The ultimate escape: a pilgrimage to Europe's highest hotel | FT
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- Italy's Capanna Margherita sits among the clouds almost three vertical miles above sea level - but has a bar, restaurant, beds for 70 and even a small library. The FT Travel Editor Tom Robbins makes the long journey to a remarkable hotel. Read about the best luxury trains: on.ft.com/2k3c9bw
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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.
Hut? Not sure you understand what a Hut is you imbecile!
How on Earth did they managed that?
Man. Getting that thing built is just simply incredible.
And in the nineteenth century, with no helicopters etc.!
@@albertlevert2988 honestly, it’s crazy. Hard to believe it was done tbh.
Props to the cameraman for lugging up all that gear.
I believe that like I own the Brooklyn Bridge; I'M a Canadian
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!
Hello Tim, l'm from Varallo Sesia but now l live in Parma. Massimo (Martina is my dog).
क्या आप अधिक विस्तार से उत्तर दे सकते हैं?
What would have been more interesting is to have seen how it was built.
you could google it yer own self
@@bmolitor615 thank you, whoever you are hiding. You were very helpful, not.
@@matthewmolina9485 Well then, you just carry on with your demands for pablum to be spooned directly into your mouth by anything - ANYTHING - other than yer own hand, Matthew. God forbid that you should type "building of Margherita hut" into a search engine - I can see that you have much better things to type out into TH-cam comments. Carry on.
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.
@@kt9493 thank you very much, sir. You are very kind. Sincerely, Matthew
Surely, Europe's highest hotel is in Amsterdam.
Oh you :)
😁
and "the pleasurest" in the Red light District 😏
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.
Shut up dude
It's a hotel
LOL 😂
Absurd comment, a lot of hotels in the world have uncomfortable beds, no library and no bar at all ! You pay a bed for a night that's an hotel end of discussion
Right because hotels don't have bunk beds🤡
Would have liked to seen more of the hotel
it's like you didn't watch the video...
Did you see how big it is? I don't think there's much more to see my guy
Me too - I was dissapointed I couldn't see the room layouts.. but great video nonetheless!
@@kostakondratenko185 it's not that spectaculair. Typical small mountain hut rooms with bunk beds
@@kostakondratenko185 These small beds at 5:45 were the rooms. I think it only has rooms for mutliple people with beds stacked on each other. Because its not a hotel, its a hut. Big difference.
How do you do a video on this and not mention how they built it? XD
My guess would be they probably didn't care enough about the workers back then so most likely there is no written record of how
@@googles2222 its because we are Italians and we don’t care….we build it with donkeys and men with big balls…this u see in he video is the second built with helicopters….u can find videos on the tube…i ve been 5 times there….every mountain lover need to go
Little bit disappointing. Was looking forward to more footage of the Hotel not just the view
Guess it is left for you to discover
it's a refuge not a hotel.
Very beautiful mountain views, really great thanks for sharing 👌
"Upper class pursuit?" I guess that rules me out!
It's not a hotel, it's a refuge.
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!!!!
I ve been there. Supply are get by helicopter and there is not water for utility you poop in a hole and no shower. There is internet and phone connection bc there is a small weather lab so there is communication antennas
Are you American or something?
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.
Absolutely spectacular,,, Would love to visit this hotel !
Very charming mountain view
Fantastic!! Would love to go here
To each their own. I'm good with Nashville.
6:00 Zermatt in the background to the left. Nice view!
E' finito il pane. Scendo in paese a prenderlo 🥶🥶
Love Italian mountain hut hotel♥
Awesome
Right on he summit so safe from avalanches.
Not from earthquakes…
How long can you stay, how much does it cost and how o you make reservations?
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Cool story. Thanks.
Is there running water there? Showers? Where would the water come from?
How do they supply it?
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
You've heard the expression that excrement rolls downhill? I think you know where the waste goes now LOL!
@@markanthony3275 human waste, yes most likely. The is taken by the helicopter.
helicopter.
They use a helicopter flying back and forth every few days.
You didn't give us a full tour!!!
A bit short, was interesting to watch, would have been cool to see more tho!
ok. and how does it look inside????
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 ;)
Spaghetti has nothing to do with the culture and food of the huge Alpline areas of Italy.
