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South Tyrol
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About South Tyrol
Northern Italy's spectacular South Tyrol is one of those European regions which has changed hands so many times that it's a wonderful mash-up of cultures and has a national colour all its own. In the case of the South Tyrol it's the whiff of strudel in the air, the medieval pointed churches and the wonderful wooden chalets - oh, and of course the prevalence of German as a language, which might make you think you're in Austria. At the foot of the Dolomites and surrounded by some of Europe's most spectacular alpine scenery, our Gurus definitely agree that the best places to stay in the South Tyrol are those with the most spectacular views.
Things not to miss
- Bolzano is capital of the region and is a small city in a gorgeous location. Popular both in winter and summer it is particularly known for an excellent Christmas market which is the ideal event for kicking off your festivities.
- Castelrotto enjoys one of the most spectacular locatons with views over the Alpe de Siusi, Europe's largest alpine meadow. Come for the winter sports or hiking and biking during the summer.
- Merano offers not only alpine views, but tropical plants (you can find palms and cacti here), due to a sunny microclimate. There is some pretty beautiful architecture too from medieval old town to art-deco villas.
But don't forget that the best places to stay in the South Tyrol are busy year round destinations. So if you want to stay in peak season, do yourself a favour and book well ahead.
For Spectacular Views
- Alpina Dolomites is a five-star hotel in a breathtaking location with panoramic views of the Dolomites. The design is minimal and eco-friendly and fits well into the dramatic location. There's a top of the range spa, pools and ski-in and out facilities.
- The Adler Mountain Lodge is a luxurious collection of contemporary suites and chalets in glass and wood, offering the least fuss and obstruction to the striking views. There's also a spa and gourmet restaurant.
- Seiser Alm Urthaler is a large, modern, sustainably built five-star lodge near Bolzano. With 62 light-washed rooms and simple, contemporary style. There's also a top of the range spa and a great restaurant.
- The Vigilius Mountain Resort is a wonderful eco-friendly alpine resort with Nordic-style decor and an extensive spa. There are 35 rooms and suites, all with plenty of natural light, plus there are some lovely terraces and a choice of two restaurants.
- Ciasa Salares offers incredible panoramic views of the Dolomites with 50 classic chalet-style rooms and suites and plenty of pine and four-poster beds. There's also a spa and a gourmet restaurant.
- Gius La Residenza offers something a bit different from the astounding alpine views - astounding alpine views with vineyards! This nine room boutique hotel is a romantic option on the South Tyrollean Wine Road and is known for amazing food and wine.
For Skiing
- The Hotel Uhrenhof-Deur is a charming chalet with mountain views, classic alpine style and a range of accommodation options from rooms to family suites. There's an excellent restaurant and spa and has good access to the slopes of the Val Gardena and Dolomiti.
- The Hotel Capella is an historic chalet with a long history as a ski resort. The rooms and suites are traditional and cosy with some nice features - some have four-poster beds and private balconies. The views, especially from the terrace restaurant, are spectacular. Plus there's a top of the range spa.
- The Hotel Mayr is a luxurious, traditional wooden style, ski lodge with grand views of the Geisler mountain range and the Schlerm massif. There's a great spa and the well regarded restaurant serves Tyrollean and Italian specialities.
For Local Charm
- The Parkhotel Holzner is an historic hotel near Renon with impressive views of the surrounding mountains. There are 40 traditional rooms and suites with chintz fabrics and parquet floors, plus a wonderful spa. Child-friendly with lots of activities for young and old.
- The Hotel Greif is a 33 room hotel with an historic exterior right on Bolzano's main square. The rooms are large and filled with antiques, there's a popular bar and the pool, spa and restaurant of its sister hotel are available to guests.
For a romantic break
- The Miramonti is a stunning, hight altitude hotel with wonderfully minimalist rooms and suites which offer incredible views. There's an excellent spa and a Tyrolean restaurant.
- The Schloss hotel Korb is a fabulous castle overlooking its own vineyards and onto lush valleys. There are 44 elegant rooms and suites decorated with romance in mind, some with their own balconies, and an enormous wine cellar.
- Zur Goldenen Rose is a secluded, romantic hotel in the Senales Valley with 22 contemporary rooms and suites and stunning views. The restaurant serves traditional, alpine cuisine and there's a luxurious spa.
For Families
- San Luis is a tranquil, alpine retreat in the forests of the South Tyrol with deluxe tree-houses and lodges with a rustic-chic feel and minimalist interiors. There's some wonderful outdoor activities on offer and plenty of space to run around.
- Cavallino d'oro is a charming 13 room, boutique-style hotel set amongst the stunning foothills of the Dolomites near Castelrotto. There's a choice of room size, up to family suites, and a free shuttle to the Alpe de Siusi cable car. There is also a spa.
- The Hotel Roessl in Rablà, is a charming, family-friendly hotel and wellness centre with a heated outdoor pool and an indoor pool. There's a gourmet restaurant specialising in Tyrolean cuisine and plenty of activities close by.
For total relaxation
- The Engel Spa & Gourmet Resort is a luxurious spa hotel in a picturesque mountain setting with 68 individually styled rooms featuring opulent decor and some nice antiques. There's a gourmet restaurant with an excellent wine list and, of course, an extensive spa menu using lots of natural products from the Dolomites.
- The Hotel Mirabell is a top of the range health and fitness chalet with views across the Dolomites, an Ayurvedic restaurant, an extensive spa and access to skiing, golfing and hiking - when in season.
- The Hotel Quelle is a luxurious spa chalet in the Dolomites with 65 traditional rooms and suites, extensive spa facilities and a restaurant which can provide all your meals.
- The Hotel Sassongher is a stunning, five-star chalet with large rooms and enormous suites and wonderful views. There's also a spa and wellness centre and great access to the slopes.
For great value
- Pra Ronch is a charming chalet in the Dolomites with five spruce-lined rooms, complete with open fires and fur rugs, There's a large garden and you're close to walking trails and the pistes in season. Rooms start from around £65 per night.
- The Hotel Fanes is a lovely little chalet with 12 rooms and an extensive wine cellar. The decor is traditional and family friendly and there's plenty of mountain activities on offer nearby.
- For around £100 per night you can stay in the Hotel Kuglerhof, a stunning, contemporary style mountain hotel with spectacular valley views. There are 35 generously sized rooms and suites and a great spa. This is a great spot for Nordic walking and thermal baths.
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Travel Information
- There is a small airport at Bolzano but the best option for getting to South Tyrol is to fly to a big transport hub like Munich, Milan or Verona.
- South Tyrol is well connected by train from Verona to the south and Innsbrück to the north.
- Travelling around the region is made a lot easier by having a car, so visit our online partner Rentalcars.
- Skiiers will want to head to South Tyrol in the winter but the region also experiences warm summer months and beautiful autumn colours.
Still not sure?
- Browse through our list of all the best places to stay in the South Tyrol Region.
- Or contact one of our friendly Gurus for personal travel advice.
