Palmschoss, Brixen, Dolomites, South Tyrol · Italy
FORESTIS.
FORESTIS is a stay in Palmschoss, Brixen, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy. This page records what the property publishes about its building, across the eight pathways this index reviews.
Photography: FORESTIS's published media
The recordSpecified · read 15 Aug 2026
Current as of
15 Aug 2026
Last reviewed
15 Aug 2026
Coverage
Documented across 8 of 8 pathways.
Strongest evidence
Specified
Sources
Each entry shows its source and the date we read it.
Practical details
Type
Stay
Operator
Independent
Rooms
62 suites, plus a separate villa
Stage
Operating
Listing details from Google Places, read 6 Aug 2026.
Sixty-two suites and a separate villa at Palmschoss above Brixen, in the Dolomites of South Tyrol, Italy, independently run.
A closer look at FORESTIS
Sixty-two suites and a separate villa at Palmschoss above Brixen, in the Dolomites of South Tyrol, Italy, independently run. The building is a set of towers designed by the South Tyrolean architect Armin Sader, with a vertical form chosen to take up as little forest as possible and two trees planted for each one felled. Design press reports floor to ceiling windows onto the mountains and a balcony in every suite. What the property publishes is a list of named materials, a named spring and a named lighting designer, with almost no measurement behind any of them. Nothing here has been seen in person.
Four towers in the spruceSixty-two suites and a separate villa at Palmschoss above Brixen, in the Dolomites. The buildings are towers…
Sixty-two suites and a separate villa at Palmschoss above Brixen, in the Dolomites. The buildings are towers by the South Tyrolean architect Armin Sader, and the vertical form was chosen to take up as little forest as possible; two trees were planted for every one felled. Suites have floor to ceiling windows onto the mountains and a balcony each. Inside, the Tower and Penthouse suites are lined in untreated spruce with no coating, paint or sealant named, and wall and floor surfaces are local dolomite flour mixed with clay and sealed with beeswax. The water is an artesian spring fifty metres above the building.
What this property publishes, area by area
All eight areas, for every record. Each row opens to what was published, where we read it and when.
Publishing something is not the same as it being good. Every line below was read and placed by a person, not scored by a machine. What each rung means
Named means the property published something you can look up: a brand, a product or a number. Stated means it says so with nothing behind it. Not published means we looked and found nothing, which is a gap in our reading and not an answer about the building.
Air EcologyNo evidence recordedNothing found yet
The air in a closed room is what you breathe for eight hours. What decides it is the filter grade, the fresh air rate, and whether damp has ever been looked for.
We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.
What to ask them
What filter grade is fitted to guest room air handling, for example MERV 13 or HEPA H13?
What is the fresh air supply rate per person in a guest room?
Are carbon dioxide, particulate or volatile organic compound levels measured, and are the readings published?
Is there a mould inspection and remediation protocol, and when was it last run?
Are there gas cooktops, fireplaces or other combustion sources inside guest rooms?
Water Integrity5 source notesPublished or supplied
You drink it, cook with it and stand under it. What is in it depends on the source and on what, if anything, filters it, and both are things a property can name.
The property publishes two figures for the spring water it serves, a dry residue of 22 mg per litre and a pH value of 6.6. No laboratory, institute, analyst, instrument, method or sampling date is named alongside them on the English page, on the German original or anywhere in the 2026 press kit, and the same two values are the published label figures for Plose spring water, which the property states its own water is identical to.
With a dry residue of only 22 mg per litre and a pH-value of 6.6, which corresponds to that of human cells, it is among the purest and lightest waters in the world.
Design press publishes the same pH value of 6.6 for the spring that lies about 50 metres above the building and states that it feeds the hotel's own fountains and conduits.
The holistic approach at the Forestis includes healthy, high-quality food made with products from the region: starting with the clear spring water from the Plose, the source of which lies only around 50 meters above the hotel, and which flows down into the hotel's own fountains and conduits. With a pH value of 6.6, it is one of the lightest and purest waters in the world.
The property's press kit states that its own spring water is what runs through the plumbing and reaches taps and shower heads, and that it is the water drunk at the property.
The Plose is not only home to one of the best and purest spring waters, which is drunk in the FORESTIS and gushes from all taps and shower heads, the Plose is also one of the most beautiful skiing and hiking areas in the Dolomites.
