If you love hiking, how could you not arrange an extended stay in a quiet mountain hut, complete with the epic scenery and rustic environment you crave? Escape the noisy city life by either climbing up the mountain or taking a shortcut using a cable car. Your reward will be the breathtaking mountain views, the fresh air, and the unspoiled peace in nature. Below is a showcase of some of the best luxury hotels and nomadic mountain huts in some of the most scenic spots on earth.
Mountain Hotels
Jade Screen  
Tower Hotel
To get to this mountain-top hotel, you must climb up 60,000 steps – or take the cable car. If you choose to climb the stairs, you are in for an exciting time. They begin by traveling through the aperture of the cliff known as the Thread of Sky. Further up …
Accommodation types: Mountain
Location: Huangshan  China  East Asia
First World  
Hotel
This is the Las Vegas of Asia. It is the world’s largest hotel, with 7,351 rooms in two colorful towers. It is located in the Genting Highlands in the Titiwangsa Mountains near the lush tropical rainforest far from the city. The entrance is a Spanish-style courtyard, and the site has …
Accommodation types: Mountain   Theme Park
Location: Genting Highlands  Malaysia  Southeast Asia
Whitepod  
These futuristic eco pods nestle in the Alps creating a little igloo village. Your pod is made out of insulating fiber and has a wood-burner for comfort. There is an en-suite bathroom and super luxurious bedding. Whitepod is part of the eco-tourism movement and aims to be carbon neutral. Each …
Accommodation types: Eco-Friendly   Igloo   Mountain   Nature   Tent
Location: Monthey  Switzerland  West Europe
Ice Hotel  
Romania
Forget little sculptures at winter fares… in Romania, they make entire hotels out of ice. When it comes to sleeping in a bed made of ice you need not worry about the cold because your bed is super insulated with multiple mattresses, reindeer fur, and thermal sleeping bags. Dinner is …
Accommodation types: Ice   Mountain
Location: Cârţişoara  Romania  East Europe
Machu Picchu  
Sanctuary Lodge
When Hiram Bingham set out in 1907 to find the lost Inca treasure he could not have expected to find as enormous a jewel as he did. Machu Picchu is the lost city of the Inca built in the 15th Century over 2,300 meters above sea level. Today people come …
Accommodation types: Luxury   Mountain   Nature
Location: Aguas Calientes  Peru  South America
EcoCamp  
Patagonia
Domes are all the rage in eco-tourism these days. Where old-style hotels needed deep foundations, roads, pipes, and cables to be laid down – eco domes are made from special vinyl that is warm, durable, and light. They are built using the “leave no trace” philosophy and the hotel’s designers …
Accommodation types: Eco-Friendly   Mountain   Nature   Tent
Location: Puerto Natales  Chile  South America
Iglu  
Dorf
Built from 3000 tonnes of snow in different locations around Switzerland, Germany and Andorra the igloo hotels feature top-notch ice artistry and a variety of rooms all made from glistening ice and snow. There are family and romantic options. The romantic rooms come with ice-carved tables, champagne, and mood lighting. …
Accommodation types: Ice   Mountain
Location: Engelberg  Switzerland  West Europe
Vigilius  
Hotel
In the grand Dolomites – a mountain range located in the North Italian Alps – there is an award-winning design hotel. Built by architect, Matteo Thun, his idea was to create a luxury eco-hotel that draws inspiration from nature and also blends with its natural surroundings so local woods and …
Accommodation types: Luxury   Mountain   Spa
Location: Lana  Italy  West Europe
Aufberg 1113  
Two specially commissioned holiday apartments located high in the Austrian Alps where the scented air holds, in its spell, spicy conifer forests and ancient glaciers. Professor of architecture, Andreas Meck used bird’s nests for his inspiration. He placed his design hotel on the edge of a deep valley with views …
Accommodation types: Design   Mountain   Nature
Location: Dürnberg  Austria  West Europe
Shakti  
360 Leti
Eight thousand feet (2,438 meters) in the Himalayas, the Shakti hotel offers authentic experiences of lands unknown on the usual tourist trail. Set on a ridge with stunning views of the Himalayas. Footpaths and villages are draped like a necklace across the foothills and wilderness that stretches out as far …
Accommodation types: Mountain   Nature   Remote
Location: Kapkot  India  South Asia
Timberline  
Lodge
"Here's Johnny!" Well, your concierge, actually; make sure you tip him well as you are about to take a room in the gorgeous and ghoulish Timberline Lodge, the location for the classic horror film, The Shining. Joking aside, this incredible structure was built entirely by hand in the 1930s, and …
Accommodation types: Mountain   Movie
Location: Mt. Hood Village  USA  North America
The New  
Monte Rosa Hut
This hut is owned by the Swiss Alpine Authority and was designed by professors and students of architecture and eco-design from Lucerne University and ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). The crystal-shaped building is designed to make sunlight spiral inside while redistributing thermal body heat from occupants to heat …
Accommodation types: Concept   Eco-Friendly   Mountain
Location: Zermatt  Switzerland  West Europe
Kasbah  
du Toubkal
The Kasbah du Toubkal was conceived more as a Berber hospitality center than a hotel. It was designed to be eco-friendly and sustainable; 5% of all profits go directly to local villages making education a reality for the young people who live there. Originally the summer home of a local …
Accommodation types: Mountain   Movie   Traditional
Location: Imlil  Morocco  Africa
Tschuggen  
Grand Hotel
The magnificent Tschuggen Grand Hotel sits high in the snow-capped Graubünden Mountains - home to some of the greatest slopes and most beautiful landscapes in the world. This multi-award winning establishment is furnished with beautiful materials and furniture by luxury designer, Carlo Rampazzi. When you have finished settling in you …
Accommodation types: Luxury   Mountain   Spa
Location: Arosa  Switzerland  West Europe
Aqua Dome  
The Aqua Dome Spa and Hotel sits high in the Austrian Alps in a granite-walled valley. The area is well known for its cross-country skiing but this is not the main reason you visit: far greater things await you because this is one of the most [luxurious spas](https://www.uniqhotels.com/spa-hotels) in the …
Accommodation types: Mountain   Spa
Location: Langenfeld  Austria  West Europe
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