Best Hotels in South Tyrol
Pra Ronch Castelrotto 5 rooms from £63
A charming chalet in the Dolomites. Spruce wood rooms with views and rugs. Attic rooms for romance, and fireplaces to relax by. Hearty breakfasts and a large garden. Miles of pistes and walking trails outside the door. A perfect Alpine weekend for couples or families.Country Escape - Miles of ski runs, mountain climbing, cycling, walking, surrounded by green meadows in the summer and white slopes in the winterViews - Sassolungo and the SellagroupSights nearby - Selva, the nearby villageFull of character
Hotel Sonnenhof Merano 16 rooms from £64
Friendly hotel overlooking Dolomites. Elegant rooms have carpeted floors, pale wooden furniture and modern bathrooms. Outdoor pool, terrace, gardens, spa and sauna. Lovely restaurant offering traditional South Tyrolean cuisine. Family friendly, pretty and peaceful.Active Holiday - Perfect for the great outdoors, with numerous walking trails, pretty parks for strolls, mountain biking and marketsFamilies - In both Winter and Summer, plenty of family friendly activities, from skiing, Terme spa, horse riding and cyclingGreat walks - Stroll through the famous gardens of Trauttmansdorff castleLocal markets - Farmers' markets on Saturdays; flea markets monthly
Weisses Kreuz Bozen, South Tyrol 44 rooms from £74
This lodge is nestled in dramatic Alpine landscapes and promises utter luxury. The rooms are a seductive combination of traditional interiors, with oak-panelled walls and cow-skin rugs mixed with modern furnishings. Including a restaurant, two swimming pools and a spa. Designed for pure relaxation.Active Holiday - Situated in the Italian Alps there's an abundance of hiking trails and spectacular landscapes to keep you outdoors the whole dayHideaway - Nestled in a beautiful Alpine valley off the beaten track, this is a perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of daily lifeSpa breaks - The spa features high-end facilities and treatments that will envelope you in total tranquility all day longLocal markets - Stroll around the weekly Mals market nearby
Hotel Fanes San Cassiano Bolzano, South Tyrol 60 rooms from £82
A perfect chalet hotel with an extensive wine cellar, swimming pools, delightful food, and family friendly accommodation. Traditional rooms and suites have wooden beamed ceilings, pretty furnishings, balconies and all the mod cons. A charming spot and lots of mountain activities.Active Holiday - Plenty of mountain activities on your doorstep.Views - Sweeping valley views.Birdwatching - Good birding near the hotel.Spa
Hotel Kuglerhof Tirolo Bolzano, South Tyrol 35 rooms from £107
A stunning and contemporary mountain hotel. Big rooms and suites with valley views. Spa, pool, and restaurant using fresh local produce. Wine tasting, Nordic walks and thermal baths in the area. A perfect choice for a honeymoon or couples.Foodies - Restaurant produce from local farmsteads and the hotel's own herbal gardenDesigner - Furnishings by Edith KapfererSpa - Susanne Kaufmann spa.Sights nearby - Tessa Group Nature Park and UNSECO listed Dolomites
Hotel Mirabell Val Pusterial/South Tyrol, South Tyrol from £112
A top of the range fitness and spa chalet. Large rooms with wooden floors and views across the Dolomites. Health restaurants serve Ayurvedic dishes, extensive spa, fitness programs. Skiing, hiking, and golf. Ideal for fitness enthusiasts and those looking for a healthy break in the mountains.Skiing - Plan de Corones with 105km of pistes is minutes awayActive Holiday - The hotel is designed to make you exercise!Golf - Golf Club MIrabell and driving rangeSpa - 10 saunas and hydra-massage pools
Cavallino d'oro Castelrotto Bolzano 13 rooms from £104
A beautiful hotel in the foothills of the Dolomites. Stunning views, attractive boutique interiors, an excellent spa, and free shuttle to the Alpe de Siusi cable car. A range of accommodation includes single, doubles, triples, and suites. Superb activities all year round.Skiing - Dolomiti Superski -fantastic skiing and wintersportsViews - Great views from hotelActive HolidayLuxuryRecommended by - Michelin Travel, Sawdays
Hotel Turm Fiè, South Tyrol 24 rooms from £105
A spectacular art hotel set across four, 13th-century listed towers. Each room has unique design features drawing on the building's history: beautifully tiled headboards mounted in oak frames, exposed wooden beams and free-standing bathtubs. Stunning terraces and views complete this fairytale hotel.Country Escape - Boasting views over the idyllic South Tyrolean countryside, this is perfect for a complete escape from city lifeHoneymoons - With complete tranquility, stunning views and plush four-poster beds, this is a great honeymoon optionSpa breaks - The cavernous spa, with a jacuzzi, indoor and outdoor pools, is luxury definedFishing - For a day of peace and relaxation, take a fishing trip locally
Hotel Sasssongher Corvara In Badia Bolzano, South Tyrol from £108
A stunning Five Star chalet in typical South Tyrolean style. Charming rooms and enormous suites have mountain style fabrics, wooden ceilings, and private balconies. The spa is top of the range with an extensive wellness centre, excellent food, and easy access to plenty of mountain activities.Active Holiday - Perfectly positioned for a ski holiday in the Dolomites.Spa breaks - Top of the range wellness centre.Birdwatching - Good birding near the hotel.Views - Great views from hotel
Zur Goldenen Rose South Tyrol 22 rooms from £126
A secluded mountain hotel in the Senales Valley. Romantic rooms and suites with soft colours and contemporary finishings. Stunning views, excellent traditional Alpine cuisine and spa. Romantic, peaceful and special.Romantic Break - Balconies facing the old monastry, luxurious white marble spa, restaurant complete with white linen clothsBack to Nature - Completely secluded mountain location, numerous day hike trails, glacier trails, flower and herb gardensSights nearby - Monument to Ötzi, popular Stone Age inhabitant of the Alps; monasteries, chapels and castles. Church of St. Proculus in NaturnoGreat walks - Kreuzspitze Peak (2,500+ meters), Vermoispitze Peak (3000m), Merano High Mountain Trail as a day hike
Hotel Mayr Castelrotto 35 rooms from £113
A charming hotel with glorious views of the Geisler mountain range and the Schlern massif. Relax amidst traditional wood interiors, pamper yourself with fabulous Spa treatments and enjoy gourmet Tyrolean and Italian specialities in the well regarded restaurant. Perfect for a winter or summer break.Spa - Hammam, Finnish sauna, hot tub, steam room, Kneipp hydrotherapy treatments and a solarium.Sights nearby - Castelrotto and the Alpes de Suisi.Views - Great views from hotelSwimming Pool - Indoor/outdoorRecommended by - Michelin Travel
Schloss Sonnenburg South Tyrol, South Tyrol 40 rooms from £118
A luxurious and historic property boasting an enviable Alpine location. The forty rooms are filled with old world charm yet encompass modern sensibilities. Large indoor and outdoor pools and an expansive spa aid utter relaxation whilst the surrounding mountains provide plenty of adventure.Total relaxation - The Alpine setting, spoiling spa and fabulous restaurant make for a very relaxing stay.Families - With plenty to entertain both adults and children this is the ideal family escape.Sailing - Take a scenic boat trip across the Pragser Wildsee Lake.Swimming Pool - Indoor and outdoor poolsRecommended by - Sawdays
My Arbor Bozen, South Tyrol 5 rooms from £121
