Forestis is an adults-only alpine wellness retreat at 1,800 metres above Brixen in Italy’s Dolomites, with 62 south-facing suites overlooking the peaks, a spring-water spa rooted in Celtic healing, the Yera cave restaurant serving forest cuisine and hiking trails starting at the hotel door.
You have not felt this quiet in years.
The last meeting. The last notification. All of it is now down there, in the valleys you left when the road began to climb.
Now you are at 1,800 metres. The air is thin and cold and smells of larch. No traffic, no email, just the wind and the mountains.
This is Forestis Dolomites located in Italy.
Who This Retreat Is For
You came because you are tired. Not the kind of weekend solves. The kind that sits in your bones.
You came because someone told you about a place where rooms have no televisions, the spa uses its own spring water, and the restaurant is inside a mountain cave. You came to stop. Really stop. And Forestis Dolomites is one of the few places on earth that allows that.
The Drive from Brixen
The drive from Brixen takes thirty minutes. The road winds up through spruce and larch. Each switchback takes you higher. The world below becomes smaller.
You arrive at low buildings of wood and stone. A porter greets you quietly, no uniform, no loud welcome. They take you bag and show you to your room. There is no lobby music and no check-in line, just a short walk on a stone path with the peaks already in view.
Suite Feature & Mountain Views
Every suite at Forestis Dolomites faces south, so every window looks directly at the Dolomites. No room faces another room, which means your view is completely private. The design is simple: wood floors, stone walls, a bed with soft linen, a desk, and a chair near the window. There is no television and no art on the walls, because the view outside is the only art you need.
The bathroom is carved from local stone, and the shower has a window that opens to the sky. You wash with water that fell as snow on the peaks just a week ago. After your shower, you sit on your private terrace, where a warm blanket sits folded on a chair. The mountains turn pink in the evening light, and for a long moment, you do not check your phone. You just sit.
Spring-Water Spa & Celtic Treatments
The spa at Forestis Dolomites is the reason many guests return year after year. Two tower-like structures rise from the forest floor, connected by a glass bridge that lets light pour in from all sides. Inside, the light is soft, and the air smells of pine and stone. The water comes from the hotel’s own spring, filtering naturally through mountain rock before it reaches your skin. The treatments are rooted in Celtic healing methods, practices that are thousands of years old. You lie still and let them work.
A heated outdoor pool stays open all year. In winter, you float while snow falls gently on your face; in summer, you swim with the smell of wildflowers drifting down from the meadows above. The sauna is made of hand-cut timber and faces the mountains directly, so you can sweat while watching the light shift across the peaks. You book a massage, and the therapist uses stones heated from a nearby riverbed. You also try forest bathing, where a guide walks with you through the larch forest and tells you when to stop and breathe. You do nothing else, and that turns out to be more than enough.
Yera Cave Restaurant & Forest Cuisine
Year is the name of the restaurant, and it sits inside the mountain itself. The walls are raw stone, the light is warm and low, and the temperature stays cool all year. The kitchen serves what they call forest cuisine, which means nothing is flown in. The chef works with wild herbs, mushrooms, berries, game, and fish from nearby alpine lakes, while vegetables come from the hotel’s own garden at 1,600 metres.
Breakfast includes fresh bread from a baker in Brixen, local honey, soft cheese from a mountain dairy and wild blueberries picked in late summer. Lunch is intentionally light: a herb broth, a bitter green salad and a slice of speck aged in the valley below. Dinner changes completely with the season: autumn brings porcini mushrooms and venison, summer brings trout and sorrel, and winter brings root vegetables and slow-cooked lamb. No two menus are ever the same, because the forest decides what to serve. You simply eat well and trust the chef.
A Typical Day: Walking, Spa, Stargazing
You wake up without the alarm, and coffee arrives at your room at the time you requested the night before. You drink it on your terrace while watching the sunrise touch the peaks. Then you walk. Trails start directly at the hotel door; some are easy, some are steep, but all are quiet. You walk for one hour or three, and you see no one else. Just trees, rocks, and maybe a chamois watching from a ridge.
When you return, you go to the spa. You float in the heated pool, lie on a lounger with a book and eventually fall asleep to the sound of wind through the larches. Evening comes slowly. You have a drink by the fire, then dinner inside the cave. Afterwards, you walk outside to see the stars. At 1,800 metres, the sky is remarkably clear, and the Milky Way stretches above you in a thick band of light. You stand in the cold for ten minutes, feeling happy and very still.
Who Stays Here
The guests at Forestis Dolomites do not want entertainment or nightlife. They are founders, doctors, architects, people who have worked hard for decades and need real rest. Some come alone, some come with a partner and most stay for three nights or three weeks. They do not check work email, they do not post photos, and they do not ask for Wi-Fi password. They sleep, walk, eat and sit in silence. Most of them book their next stay before they leave.
Your Next Step is To Book with YOLO Travel
Only sixty-two suites exist at this altitude, and the hotel welcomes only adults. The winding road from Brixen is open every season. Your mountain sanctuary is ready. Book your stay at Forestis Dolomites with YOLO Travel and experience what real rest feels like.