The Japanese call it “Shinrin-yoku”, the English “forest bathing” and we “forest bathing”, that is a series of therapeutic activities that bring psycho-physical benefits (the best of scientific studies prove this). A few examples: trekking in nature, training under the trees, but also sleep in the so-called treehouse. Ecological, isolated and silent, they are small apartments with all comforts, raised from the ground, hosted by trees, wrapped in the shade of the branches. Even just one night – regenerating – is enough to understand the reason why many hoteliers, in the footsteps of John Muir, a staunch supporter of wilderness, offer their guests this kind of esperienza into the wild almost. In the gallery selected above five proposals.
Barthel House
A few steps from Florence is the treehouse of Daniela and Elena Barthel, who know the area well in front of the Certosa Ema: they have been living in the Tuscan countryside since the early 1980s and this is where they opened their estate with several houses: of Ceramics, of the Farmer, of the Coffee, of the Sailor and of course the one on the Tree. Housed in a Scots pine, four meters above the ground, it is furnished in a contemporary vintage style. The gem: the headboard consisting of a blackboard in which to leave a message.
Black Cabin e Suite Bleue
It might seem like Provence, but it is Lazio. To be precise, Lake Bracciano, where there are two tree houses surrounded by the flowering of lavender in the summer months, inside the farmhouse The plantation. Protected by an eight-century oak and a two-century maritime pine, they rise from six meters above the ground with a view of the olive groves where there is an Etruscan tomb from the fourth century BC. The vegetable garden and a variety of cosmetics are available to guests. bio based on lavender and olive oil to buy.
Malga Priu
On the top floor, the bedroom with a view of the sky; on the second, a kitchen with sitting area and living room; on the ground floor – but always two and a half meters from the ground -, a lounge area. The dense woods of the Julian Alps, in Ugovizza, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, welcome the pine cones of the Malga Priu farmhouse. Built entirely with local wood taken according to the principles of naturalistic forestry and architecturally accessible even to people with mobility difficulties, they are rounded, design and eco-sustainable: the energy comes 100% from renewable sources.
Awen Tree House
In a garden of eight thousand square meters, immersed in the Casale La Bandita Holiday House, a few steps from the Lake Trasimeno Park, in Umbria, there is l’Awen Tree House. The tree house, surrounded by a grove of holm oaks, which rises from the ground for about three meters and from whose windows you can admire a small lake that attracts some protected species. Built in hemp, according to the principles of green building, it guarantees healthier environments with a great reduction of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
Aroma(n)tica Treehouse
Suspended between the hills of Monferrato, surrounded by the scent of lime, the tree house of Montegrande estate is geolocated in an area of ​​over seven hectares of land, where it is almost a must to walk to observe the many varieties of plants: magnolias, sofore, holly, tamarisk …, and relax with a dip in the pool overlooking the Ligurian Alps and Piedmontese.
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