My Arbor is a unique hideaway, nestled in nature and offering cutting-edge luxury. With a range of terraced suites featuring exceptional wooded decor, luxury bathrooms and an inside-outside feel. Offers an extensive spa, two pools and a gourmet restaurant serving local produce. A stylish retreat.Active Holiday - With its mountainous location the area offers an abundance of outdoor pursuits for its guests like skiing and hikingBack to Nature - The hotel boasts a dreamy location off the beaten track and surrounded by lush greenery and forestTotal relaxation - With a comprehensive spa, luxurious suites and a tranquil location, relaxation is top of the list!Sights nearby - Visit the local town of Bressanone, with its sleepy arcades and picturesque alleyways
1477 Reichhalter South Tyrol from £121
A lovely old hotel in the country with authentic rustic features such as flagstones, wooden floorboards, vintage furniture and wood paneling. Delicious and simple Italian cooking is served at the chic, homely restaurant. Rooms are also stylishly simple, decorated with antiques and flea market finds.Country Escape - A lovely spot in the countryside ideal for an easygoing couple's escapeGreat walks - There are plenty of marked hiking trails in the area to enjoySights nearby - Visit the pretty German hamlet of Lana nearbySecluded setting - For escaping.Recommended by - Design Hotels
The Col Alto Corvara 95 rooms from £121
Nothing can beat staying in a really comfortable hotel when skiing and the Col Alto in Corvara is a great choice in the Dolomites. From here you can ski the Sella Ronda, swoosh down The Hidden Valley and have lunch in one of many neighbouring resorts.Romantic - Good for couples.SpaSwimming Pool - Indoor/outdoor
Schloss Hotel Korb Bolzano 44 rooms from £141
A fabulous castle in a magical setting overlooking luscious valleys and its own vineyard. Elegant rooms and suites decorated with romance have four poster beds and private balconies. Enormous wine cellar, gourmet cuisine, stunning panoramic views, and a top of the range spa. Very luxurious.Romantic Break - Fabulous for a romantic break in beautiful surroundings.Views - Stunning views from all angles over the valley below.Romantic - A fairytale castle in a magical setting.Wine tasting - The hotel has its own vineyard.
Hotel Cappella Corvara from £130
An historic chalet with a long skiing history. Traditional and cosy throughout the rooms and suites, some with enormous four poster beds and private balconies. Fabulous views from the terrace restaurant, top of the range spa and indoor pool, and ski facilities. Family friendly.Views - Fabulous valley views from the restaurant's terrace.Suites - The top suites have enormous four poster beds.Families - A cosy spot well suited to families.Skiing - The hotel has its own ski room.
Vigilius Mountain Resort South Tyrol 35 rooms from £151
A wonderful Alpine eco-friendly mountain resort. Nordic rooms and suites are minimal and light with all the mod cons and private balconies. Two fantastic restaurants, extensive spa, and sunny terraces. The perfect spot for exploring the mountain.Active Holiday - The mountain resort offers lots of alpine activities.Eco break - An all natural building made from eco fibres.Views - Great views from hotelSpa breaksRecommended by - Mr & Mrs Smith, I Escape
Castel Fragsburg Merano 20 rooms from £134
5* castle overlooking Dolomites. Large rooms have mahogany furniture, wooden floors and opulent bathrooms. Outdoor pool, spa, sauna, sunny terraces. Superb dining in the Michelin starred restaurant; cosy bar. Luxurious, peaceful and authentic, with excellent service and attention to detail.Country Escape - Secluded spot with stunning views, spa to relax, terraces to enjoy the view and luxurious atmosphereFoodies - Michelin starred restaurant, wine pairing specialities, farmers' markets in MeranoSights nearby - Merano alone houses dozens of cultural treasuresLocal markets - In Merano, farmers', flea and antique markets
Naturhotel Miraval Badia, South Tyrol 22 rooms from £135
In the heart of the Dolomites the NaturHotel Miraval has a variety of luxury rooms and apartments. All rooms have a terrace or balcony from which to enjoy the views & are finished with stone and pine furnishings. There is also extensive spa facilities & a gourmet restaurant with Italian cuisine.Skiing - Naturhotel Miraval is lcocated close to the lift which will take you right into the Dolomiti Superski area.Great walks - The summer months provide wondeful hiking trails.Remote - Off the beaten track.
Ciasa Salares San Cassiano, South Tyrol 50 rooms from £135
Breathtaking views of the incredible Dolomites. Rooms have a classic ski chalet feel with plenty of pine and some with four poster beds. There's a relaxing spa to ease weary limbs and gourmet food at La Siriola restaurant. Ideal for an active holiday either in winter or summer.Great walks - Fabulous walking and hiking in the surrounding countryside when the snow has melted.Views - Stunning panoramic mountain viewsSkiing - Alta Badia has 450km of ski slopesFoodies
Hotel Roessl Rablà, South Tyrol 25 rooms from £142
A charming family friendly hotel with heated outdoor and indoor pool, wellness centre and gym. Bedrooms are contemporary alpine style some with statement bath tubs. The gourmet restaurant serves Tyrolean dishes. Activites close by include hiking, golf and mountain biking, plus skiing in winter.Great walks - Fantastic hiking and walking in the Tessa MountainsMountain biking - In the Tessa Mountain rangeSwimming Pool - Heated indoor and outdoor pools plus a natural outdoor bathing pond.Views - Stunning views over the surrounding countryside
Dolomit Boutique Hotel La Villa, South Tyrol 19 rooms from £142
This hotel offers charming rooms overlooking the spectacular Dolomites. The uniquely designed guestrooms have an evocative use of colour, print, and even scent, with themes that reflect the rich gastronomy of the region. Set out to explore the mountains or simply relax by the pool.Back to Nature - Set in the beautiful natural landscape of the Dolomite Mountains, book this hotel for an authentic Italian nature retreatActive Holiday - With excellent opportunities for hiking and cycling in the area, this makes an ideal base for an active getawayFamilies - Choose a self-contained mountain chalet for a family stay and enjoy extra living spaceViews - Great views from hotel
Parkhotel Holzner Renon, South Tyrol 40 rooms from £145
A historic hotel boasting epic views of the surrounding mountains. Traditional rooms feature chintz fabrics, parquet flooring and pine furniture. A glorious spa is the perfect place to unwind post a day in the mountains. Very child friendly with plenty of activities for little ones. Splendid.Families - There are numerous activities designated for children and a dining room just for little ones.Active Holiday - The surrounding parkland provides ample opportunity for outdoor enthusiasts.Local markets - In the old town of Bozen visit the unique arcades of the Lauben and during Christmas time you can enjoy the Christmas Market.Swimming Pool - Indoor and outdoor pools.Recommended by - Great Small Hotels
Gourmet and Boutique Hotel Tanzer South Tyrol 20 rooms from £153
A boutique hotel in the picturesque village of Issing, offering rooms that blend chic decor with a traditional aesthetic. Boasting stunning views of the Pustertal Valley, the best come with balconies. Featuring an award winning restaurant and an indulgent spa. A stylish mountain escape.Active Holiday - The hotel offers everything from horse riding, guided hikes, Nordic Walking tours and skiing.Spa breaks - The spa includes a Finnish sauna, gym and a range of massage treatments.Remote - Off the beaten track.Outstanding locationRecommended by - Tablet
