Albergo Bucaneve
"A Zegna suit is shorthand for a certain kind of luxury—understated, beautiful, and above all Italian. The same can be said of the Oasi Zegna, the family’s 39-square-mile eco-reserve in the foothills of the Italian Alps, near Trivero, where Ermenegildo Zegna founded his woolen mill in 1910. Now, skiers and hikers can again stay on the reserve in the beautifully renovated Albergo Bucaneve, a 22-room hotel built in 1963 by Italian architect Luigi Vietti. Meticulously restored to its original chic-but-rustic simplicity using local timber and, of course, Zegna wool, the hotel is an ode to the region’s traditions and flavors. On the menu at the antler-adorned dining room is typical Piedmontese food: baked polenta, porcini-studded carnaroli risotto, and a rich, chocolaty bonet dessert made with amaretti biscuits. Unlike the earthy extravagance of the food, the hotel is refreshingly spare, a perfect place in which to contemplate the majesty of the rolling hills and the meadows blooming with wildflowers and rhododendrons (39-015-744-184; bucaneve.eu; doubles from $107)."
