Two sharply pitched gable forms clad in dark zinc and floor-to-ceiling glass rise from a forested slope above Pinzolo in the Rendena Valley, their geometry simultaneously quoting the vernacular barn rooflines of the surrounding Dolomites and refusing any nostalgia for them. Lefay Resort & SPA Dolomiti, which opened in 2021, was conceived by the Milan-based Lefay group as the alpine counterpart to their Lake Garda flagship, with architecture by the studio Hager Partner and interiors developed to translate the brand's Tao-inflected wellness philosophy into material form across 88 rooms and suites spread across multiple interconnected volumes. The interior palette works a careful gradient from the mountain outside inward — smoked oak wall paneling, pale larch flooring, and upholstered headboards in dove grey and warm taupe give the rooms the atmosphere of a precisely edited private chalet rather than a resort hotel. Cane-back dining chairs with sculptural turned-wood bases furnish the restaurant, where full-height glazing dissolves the boundary between the spruce forest and the room itself. Four-poster beds dressed in cream linen with fringe-trimmed throws anchor the suite category, each opening onto a private balcony with a stone-surround soaking tub pointed toward the treeline. The heated outdoor infinity pool, steaming against snow-covered slopes in winter, delivers the property's most direct argument: that the landscape here is not backdrop but the central design element around which everything else has been arranged.

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Lefay Resort & SPA Dolomiti stands in the ski area of Madonna di Campiglio and is located in Pinzolo, the largest town in the Rendena valley. The Resort is set in the splendid scenery of the Dolomites, declared by UNESCO a “World Heritage Site”. The entire mountain area is protected by natural parks established to conserve the extraordinary unspoiled beauty of the area.