Hotel Greif Bolzano 33 rooms from £163
Following an epic renovation, Greif succeeded in retaining its historic exterior and creating a timeless retro interior. Large rooms with views are filled with light and antiques. The Grifoncino bar attracts a crowd whilst a pool, spa and restaurant can be used at its sister hotel Parkhotel Laurin.Sights nearby - Located right in Bolzano's main square so everything is close by. Maretsch Castle is only half a mile awayLively - Hip and happening.Designer - Uniquely designed interiors.Quirky - An experience!Recommended by - Design Hotels
Engel Spa & Gourmet Resort Nova Levante, South Tyrol 68 rooms from £164
A luxury hotel and spa in a picture perfect mountain setting. Individually styled opulent rooms with heavy antique furniture and fabrics; the best feature free-standing baths. A gourmet restaurant with an excellent wine list, and expansive spa using natural products from the Dolomites. Pure bliss.Spa breaks - The spa boasts treatments using local natural products, physiotherapy and sport therapy experts plus Ayuveda treatments.Romantic Break - An ideal escape for two, with gorgeous suites, couples treatments, massages and romantic walks.Views - Great views from hotelSwimming Pool - Indoor/outdoor
Hotel Uhrerhof-Deur Ortisei 11 rooms from £165
A charming chalet with stunning mountain views. Interiors are classic mountain style with lots of wood, tiled floors and cosy rugs. There's a good range of accommodation including family suites for up to four. The restaurant offers a daily changing menu and there's a spa for easing weary limbs.Skiing - Skipass Val Gardena & Dolomiti SuperskiViews - Stunning views over the DolomitesGreat walks - Great walking and hiking during the summer monthsFull of character - Classic ski chalet
Adler Mountain Lodge South Tyrol, South Tyrol from £165
Stunning contemporary suites and chalets are simple in design with glass and wood yet effortlessly striking. The only thing that compares are the striking vistas. A spoiling spa, plus gourmet restaurant courtesy of Hannes Pignater ticks all the boxes. Another level of luxuryActive Holiday - The mountains provide the perfect terrain for all manner of outdoor pursuits from skiing to hiking.Spa breaks - A glorious spa using natural products with ingredients coming from the surrounding mountains.Skiing - Sixty kilometres of pistes starting right from the hotel door.Views - Great views from hotel
Miramonti Merano (Hafling) 36 rooms from £182
A stunning high altitude hotel with incredible views of South Tyrol. An immersive staying experience, the glass fronted rooms are modern and minimalist, boasting phenomenal valley views. Luxuriate in the state-of-the-art spa and enjoy Tyrollean delicacies in the restaurant. An oasis of tranquility.Romantic Break - A romantic getaway with chic suites offering spectacular views over Merano, and regional organic cuisine served on the terrace.Total relaxation - A beautiful wellness area with indoor pools, saunas, steam baths in natural stone, outdoor hot tub and massage rooms.Great walks - Great walking trails in the surrouding South Tirol countryside.Sights nearby - Visit the nearby Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle.
Seiser Alm Urthaler Bozen, South Tyrol 62 rooms from £223
A modern Five Star lodge in a valley of the Dolomites. Large interiors with lots of natural light built from sustainable wood. Light contemporary rooms are simple in style with all the mod cons and balconies. Top of the range spa and restaurant serving seasonal produce.Skiing - Seis-Seiser Alm Gondola, Bullaccia Gondola, and Al Sole Ski Lift.Views - Fantastic views over the Dolomites.Spa breaks - Top of the range spa and pools.Eco - Built of sustainable wood.Recommended by - Small Luxury Hotels
La Perla Corvara In Badia Bolzano, South Tyrol 52 rooms from £200
A really beautiful chalet in a stunning valley setting. Cosy, but highly luxurious interiors combine modern comfort with traditional elegance. Enormous rooms and suites, fabulous Ayurvedic spa, Michelin starred restaurant, and skiing on your doorstep. A classical spot for a pampering holiday.Outstanding location - UNESCO World Natural Heritage area in the heart of Italy's Dolomites.Foodies - Michelin starred restaurant La Stüa de MichilSkiing - Ski right out of the door onto the slopes.Wine tasting - Fantastic Mahatma Wine cellar.
Hotel Zirmerhof Redagno, South Tyrol 37 rooms from £201
Ancient farmstead turned hotel in the South Tyrol with stunning mountain views. Alpine chic rooms feature exposed beams and vaulted ceilings plus private balconies to soak up the views. Restaurant serves South Tyrolean cuisine with many ingredients grown on site. A peaceful alpine retreat.Skiing - Local skiing - buses to popular ski routes. Free hotel shuttle to JochgrimmViews - Outdoor terrace with panoramic views of the mountainsGreat walks - Great walks from the hotelSwimming Pool - Outdoor heated infinity pool with panoramic views. Open winter and summer
Silena, The Soulful Hotel South Tyrol 49 rooms from £203
Holistically designed hotel featuring an indulgent spa and unique slow food restaurant, with a focus on both mindfulness and Alpine adventure. Minimal, modernist interiors use materials such as concrete and Alpine wood and are imbued with a chic cosiness, while the spacious rooms have great views.Back to Nature - A harmoniously designed Alpine hotel ideal for tranquil nature retreats and for outdoor activities like skiing and hikingGreat walks - Situated on a stunning peak with numerous Alpine hiking trails spanning the areaSwimming Pool - Indoor and outdoor poolsFull of characterRecommended by - Tablet
Hotel Petrus South Tyrol, South Tyrol 45 rooms from £205
A chic luxury property with an enviable location in the Dolomites. Boasting facilities for all seasons, from a stunning infinity pool to a warming sauna. Large windows in the rooms make the most of the stunning views. An award winning restaurant serves exemplary regional cuisine. Fabulous.Active Holiday - From skiing in the winter to horse riding in the summer there's a multitude of activities to partake in.Swimming Pool - Outdoor pool.Views - Great views from hotelSpaRecommended by - Tablet
Hotel Gardena Grödnerhof Ortisei 51 rooms from £207
Family owned luxury hotel situated a stone's throw from Ortisei's bustling centre. Aqua Sol spa, heated indoor swimming pool and Michelin starred restaurant. Only 200m from the lifts with direct access to the Sella Ronda.SkiingSwimming Pool - Indoor PoolKids Club - Fully staffed.SpaRecommended by - Relais & Chateaux
Hotel Santer Bolzano, South Tyrol 47 rooms from £207
A chalet-style hotel within a dramatic valley, offering stunning views. The spacious rooms are homely and feature wooden decor traditional to the region. With pools, an extensive wellness centre and a traditional restaurant. Incredible scenery and traditional comfort combine for a charming stay.Spa breaks - The Spa offers a range of massage and beauty treatments as well as a sauna, solarium, hammam, hot tub and two swimming poolsActive Holiday - Dobbacio offers a wide range of snowsport activties in winter and stunning hiking routes in summerSwimming Pool - Indoor and outdoor poolLandmark - Comes with a reputation.
