The ultimate escape: a pilgrimage to Europe's highest hotel | FT 

Surely, Europe's highest hotel is in Amsterdam.

How do you do a video on this and not mention how they built it? XD

The construction of the hut was directed by the Italian Alpine Club in 1889. The hut was pre-built in the valley, then brought to its final destination by mule and then by men, and assembled on site. A complete restoration started in 1977. The original hut was dismantled and was replaced by the current hut, built in Valsesia in the town of Failungo Superiore, very close to Alagna Valsesia, which opened in 1980.

What would have been more interesting is to have seen how it was built.

Props to the cameraman for lugging up all that gear.

Little bit disappointing. Was looking forward to more footage of the Hotel not just the view

Calling it a hotel and pretending it to be like a normal hotel is annoying otherwise interesting

Would have liked to seen more of the hotel

Man. Getting that thing built is just simply incredible.

A few years ago I organised a ‘boys walking weekend’ from London and from the comfort of my flat Alagna to the Rifugio Margarita seemed like a good option. Well, we made it and stayed overnight at the Rifugio. But I had seriously underestimated the effect of altitude sickness without proper acclimatisation and it was not a pleasant night! Even our guide, who had not been up for a couple of weeks, was affected. But as we walked down we all began to feel better, were able to bask in the glow of achievement and look forward to cold beer awaiting in Alagna!

Solo un giornale da quella parte di mondo poteva chiamarlo hotel 🤬🤬🤬🤬

But how?? But did they built this thing here? How do they get all their supplies?? How did they install the wifi?? How does the plumbing work?? Honestly, THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERING!!!!

Eating pizza with fork and knife. hehehe That place is way to posh for me.

E' finito il pane. Scendo in paese a prenderlo 🥶🥶

"Upper class pursuit?" I guess that rules me out!

How’s the WiFi? … must be using satellite as main connectivity? At 15000 ft, that’s higher than the 13500 ft skydivers exit the plane !!

It's NOT a hotel! It'a a mountain hut for mountaineers without running water and with multi-bedded rooms with incredibly uncomfortable beds (apart from the fact that you will hardly sleep anyway due to the high altitude and the lack of acclimatisation). The "library" is simply a shelf of books containing primarily information about the climbing routes on the surrounding mountains (by this standard every house or flat has a "library"). The "bar" is also no bar, but just a counter where you can do everything, from ordering food, paying your stay, etc. Calling this a hotel is like calling an Amish Buggy a car.

Very beautiful mountain views, really great thanks for sharing 👌

viewers are invited to northern parts of Pakistan the mountaineers' heaven where you can easily cycle upto 16000 feet above sea level and find hotels nearby.

To each their own. I'm good with Nashville.

It's not a hotel, it's a refuge.

Its not an hotel

Went there a few years ago in April ski touring. It’s not formally open then, but they leave a room open for emergency use.

Right on he summit so safe from avalanches.

Is there running water there? Showers? Where would the water come from?

How long can you stay, how much does it cost and how o you make reservations?

Knife and fork on pizza😮 "Do not recommend this channel"

How do they supply it?

Very charming mountain view

Sleep walking is not an option

Fantastic!! Would love to go here

Nope. No thanks. Never. Not even by helicopter.

It would have been interesting to learn how they service the 'hotel. How do they get food and drink up there. What do they do with waste etc

er...three peaks, not two, are higher than margherita. he's forgetting Zumstein. hard to forget really, given that its right next to him🤣

ok. and how does it look inside????

You didn't give us a full tour!!!

Absolutely spectacular,,, Would love to visit this hotel !

6:00 Zermatt in the background to the left. Nice view!

a mountain hut is not a hotel..

Awesome

Genuine question, I'm assuming as you didnt talk about it, that you have jo safe way of snowboarding as you cant know for sure if there is solid ground underneath ?

I guess the hotel doesn’t have valet parking 😅

This is the grand finale of the Monte Rosa tour (or spaghetti tour as it is commonly known). After spending a week bagging 4000ers, one sleeps right at the summit before climbing the Dufourspitze, the highest point of Switzerland and second-highest mountain of the Alps, and returning to civilization for a long awaited shower ;)

"HOTEL?"

I'd be afraid the hut would fall off the mountain.

How did they manage to get their supplies?

I wonder if it doesn't risk blowing away with storms

How do you fo a "pilgrimage" to a hotel? Is this some "hotel cult"? Bowing down to the god of hotels?

Thats not a hotel but a hostel

Why don’t they take a limo or something to hotel?

A bit short, was interesting to watch, would have been cool to see more tho!

Cool story. Thanks.

Love Italian mountain hut hotel♥

Can you ski down?

It’s not a hotel. It’s a mountain hut.

Wonder how they could breath being that high up in the air.

what about gouter hut mont blanc

Who built it?

No thanks

It isn t a hotel it s a mountain refuge for climbers and alpinists 😂, there's a lot in italy in all alps, but are a places where you can recover for succesive climb or descent

Warning to visitor. You should accumulate for the high altitude. Altitude sickness is real.

Silly.

Ah yes a pilgrimmage. I mean not a real one but still

nice but not for me i get sick in hights

@drewbinsky story for you

No thank's. 🔳⬜️⬜️🔳

ugh the chord progression in this video is absolutely my life ahah

Snowbird 😊

Crazy!!!!!

Thanks.

Why?

It's an alpine hut - not a hotel. We have many in Europe, where we have mountains. Not like the UK, where you only have hills but many hotels. Only Brits gets altitude sickness at 4554 meters. This is not Cumbria. Get over it. 42 years ago my mother and I walked a bit in Scotland. We met an English "expedition" in full mountaineering outfits. They were very silent when they saw us. We just said hello and turned around. We didn't want to embarrass them.

It's not so good for hotel"....it's good for meditation center

Taking a cable car is cheating

Would have been nice to see what a room looked like in that "hotel". Geez, I feel robbed.

How do they get supplies up there (food, drinks etc.)? I`m thinking helicopters, but i`m not sure

The highest hotel I thought was in Russia

i always think maybe the queen was named after the pizza, cos it was her fathers favorite pizza or whatever

Not sure why it was not mentioned that you can get there by cable car. You do not have to climb.

So it’s just a typical mountain refuge? I thought it was going to be a nice hotel. Meh.

Not much of a hotel. This isn’t impressive when you’ve been to nepal

Grrrr, something somethingsomething, bloody remoaners... When's Brexit? I'm hungry.

Should have spent more time there, but good for you!