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 ?
There is no fully safe snowboarding/skiing over crevasses (and in offpiste conditions in general).
You need to know how to deal with crevasse and avalanche rescue.
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 !!
How did they manage to get their supplies?
Eating pizza with fork and knife. hehehe That place is way to posh for me.
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.
Calling it a hotel and pretending it to be like a normal hotel is annoying otherwise interesting
ugh the chord progression in this video is absolutely my life ahah
I wonder if it doesn't risk blowing away with storms
Its not an hotel
Hey everyone, look, random guy in the TH-cam comment section says he knows something the people that built it, and go there and run it, don’t !
@@jacksonjames7177 The people that run it don't call it a hotel either. Actually I have never heard anyone call a mountain hut a hotel before ever.
@@jacksonjames7177they call it "hut"...
@@jacksonjames7177you know, maybe some people visiting are not “random”. Climbers also use TH-cam.
It’s a mountain hut. Google the term.
Thanks.
Crazy!!!!!
I'd be afraid the hut would fall off the mountain.
Wonder how they could breath being that high up in the air.
not well. yer gonna be playing roulette with who gets altitude sickness, and that's not comfortable.
I guess the hotel doesn’t have valet parking 😅
Solo un giornale da quella parte di mondo poteva chiamarlo hotel 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Who built it?
Can you ski down?
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.
er...three peaks, not two, are higher than margherita. he's forgetting Zumstein. hard to forget really, given that its right next to him🤣
And Nordend ... 4608m
a mountain hut is not a hotel..
Thats not a hotel but a hostel
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
Why don’t they take a limo or something to hotel?
😂😂😂
Why?
what about gouter hut mont blanc
Snowbird 😊
How do they get supplies up there (food, drinks etc.)? I`m thinking helicopters, but i`m not sure
Helicopter yes. Also used to take out the trash on the way down.
It’s not a hotel. It’s a mountain hut.
Sleep walking is not an option
Would have been nice to see what a room looked like in that "hotel". Geez, I feel robbed.
It's mostly bunk beds. There's 70 beds for wanderers and scientists. You don't walk up a mountain for the luxury of a king size bed and a whirlpool.
@@Kuchenwurst I understand that. I'd still like to see where I'm laying my head for the night.
They show the bunk beds here 5:46
"HOTEL?"
nice but not for me i get sick in hights
@drewbinsky story for you
Warning to visitor. You should accumulate for the high altitude. Altitude sickness is real.
Acclimate
Don"t know about That, The highest I go, the better I feel 😂
It's not so good for hotel"....it's good for meditation center
these mountain huts are always noisy, always bustling with coming and going. all night people are snoring and farting, and at 2am people already start getting up because they are trying to ascend a peak or something. meditation center is not the first thing that springs to mind, but maybe!
Not sure why it was not mentioned that you can get there by cable car. You do not have to climb.
i always think maybe the queen was named after the pizza, cos it was her fathers favorite pizza or whatever
*because
Taking a cable car is cheating
Knife and fork on pizza😮 "Do not recommend this channel"
Nope. No thanks. Never. Not even by helicopter.
The highest hotel I thought was in Russia
Ah yes a pilgrimmage. I mean not a real one but still
No thank's. 🔳⬜️⬜️🔳
Silly.
How do you fo a "pilgrimage" to a hotel? Is this some "hotel cult"? Bowing down to the god of hotels?
No thanks
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
Nepal isnt in europe
nick from96
Wasn’t arguing that Nepal was in Europe. Was saying that this is nothing compared to Nepal
They made the “hotel” sound so majestic or something
Mate I've been to Nepal and slept in far less luxurious conditions than on offer here 😆 ? Tea Houses can be very basic.. I think the location here is the prize, rather than the class of accommodation... and far more accesible 🤔
Lets not knock what looks like a FANTASTIC experience..
why would any mountaineer be looking for a hotel at 4000+mt? a bed, a warm soup n someone waking u up in the wee hours of the morning, when its time to hit to path, is all one should ask for
They just called it by an incorrect term.
It’s a mountain hut.
Grrrr, something somethingsomething, bloody remoaners...
When's Brexit? I'm hungry.
Should have spent more time there, but good for you!