Alpina Dolomites Alpe di Siusi Bolzano, South Tyrol 301 rooms from £244
A Five Star hotel in a breathtaking location with panoramic views of the Dolomite's valleys. Eco-friendly design is superbly minimal and fitting with the nature of its location. Top of the range spa and pools, ski in and ski out facilities, local produce in the restaurant, stunning rooms and suites.Views - Stunning views from all angles of the hotel, and from the indoor spa area out over valleys beyond.Active Holiday - The hotel provides ski storage, ski equipment rentals, and ski passes.Skiing - Seis-Seiser Alm Gondola, Bullaccia Gondola, and Al Sole Ski Lift.Hills & mountains - Set on the Alpe di Siusi.
Hotel Quelle Dolomiten, South Tyrol 65 rooms from £249
A luxurious spa chalet in the Dolomite mountains. Rooms and suites are traditional and clean with wooden panelling, balconies and all the mod-cons. Extensive spa facilities and restaurant provides all meals. Skiing, hiking, and wine tasting available. A great choice for couples or groups.Skiing - Kronplatz in South Tyrol is 20km from hotel with free shuttleRomantic Break - There's even a Romeo & Juliet private spa suite.Spa breaks - Top of the range spa for total pampering.Spa - 6 pools and 9 saunas, full spa treatments
San Luis Avelengo, South Tyrol 45 rooms from £234
A tranquil alpine retreat tucked away in the forests of South Tyrol. The deluxe treehouses and lodges exude a rustic-chic feel with minimalist furnishings set in pine interiors. With a host of outdoor pursuits on tap, it's perfect for an escape into the alpine wilderness. A hidden gem. 3 night min.Back to Nature - Nestled amidst the forest, this tranquil rural hotel is made up of a series of secluded alpine lodges and treehouses.Families - Perfect for families with self-catered lodges and plenty of space for the little ones to run around.Restrictions on children - Minimum age for children 12 yearsRemote - Off the beaten track.
Gius La Residenza Bozen, South Tyrol 9 rooms from £260
A chic designer hotel in Caldaro, with great views of the surrounding vineyards. Rooms are spacious with warm colour tones, high quality upscale furniture and private balconies or terraces. A late breakfast is available in the cafe and the in-house Vineria serves exclusive top quality wines.Foodies - The South Tyrolean Wine Road is well known for its upscale restaurants with Italian and Tylorean cuisine and special wines.Families - A kitchenette in the rooms so you may help youself at any time of the day, good for people travelling with young children.Honeymoons - A beautiful destination and a designer hotel offering private jacuzzis, breathtaking views and pampering service.Total relaxation - All rooms either come with a private hot tub, a private outdoor swimming pool or a private finnish sauna.
Hotel Oberwirt Merano 30 rooms from £291
Perched on a hill in a fairytale setting, this delightful hotel dates back to the 15th century. Cosy rooms and interiors feature Tyrolean pine and walnut. The food is ambrosial; the wine list renowned. Gaze at snowy peaks, stroll or cycle through flowery meadows, and bliss-out in the luxurious spa.Business meetings - The conference room in the hotel garden house is for meetings, seminars and training sessionsFoodies - Restaurant serves South Tyrolean delicacies with Mediterranean highlightsRomantic Break - Relax in comfort with your partner in a picture-perfect locationFamilies - Comfortable accomodation and lots for everyone to do


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Addess at the Iona London Forum by Dr. Alexander Jacob*
The radical disturbance of European society through the increasing influence and power of the Jews after their emancipation in Germany in the middle of the nineteenth century is witnessed by the publication of a spate of books in Germany towards the end of the century discussing the baneful social effects of the free participation of Jews in Europe.
These works range from Wilhelm Marr's Der Weg zum Siege des Germanentums über das Judentum (The way to the victory of Germanicism over Judaism), 1879, to Werner Sombart's Die Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben (The Jews and economic life),1911. Eugen Dühring's Die Judenfrage (The Jewish question), written in 1881, presents the first comprehensive study of the problem of the rising Jewish mastery of European society and politics. His work is especially valuable in its ability to see through the veneer of culture adopted by the educated Jews and to expose their essential moral turpitude, and avarice, as what he called "descendants of traders in old wardrobes, scraps and cattle-bones".
Eugen Dühring was born in Berlin the son of a Prussian bureaucrat and studied law, philosophy and political economy at the University of Berlin. Although he began practice as a lawyer, he was forced to abandon it at the age of 28 when he was blinded through a congenital defect. He then began doctoral studies at the university and took his doctorate in 1861, two years after which he was appointed a lecturer in philosophy and national economy at the University of Berlin. He published works on national economy influenced by the doctrines of the German-American economist Friedrich List and the American Charles Carey, who were in favour of organic economics with a strong emphasis on protectionism and national interest. Already the ethical focus of his economic studies is evidenced in his early work, Der Wert des Lebens (1865). Further publications included his Natürliche Dialektik (1865), Cursus der National- und Socialökonomie (1873), and Cursus der Philosophie (1875). Dühring adopted a critical attitude to the university and its institutions from the start and was soon removed from his teaching post. He attributed this dismissal to the machination of the Jewish elements in the university as well as their influential agents in the press. His later publications as a private scholar included a work on Die Überschätzung Lessings und seine Anwaltschaft für die Juden (The overvaluation of Lessing and his advocacy of the Jews) (1881) and Die Judenfrage (1881). His last works, Waffen, Capital und Arbeit (1906) and Soziale Rettung (1907), were consolidations of his views on social and political economy.
Unlike other philosophical anti-Semites such as Fichte and Schopenhauer, Dühring was a realist and not an idealist. Indeed, he was against man-made religious institutions on account of what he considered their superstitiousness. However, he never lost sight of the imperative of morality in all his discussions of social and economic philosophy. Dühring's social ideal was based on a moral cultivation of the individual spirit which would liberate the personality from all external and internal hindrances and allow it to form a vital culture. Of the external hindrances, he considered the exploitative tendencies of social groups such as the Jews to be the most dangerous. The Jewish question, according to Dühring, is indeed not so much a religious one as an anthropological, focussed on the inherent and unchangeable character of the Jewish people. One important feature of Dühring's anti-Semitism is his clear distinction between the Jews and other Semites, and his consideration of the former as "the most vicious minting of the entire Semitic race". He considered the Jews to be characterised primarily by self-interest and this self-interest has coloured all of the commercial dealings of the times with its "glorification of cheating, and, in general, the entire celebration of the handsome strategem of cunning exploitation".[1] Their socio-political strategy has always been a despotical one and even their god was a god of "transcendental terrorism". The Jewish theocratic ideas of society are based on the enslavement of the Jewish people to their Lord God but they, in turn, must enslave the rest of mankind to please this sole, jealous monarch of the world: "To be a slave or to make slaves – that is the alternative of the peoples disposed to a lack of freedom". The Jewish religion has thus no truly religious character but, instead, a markedly economic-political one. The Jewish god Jehovah is himself nothing but an embodiment of the Jewish self-interest and represents the opposite of the Indo-European natural pantheon. The Germanic mythology is ruled by concepts of fidelity and nature-bound spirituality which have unfortunately been obscured by the overlaying of the original German moral character by Christianity, a religion which Dühring believed to be unfortunately closely related to the Jewish racial culture in which it arose as a reaction to the evils of the Jewish nature.[2]
Given the Jews' natural proclivity for profit-making, it is not surprising that they have, in their extensive wanderings away from their homeland, curried favour with power-holders in all ages through their financial loans. The dangers of moral corruption in society have increased after the emancipation of the Jewry in the sixties and seventies of the nineteenth century through the greater admixture of Jews into European families. The influence of the Jews on society is more evident in the upper and middle classes than in the lower since the former are more exposed to the thoroughly Judaised press and literature of modern times. The unfortunate admittance of Jews into influential positions in European society and politics has allowed them to exploit their own host nations and others through the championing of all sorts of so-called socialist movements that enable them to extract advantages for themselves from disturbed social and economic conditions.
