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Hotel Saltus
South Tyrol, Italy
A fourth-generation alpine hotel at 1,100 metres above Bolzano in San Genesio/Jenesien. Larch, porphyry, and clay from the mountain itself shape a salutogenic retreat rooted in a founding promise to nature.
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Uniqueness
In 1954, Franz Wentner built Sonnenparadies, San Genesio/Jenesien's first hotel, in a village reachable only by cable car from Bolzano. He believed the 1,100-metre altitude could relieve asthma, a claim later supported by the AMAS 2000 study. Four generations on, the Wentner family has rebuilt that conviction into Hotel Saltus, a BigSEE Award-winning structure of larch facade, porphyry stone quarried from the building's own excavation, and clay-and-limestone walls sealed with beeswax.
Salutogenesis drives everything here. The philosophy asks why we stay healthy, not how we treat illness. It shapes the Forest Spa, the included yoga and forest bathing programme, and even a blank handmade booklet left at each bedside for recording thoughts. An Artist in Residence programme brings creative work into the building's daily life. The founding family's own words still hold: our hotel is a promise to nature.
activities at hotel saltus
The Saltus Relaxation Programme is included in every room rate. Guided sessions run daily: yoga, meditation, forest bathing, pilates, jogging, progressive muscle relaxation, and watercolour painting. A practice called 'a fanciful journey' uses imaginative visualisation to deepen body awareness, rooted in the hotel's salutogenic approach to movement as self-healing.
In summer, hiking trails cross the Tschogglberg plateau through larch meadows at 1,500 metres and higher. Winter brings snowshoeing across the same high terrain. The Wentner family owns a Haflinger horse farm minutes from the hotel. Four riding stables in San Genesio/Jenesien run trail rides, half-day rides, and panoramic carriage rides through spruce forests. The Haflinger breed thrives at altitude and suits beginners.
Yoga
Mindfulness
Hiking
Horseback Riding
Snowshoeing
Running
Walking
Photography
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Gastronomy
The kitchen sources from surrounding farms and forests—everything needed is here. Dishes are built around what the season offers: mountain herbs, locally raised meat, foraged ingredients. Traditional preservation techniques (fermenting, drying, salting) capture flavors year-round.
The restaurant offers a formal dining experience rooted in South Tyrolean terroir, interpreted contemporarily. Saltino Bistro serves casual, seasonal fare—pasta, dumplings, pinsa—with views of the Dolomites. The cocktail bar works with regional ingredients: mountain herbs, farm fruit, local spices.
Across all spaces, the approach is the same: respect the ingredient, reveal its character, keep the mountains on the plate.
Seasonal
Local ingredients
Alpine cuisine
Foraged
Wellness
Salutogenesis frames every element of the Forest Spa. The philosophy asks why we stay healthy, prioritising self-healing and body awareness over symptom treatment. The 17-metre outdoor infinity Sky Pool floats at rooftop level between spruce treetops and open sky, finished in local porphyry stone, held at 30 degrees year-round. An 8-metre indoor pool catches afternoon sun through the Glass Cube structure.
Treatments include Biologique Recherche personalised facials with Skin Instant assessment, Susanne Kaufmann natural skincare, osteopathy, and physiotherapy. The Saltus Relaxation Programme adds daily yoga, meditation, forest bathing, and progressive muscle relaxation, all included in the room rate. The hotel positions yoga under the headline 'Back to myself', framing practice as self-reconnection. At 1,100 metres on the Tschogglberg, forest air is the first treatment.
Salutogenesis
Nature Immersion
Pool
Hot Tub
Massage
Spa
Treatments
Finnish Sauna
Views
Slow Living
Sustainability at Hotel Saltus
Hotel Saltus was founded on a single conviction: to set new standards for the sake of nature, San Genesio/Jenesien, and South Tyrol. The Wentner family's founding promise, our hotel is a promise to nature, is not a slogan added later. It preceded the architecture, the menu, and the wellness philosophy.
The building itself is the evidence. Larch wood facades, porphyry stone flooring quarried from the hotel's own excavation, clay-and-limestone walls, beeswax sealants. Every material is natural and regional, documented on a dedicated sustainable design page. The Saltus Green package gives a 5% year-round discount to guests who arrive by train from Bolzano, riding the cable car over the treetops. The family's Haflinger horse farm operates minutes away as low-impact, place-rooted land stewardship.
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Rooms
Hotel Saltus offers 5 accommodation types.
Saltus Suite
Features clay walls and limestone flooring throughout, with an extra-long box spring bed and a spacious terrace offering an evening panorama of the Dolomites; the design blurs the boundary between indoor and outdoor space.
Forest Loggia
Interior features sturdy spruce and pinewood trunks with extra-long box spring beds and views of the forest and mountains; natural, minimal décor is designed to direct the gaze outward.
Gran Dolomites Loggia
Full window-front façade and balcony with unobstructed panoramic view of the UNESCO Dolomites; panorama shifts from blue morning light to chalk-white midday to evening alpenglow.
Dolomites Loggia
Standard double room with balcony and full view of the Dolomites; shares the same window-front panoramic configuration as the Gran Dolomites Loggia.
Single Suite
A 35 m² suite with openable glazed windows that capture afternoon western sun and an extra-long box spring bed; described as the most economical option for two guests.
Reserve
Sleep at 1,100 metres in larch and porphyry. Wake to the Dolomites. Let the mountain do the healing.
www.hotel-saltus.com
Saltus GmbH, Freigasse 8, I-39050 Jenesien, South Tyrol, Italy
info@hotel-saltus.com
+39 0471 155 11 90
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