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Sabine and Armin Pernstich of Ansitz Romani in Termeno about swimming in unknown waters, silkworms, mulberries, and how sometimes naiveté can luckily replace courage.

Berta Winkler and Gabriel Tauber of the Saalerwirt talk about hamlets and pilgrims, a Black Madonna from the field, and how a ‘crazy’ innkeeper and an avalanche of rocks prevented Napoleon’s soldiers from entering Val Badia.

Robert ‘Bobo’ Widmann of Batzenhäusl in Bolzano about an innkeeper’s mission, the fact that art was once traded for pork knuckles and how life adds the much-needed patina to a guesthouse.

Manuel Dellago of the Casa al Sole speaks about the courage it takes to change old habits, his commitment to the colour red and architectural scars, and why it is best to stay simple and consistent.

Mara Theiner of the Ansitz zum Löwen talks about the three most important words in South Tyrolean architecture¾and how bathrobe selfies at the village well brought Burgusio back to life.

Brigitta Stauder on Emma Hellenstainer, the tourism pioneer who gave her hotel its name, about her well-guarded recipe book, and about how a postcard from overseas found its way to ‘Frau Emma in Europe’.

Caroline Heiss on her great-great-grandmother Emma Hellenstainer, turn-of-the-century grand hotel architecture and why it can be absolute perfection when everything remains the same.

A conversation with hosts Monika and Wolfgang Holzner on rattan chairs made in 1908. In the light-flooded reading room of Parkhotel Holzner, they talk about promenading on the Altopiano del Renon, an epiphany at the Panhans Hotel south of Vienna, and Mitzi the treasure guardian.

Johanna Fink about the Briol in Tre Chiese, her great-grandmother and ‘Mountain Mother’ Johanna Settari, and top-class guests recovering the ground beneath their feet in Hubert Lanzinger’s gesamtkunstwerk high up on the mountain.

A conversation with Martin Kirchlechner, host of the Ottmanngut in the centre of Merano, in the garden of the estate about Momo, turtles, the Golden Twenties and the perks of walking backwards. An oasis in the city, where time becomes a blur.

The Dolomites are a place of longing. In a conversation about explorers, adventurers, and wealthy guests from the Danubian monarchy, Norbert and Anna Cristina Cristofolini introduce their Monte Sella in San Vigilio (Marebbe), a place full of subtlety locals still affectionately refer to as ‘the hotel’.

Hosts Maria, Hermann, and Christoph Mayr about illustrious guests, auspicious gossip, and the perks of being right next to River Isarco, about long-past incidents, and future perspectives around the Goldener Adler in Bressanone.

Johannes Count Khuen-Belasi und Maria Countess Khuen-Belasi about what it is like to be lords of the manor at their Englar Castle, proudly sitting on a hill above the town of Appiano and inviting adventurous guests on very personal discoveries.

Florian Ellmenreich, host and storyteller at Merano’s first self-proclaimed “iconic hotel”, the Hotel Adria, who shares anecdotes from the history of this landmarked Art Nouveau gem in the middle of the city’s mansion district, Maia Alta.

Alexandra Dell’Agnolo (albergatrice) e Markus Pescoller (restauratore) ci raccontano di prospettive insolite e scoperte sorprendenti fatte durante il restauro dell’albergo storico Zum Riesen a Tarres, e del perché Reinhold Messner è rimasto a mani vuote.

Maria Gasser, 5th-generation host at the Turmwirt restaurant in Gudon about gathering, cultivated hospitality, beloved family traditions and about why she believes pubs are the future.

Mirko Mocatti, host at the Hotel Gasthof Zum Hirschen in Senale, about new forms of reverence, about new ways of living history in isolation and about why today’s guests experience unique things in yesterday’s pilgrim’s shelter.