Their aim in the realm of economics has always been, whether it be through Marx or through Ferdinand Lasalle, to foster economic dissatisfaction through terms such as "class-warfare" in order ultimately to achieve a "merging of all nations into a Jewish kingdom". But the German state was originally founded on the moral quality of "loyalty", which was the basis of the feudal system in the Middle Ages. Loyalty should therefore be the source of future German politics as well. This alone will counter the Jewish politics based on "betrayal" – of Europeans as well as, occasionally, of Jews too by themselves. The Jewish infiltration into the legislative activities of the German state after their emancipation has enabled them to herd the German people under the thrall of individualistic "freedom" into the exploitative hands of the Jews. In this they have been abetted by the university professors and intelligentsia, since the latter depend for the most part on the Jewish press for their reputation. The advancement of the Jews from their original pariah status to the leading political positions in the European nations is exemplified by the rise of Gambetta in France and of Disraeli in England. Gambetta indeed rose to power on the basis of a political fiasco – involving Daniel Wilson, the son-in-law of the then president, Jules Grevy – for which his own people were responsible, while Disraeli's opportunism is manifest in his use of the stock-businesses to acquire foreign lands. The very appointment of a Jew like Disraeli as the head of the English parliament is a sad sign of the degeneration of the English aristocracy in recent times.
Dühring was firmly against the Marxist doctrine of class-warfare since he considered this to be a subversive strategy that based itself on the opposition between the powerful warrior nobilities of the past and powerless social groups for the advantage of the Jews themselves, who for long constituted an outcast group in European society. I may point out that the significance of this original opposition between the ancient European nobility and the Jews was repeated by Nietzsche in his thesis in The Genealogy of Morality (1881) that the aristocratic morality of the warrior nobility had been inverted by the Jewish "slave revolt in morality" which appeared in the West under the direction of the Christian clergy. But more accurately than Nietzsche who blamed Christianity as much as Judaism for this subversion, Dühring focussed on the Jewish economic models that have transvalued economics through the subordination of the higher to the lower aspirations of the people. In this respect, Dühring's economic views serve as a corrective also to the latent adulation of Judaism in Max Weber's influential work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904/1920) which derived the "religious" pursuit of economic gain in Western capitalism from Calvinist Protestantism, that is, from Christian ethics. Werner Sombart pointed out in his Die Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben that Puritanism is indeed closely allied to Judaism. But Weber dismissed the contribution of Jews to European capitalism (which had been highlighted by Werner Sombart in his work) as mere "pariah capitalism", failing to see that it was indeed this latter variety of capitalism, based on the Jewish practice of usury vis-à-vis non-Jews as well as on unscrupulous entrepreneurial innovation and speculation, that would eventually replace the work-ethic of Calvinism as the economic foundation of the West.
Instead of the Marxist stress on class-warfare, Dühring pointed to the real sympathy that should and could exist between employees and workers as a sound basis for the economic welfare of a country. He proposed free associations of workers that resemble economic communes and corporations which would ensure the access of all to property according to personal capacity. The precondition of such workers' coalitions would be the direction of all their efforts to the interests of the whole, of the public as a totality, and this can be effected only when the state enters as a mediator between the several socio-economic interests of the population, which latter cannot be allowed to be represented by political parties since these are not democratic at all but oligarchic groupings in which "a considerable part of the people has a place only as a ruled and mostly anonymous mass".[3]
Indeed, like the conservatives of the Weimar Republic such as Oswald Spengler and Edgar Julius Jung, Dühring was completely opposed to the system of parliamentarism since, for instance, the English parties of Tory and Whig were nothing but representatives of belligerent and colonial robbery and capitalistic-commercial rapacity, whereas the French parliament was firmly connected to the financial and stock-exchange interests. Since the egoistic Jewish elements of society had even taken over the so-called Socialist Revolution and represented it in Parliament, Dühring believed that it is necessary to overturn the present state of affairs through a transitional dictatorship formed by an intellectually and morally outstanding individual who would seek to establish social justice in the country.
If the prime consideration of the state is the totality of the aspirations of the people, its economics should also be nationalistic and employ tariffs to protect its interests. The so-called freedom demanded in modern economics and society is in fact a war-cry mainly of exploitative groups such as the Jews (though Dühring attacked the powerful Junkers, i.e. the lesser nobility, too as exploitative in their rule of the current Prussian society).
The worst aspect of the Jews' commercial control of society is that the crass egoism and cruelty of the Jews have seeped into the public through the press and even the legislation. Indeed, "even parts of science which are especially ventured into by the Jews on account of their exclusion from others already reveal in many ways the stamp of the new form of business directed to profit".[4] Essentially the Jews themselves lack all creative power in science as well as in art and merely trade in the ideas of others. The Jewish economist, David Ricardo, for example, derived his famous ground-rent theory from the Scot James Anderson, the Jewish mathematician, Carl Gustav Jacobi, his ideas from the Norwegian Niels Abel. Even the sole distinguished philosopher of the Jewish race, Spinoza, has produced a system which is singularly lacking in all ideals above rational calculation. The neglect of compassion in his Ethics as a feeling-based category to be overcome by the understanding points to the real cult of intellectual power which lies at the base of his system. Similarly, the Jewish talent in literature is always of a hybrid sort displaying even amidst attempts at Germanic sublimity an irresistible proclivity for buffoonery, as in the case of Heine, and to polemics, as in the case of Boerne. The Jews also lack all heroism of character to produce epic or dramatic literature and can, at best, attain some weak lyricism as revealed in their ancient Psalms. The general unsuitability of the Jews for artistic enterprise is, in fact, located by Dühring in their lack of "that free and unselfish activity of the mind which alone advances to uninterested truth and beauty". Indeed, as embodiments of self-interest, the Jews are incapable of being really emancipated in spite of the legal emancipation achieved by them in Germany and other parts of Europe in the middle of the nineteenth century.
