, and in October just watch the larches turn.

Three bedrooms, one view.

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A day here

Nowhere to be.

No itinerary, no lobby, no other guests. This is roughly how a day goes.

  1. Coffee on the deck.

    Mist still sitting on the water. Someone has already lit the pit.

  2. The larch trail.

    It starts at the front door and climbs to a hut that serves strudel until two.

  3. A long lunch.

    Speck, mountain cheese and bread from the village, delivered at nine.

  4. Stone bath.

    Fill it as the light goes. The forest turns blue, then black.

  5. Fire and a record.

    Dinner when you feel like it. A private chef if you’d rather not.

  6. Stars over the river.

    No streetlights for eleven kilometres. Take a blanket out to the bank.

Lärche

/ ˈlɛʁçə /  ·  noun  ·  the larch

The only conifer in the Alps that turns gold in October and lets its needles fall. The house is built from it, inside and out, and it will go silver with the years.

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The whole house is yours: three bedrooms, up to six guests, three nights or more. Pick a check-in and a check-out to see the price.

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