The property publishes the source type and its location, an artesian spring about 50 metres above the building, and states that drinking water is served in stone carafes in the suites and from spring water wells around the site.
Around 50 metres above FORESTIS, the clear water of the Plose mountain emerges from an artesian spring.
The press kit states that bathing and shower water is the hotel's own spring water and gives indoor and outdoor pool dimensions of 20 by 4.3 metres and 22 by 5 metres. No pool sanitation method or water chemistry is published.
Guests bathe or shower with the hotel's own spring water, the water quality of which is identical to that of the Plose spring water.
What to ask them
What is the water source, and what treatment is applied before it reaches a guest room?
Is there a published contaminant test panel, and which laboratory ran it?
Is shower and bath water filtered, and to what specification?
How are pools and spas sanitised, and is the chemistry published?
How is drinking water delivered, and is it treated on site?
Light Rhythm2 source notesPublished or supplied
Light is what tells a body the time of day. The part a building controls is what its fittings emit and when, which a named product or a colour temperature makes checkable.
The property names Viabizzuno of Bologna as the company that developed the lighting concept. No colour temperature, tunability, flicker performance or blackout specification is published.
Viabizzuno developed the lighting concept for FORESTIS.
The property publishes floor to ceiling glazing as one of its four material elements. No glazing product, transmittance figure or shading specification is published.
Glass emphasises the clarity of the air and brings nature into the building through floor-to-ceiling windows.
What to ask them
Is guest room lighting tunable or circadian, and what specification is published?
What colour temperatures are used in the evening, and are fixtures flicker free?
Do sleeping areas have full blackout, and is it specified?
What daylight access does a typical room have?
Is exterior lighting shielded or reduced overnight?
EMF HarmonyNo evidence recordedNothing found yet
Wiring, routers and devices put electromagnetic fields in a room. What a building decides is where they sit relative to the bed, and whether anyone has measured it.
We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.
What to ask them
Are guest rooms wired for data, or is access wireless only?
Where are wireless access points and smart meters placed relative to the bed?
Have field levels been measured in sleeping areas, and by whom?
Can a guest have wireless disabled in their room on request?
Is any shielded cabling or shielding material specified in the build?
Materials and Textiles5 source notesPublished or supplied
The things you sleep on and touch: the mattress, the sheets, the pillows, and the paints, glues and finishes around them. A named fabric, a fibre content or a certification can be looked up. A structural palette tells you about the building, not about the bed.
The property names the species used for walls and ceilings in the Tower and Penthouse suites, spruce.
The spruce wood is untreated and left in its natural state.
The property publishes the composition and application method of its wall and floor surfaces, local dolomite ground to flour and mixed with water and clay, applied with a spatula and sealed with beeswax.
Mixed with water and clay, a soft and compact mass is created, which is applied wet with a spatula and then sealed with beeswax.
For the villa, the property names three species used for beams, floors and furniture, larch, Swiss stone pine and spruce, and describes these woods as untreated.
Depending on availability, different types of wood such as larch, Swiss stone pine or spruce were used to make the hand-hewn beams, manually crafted floors and furniture.
Design press names the interior species as untreated larch, spruce and mountain pine, alongside dolomite stone.
Interiors carry the natural scent of untreated larch, spruce, and mountain pine; dolomite stone adds both texture and thermal stability.
What to ask them
What are the mattresses made of, and are they treated with flame retardants?
What is the fibre content of the linen, and is it certified, for example to GOTS or OEKO TEX?
Which paints, adhesives and sealants were specified, and are they low emission?
What cleaning and laundry products are used, and is the list published?
Are there named low emission certifications on the flooring or joinery?
Food and Kitchen4 source notesPublished or supplied
What a kitchen cooks with and where it buys are the parts of a stay you take inside you. A named oil, a named supplier or a published share is checkable; “healthy” is not.
The press kit states that vegetables are grown for the property by neighbouring farmers using old varieties. The growers are not named and no share of supply is published.
The produce comes from farmers in the neighbourhood who plant old vegetable varieties exclusively for the FORESTIS.
The press kit states that the property has planted its own garden of herbs, roots and edible flowers. No area, yield or share of kitchen supply is published.