At the time of writing his Cursus der Philosophie (1875), Dühring believed that some form of Socialism would be sufficient to counter the egoistic nature of the Jews since socialism is based on the organic sensibility of the local people as opposed to the exploitative activity of the Jews. Moreover, he thought that, since his particular form of Socialism, or Socialitarianism as he called it, would gurarantee the economic independence of women, the latter would not enter into marriages of economic convenience with Jewish men any more. The removal of opportunities for the exploitative activities of the Jews would make possible in the long run "a gradual improvement of the ways of thought and feeling" of the Jews.
This initial optimism was however soon replaced by a more realistic understanding of the impossibility of the ethical improvement of the Jews. This is evidenced in his discussions of the possible solutions to the Jewish problem in the various editions of the Judenfrage. In the first editions of this work, Dühring maintained first of all that the solutions of the Jewish problem had to be of an international nature in order to have a lasting effect. Given his sharp moralistic focus on the question, one of the major prepatory steps that he suggested was the elimination of the false idea of tolerance. Tolerance of baseness is a contradiction of the principle of human tolerance itself. "Humane reciprocity will consist in living in peace insofar as the nobler humanity comes together in the good. For the rest, however, precisely battle and destruction will emerge so much more energetically against the inhuman". Similarly, the principle of equality cannot mean the consideration of that which is unequal as equal.
The economic communes and corporations which Dühring envisaged in his Socialitarian system thus must reserve the right to exclude harmful economic elements like the Jews. The political solution of the Jewish problem lies first in the spiritual emancipation of the people from the Jewish mentality and ethos. But individual natures are too weak to carry out this reformation of society by themselves and so must be helped by the state legislation. The disenfranchisement of the Jews is a sine qua non of all remedial action with regard to the Jewish problem. Their exclusion, internment and deportation must be encouraged. However, Dühring was too realistic to think that the creation of an Israeli state in the Palestine would suffice to solve the Jewish problem. For the Jewish nature is essentially a nomadic one and will soon disperse again throughout the world even if it did concentrate itself in Palestine for a while.
The specific measures that Dühring suggested against the Jews in the first editions of his work on the Jews included political, economic and social ones. Political representation and occupation of official positions by Jews are to be curtailed immediately in such a way that no Jew can be elected to parliament any more than a Jew can have the right to vote in European elections. The excess number of Jewish judges too must be reduced through forced retirement. The financial measures to be adopted against the Jews should be directed by the knowledge that all Jewish racial economics is based on avarice and the ambition to dominate others. The powerful Jewish financial houses must be mediatised forthwith and placed under state supervision. The social means should at first be focussed on the chief Jewish agent of social influence, the press, wherewith the Jews turn all public opinion into Jewish opinion. Jews must be removed from ownership as well editorial positions of newspapers. Education too must be reoriented in a native German way by the exclusion of Jews from school and university instructorships. Other important social measures against the Jews would be the discouragement of intermarriages between Germans and Jews. At the time of writing the first editions of Die Judenfrage, Dühring believed that popular demonstrations against the Jews would be necessary to compensate for the impotence of the parliamentary parties since they too much connection to Jewish agencies to be effective in any way.
However, Dühring's concentration on the Jewish problem during the publication of the several editions of the Judenfrage from 1881 to 1901 made him increasingly more desperate of achieving a lasting solution to the Jewish problem. In the final editions of this work he maintained that the only effective means against them would be terroristic ones while, in the very last edition of the work (1901), he suggested that all the earlier solutions proposed by him would indeed be inadequate in the long run since the Jewish question is essentially what he now called an 'Existenzfrage', or a question of Jewish existence itself. The only solution to the Jewish problem that he finally envisaged thus centred on the impossibility of Jewish existence within the European communities any longer.
Despite the increasing stringency of his treatment of the Jewish problem, the force of Dühring's condemnation of the Jews was without a doubt derived from his highly developed moral sense. His view of the Jews was one of morally corrupt beings that thrive most in a society where moral corruption has already set in or has begun to set in. This is the justification of his appellation of the Jewish race as a "parasitical" one since it feeds on the moral corruption of the host society, a corruption either created by it or, if already present to some degree, fostered by it. Indeed, like Hitler after him, Dühring considered the Jews to be essentially "criminal natural creatures" characterised by "lies and exploitation … intellectual and material deception". What is most significant in all his proposed solutions is his keen consciousness that the Jewish question is vitally related to the social health of the German nation, and his desire to re-establish Germanic loyalty and trust as the base of societal development against the frivolity of the Jewish mind and the corruption that creeps under cover of this frivolity. Indeed, Dühring was aware that what is at stake is the very existence, moral and material, of the European peoples, for "if things are not directed, the descendants of traders in old wardrobes, scraps and cattle-bones must get to the very bones of the modern peoples after they have pocketed their wealth and lamed their mind through innoculation".
Since Dühring's proposed anti-Semitic regulations anticipated those of the Third Reich we may briefly consider here the history of his influence on German political activism. Dühring's economic doctrines had an initial influence on socialists like August Bebel (1840-1913) who, in the journal Volksstaat of 20 March, 1874, described Dühring's latest economic work as belonging to "the best which the most recent period has brought forth in the economic field". In 1878, however, Wilhelm Liebknecht, the Jewish Socialist, warned Marx and Engels of Dühring's anti-Marxist views and thereby encouraged Engels to issue a refutation of Dühring's doctrines in a work entitled Herr Dührings Umwälzung der Wissenschaft (1878) also called, in short, Anti-Dühring. Dühring reiterated his criticisms of Marx and Lasalle as the Jewish perverters of true socialist doctrine.
Among the nationalist Germans who came under Dühring's influence we may mention Matthäus Joksch, a union organiser in Bohemia, who publicly declared in 1900 that Dühring's teachings represented a total reformation of society "in favour of all honest work, so that capital receives only a moderate remuneration, and in place of the present renting of labour by capital, labour will rent capital".[5] The most important of the Austrian nationalists who came under the influence of Dühring was Georg Ritter von Schönerer (1842-1921), who spearheaded the nationalist movement in Austria which was the nurturing ground for Hitler's ideology. In 1887 Schönerer declared in the Deutsche Klub that "we … make no secret regarding anti-Semitism not as a regrettable symptom of disgrace, but as the main prop of national thought, the chief means of promoting a disposition genuinely based on the people, and thus the greatest achievement of the century".
Schönerer's pan-German movement was not quite successful since it was mostly a middle- and lower-middle class movement which did not have the support of the peasants or factory workers nor of the aristocracy and the big industrialists. However, the tenacity of Schönerer's pan-Germanist movement is revealed in the fact that soon after the disintegration of his own party, there was formed the new German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) in 1903-4, which in turn was the forerunner of the Deutsche National-Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei (DNSAP) of Austria. The social effect of Dühring's work was continued in the anti-Jewish congresses organised in Germany, first in Dresden in 1882 and then in Chemnitz in 1883. At the latter, a division arose between those who favoured Dühring's more uncompromising views and the Christian elements at the meeting. However, the movement took on a new impetus from the leadership of Theodor Fritsch in Leipzig, who revitalised it according to the extremist point of view and encouraged the creation of seminal nationalist societies such as the Thule Society and the Germanen Order. Karl Harrer, a member of the Thule Society, was one of the founders of the German National-Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) in 1919.