The company has also planted its own garden with herbs, roots and edible flowers.
The press kit lists the categories bought in from regional and Italian suppliers, including oils and dairy. No supplier is named for the produce, meat, fish, oils or dairy, and no cooking oil or cookware policy is published.
Fruit, citrus fruits, fish, meat, sausage and ham, oils and dairy products are also sourced from selected farmers and suppliers from the surrounding area and throughout Italy.
The press kit names the neighbouring Mairhof farm as the supplier of the honey served. It is one named supplier against a sourcing list that is otherwise unnamed, so it specifies a part of the kitchen rather than its bulk.
The honey is supplied by the neighbouring Mairhof farm.
What to ask them
What share of produce is grown on site or sourced locally, and is it verified?
Which cooking oils are used, and is the policy published?
What cookware is used in the kitchen?
Is kitchen and ice water filtered, and to what specification?
Is there a published position on additives, preservatives or allergens?
Biophilic and Healing Design5 source notesPublished or supplied
Daylight, planting, outlook and the way a room meets the outside are what make a place feel the way it does. Named design decisions can be checked; atmosphere cannot.
The spa concept is published as built around four named tree species, mountain pine, spruce, larch and stone pine.
Following the example of the Celts and their natural doctrine, the FORESTIS Spa combines these four elements of nature with four trees: mountain pine, spruce, larch and stone pine.
The property names its architect, Armin Sader, and publishes the design intent of using regional materials throughout the building.
The South Tyrolean architect Armin Sader and the FORESTIS interior team have reinterpreted the traditional architecture and created a natural atmosphere throughout the hideaway by using regional materials.
The property publishes the siting method for the towers, a vertical form chosen to occupy as little forest as possible, with two trees planted for each tree felled.
The vertical tower design takes up as little space as possible in the forest, and every tree that was felled was replaced by two new plantings.
Design press reports that every suite has floor to ceiling windows onto the mountains and a balcony. No room volume, ceiling height or planting palette is published.
Stone, from which the spring emerges, glass, as clear as the air, warm materials that warm like the sun, and the wood that grows best in this climate.
What to ask them
Does every guest room have direct outdoor access or an operable opening?
What is the published design intent behind the natural materials used?
What are the typical ceiling heights and room volumes?
Was the landscape designed with native planting, and is the palette published?
Sound and Sensory Ecology2 source notesPublished or supplied
What you can hear at three in the morning decides whether you slept. Insulation, plant and machinery, and what sits next door are what decide it.
The spa page states that the treatment area is acoustically designed. No measured background level, separation rating, plant noise figure or acoustic consultant is published.
The Silence Rooms allow the experience of absolute peace and put the body into a deep state of relaxation.
What to ask them
What is the measured background noise level in a guest room at night?
What acoustic separation is specified between adjoining keys?
How loud is the guest room air conditioning at its lowest setting?
Is fragrance diffused into guest rooms or public areas, and can it be declined?
Not everything is published, and an empty row is a gap in what we could read rather than a fault in the building. If one of these matters to you, ask the property before you book. Send us something that updates this record
Feature sources and certification records show their own scope and dates.
Compare what each stay offers, how it was checked and what still needs confirming. Assessment labels describe the review, not an overall quality rating.
A low score means a property has not published information. It does not mean the property is unsafe, unhealthy or poorly run.
These scores describe disclosure, not property quality. Listings are free, and any commercial relationship is disclosed.
Regional data is context about the location. It does not establish conditions inside a room.
Safely managed drinking water, Italy · 2024The World Health Organization reports 97 per cent of the population nationally using a safely managed drinking water service. This describes the country, not this property, and says nothing about what reaches a guest room here. It is recorded because it is the background against which a property's own treatment is worth publishing.World Health Organization
Ambient PM2.5 and PM10 near Palmschoss, Brixen, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy · 30 days to 2026-08-17Modelled ambient air over this location averaged 6.0 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 and 8.6 of PM10 across the 720 hours to 2026-08-17, peaking at 13.5 PM2.5. The World Health Organization annual guideline for PM2.5 is 5. This is the outdoor air over the area, modelled rather than measured on site, and it is not a reading of the air inside any room.Open-Meteo, from CAMS