One of the early members of the NSDAP and later the official ideologue of the party, Alfred Rosenberg, also wrote a work on the Jewish question very similar to Dühring's called Die Spur des Juden im Wandel der Zeiten (1920). In it he discusses, first, the historical circumstances of the Jews from the diaspora after the destruction of Jerusalem to their various interventions in modern European politics. The second section deals with the Jewish mentality as revealed in its religious and cultural and economic works. The book ends with a discussion of the Jewish ambitions for economic and political mastery in the world and suggests ways of curbing this tendency forthwith in Germany. For instance, Rosenberg insists that it should be established by German legislation that
1. The Jews are recognised as a nation living in Germany. Religious confession or lack of confession play no role.
2. A Jew is one whose parents, father or mother, are Jews by nationality; a Jew is from now on one who has a Jewish spouse.
3. The Jews do not have the right to indulge in German politics in word, writing and action.
4. The Jews do not have the right to assume state official positions and to serve in the army either as soldiers or as officers.
5. The Jews do not have the right to be leaders in political and communal cultural institutions (theatres, galleries, etc.) and to assume professor and instructor positions in German schools and universities.
6. The Jews do not have the right to participate in political or communal test-, control-, censorship-, etc. commissions. The Jews do not have the right to represent the German Reich in economic conventions, they do not have the right either to be represented in the directorship of the state banks and the communal credit institutions.
7. Foreign Jews do not have the right to settle permanently in Germany.
8. Zionism must be powerfully supported in order to promote yearly a certain number of German Jews to Palestine, or, in general, over the borders.[6]
We note the similarities between Dühring's anti-Jewish measures and Rosenberg's since both include exclusion and deportation. However, while Rosenberg considers Zionism as a solution to the Jewish problem, Dühring thought that the creation of an Israeli state would only mean giving the Jewish hydra another head. Dühring's view has indeed been proved to be right since the state of Israel to this day represents an increasingly intolerable justification of the Jewish international ambition in its manifold forms, financial, social and cultural.
Hitler himself seems not to have been influenced directly by Dühring's book so much as by the writings of Dühring's contemporary, the theologian Paul de Lagarde, who also advocated the expulsion of Jews from the German lands.[7] The most extraordinary value of Dühring's work on the Jews indeed consists in its prophetic accuracy. His systematic uncovering of the viciousness of the Jewish character and his various suggestions, in the different editions of Die Judenfrage, for the removal of this evil bear the closest resemblance to the increasing anti-Jewish mood, ideological as well as popular, and the actual course of anti-Semitic events in Germany in the thirties and forties. Starting with the laws to exclude the Jews from official positions in 1933, the refusal of citizenship to Jews and prohibition of intermarriages between Jews and Germans in the Nuremberg Citizenship Laws of 1935 and proceeding with the abolishment of Jewish property in the laws of 1938 and an increasing irritation with the very presence of Jews on German soil, the anti-Judaic programmes of the National Socialists were anticipated almost to the last detail by the blind philosopher of Berlin. Between the first appearance of Dühring's work and the first major political mass-measures taken against the Jews by the National Socialist regime there had elapsed a rather long period of about sixty years. Neither Jews not Jewish sympathisers can blame the Germans for having been too rash in their dealings with a racial group whose social and cultural influence had been philosophically identified as morally criminal. And we note also that the original impetus for the anti-Jewish measures was not, as is often maintained by Jewish historians, some Nietzschean fantasy about predatorial Nordic Aryans but a more basically ethical one.
The claims of Jewish historians like George Mosse and Donald Niewyk that the brutalisation of German politics was spurred by the defeat of 1918[8] <#_ftn8> are only partially accurate, since the sharp turn of anti-Semitic trends in the Weimar Republic was actually propelled by the blatant arrogation of power by those very Jewish elements whom intellectual anti-Semites from the start had sought to expel from German society through kinder means. The moral corruption associated with Jewish finance and mores showed no signs of improving since the first publication of Dühring's work but, instead, achieved a giddy triumph at the end of the first World War in the ill-fated Weimar Republc, which was initially established as a Socialist republic by Karl Liebknecht, the Jewish agitator, and conducted in a markedly Jewish social and political climate. It cannot be very surprising to one who is familiar with Dühring's analysis of the Jewish ethos and its role in modern Germany that the Germans reacted to this ethos with a populist movement such as National Socialism. Those sections of the population which suffered most from the sense of exploitation at the hands of the Jewish economic and social system naturally supported a German nationalist movement which sought in the end to destroy the Jewish evil at its very roots. As Dühring had foretold, "The German, to be sure, moves his limbs mostly only when the usurpations become too malicious; but, if he does that once, then he does that which he undertakes, no matter what, also in a fundamental way".
The anti-Jewish measures of the National Socialist movement were thus not a total political aberration but something that had been clearly predicted in advance by philosophical understanding. Historical discussions of Hitler's regime which puzzle over the extreme measures taken by it against the Jews and Jewish Bolshevism and quickly dismiss it as the product of the monstrous psychological complex of an individual are clearly handicapped by their unfamiliarity with the real philosophical impetuses of an ideological political movement such as the National Socialist one. Peter Pulzer's suggestion that Hitler was merely relying on "the political effectiveness of anti-Semitism",[9] for instance, seems not to understand that anti-Semitism was, in its origins, and throughout its career in the early years of this century, not a mere tool in German politics but the very aim of it.
Unfortunately, the corruption and degeneration of European society that Dühring and the National Socialists attempted to check have proceeded with redoubled vigour after the war, and the enslavement of the European peoples to the Jewish business and vulgarity has become almost complete. The problem of Zionism grows more intolerable every day not only to the Arab neighbours of Israel but to the rest of the world which suffers from the yoke of international financial "gangster democracy". The Jewish political control of European states is stronger than ever with partially Jewish leaders like Sarkozy and Cameron ruling France and Britain. Popular revolts against the Jewish system are mostly misdirected since most of the so-called nationalist movements in Europe and America today are either infiltrated, or organised, by Jews, as, for example, the Dutch Freedom Party headed by Geert Wilders, the Northern League of Umberto Bossi in Italy, the French 'Front National', the British National Party, etc. It is clearly not possible to combat Jewish criminality with Jews from the right, the left or the centre.
A genuine resistance to the present criminal capitalistic systems of the West can only come through a sharp focus on the Jewish financial and pseudo-intellectual elite of the West. Socially, the European peoples must start, immediately and steadfastly, to curtail the influence of the Jews at the highest levels of their educational and artistic institutions, or their cultural vitality will soon be utterly destroyed. The Europeans must begin to undertand that the Jewish American control of Britain and Europe, lubricated by various spurious offers of financial support, is indeed deadly to the European mind, which has not been permitted, ever since the second world war, to develop naturally, on account of the acute anti-European paranoia that has characterised the ruling Jews since the end of the war. The continuation of the counterfeit Jewish European system will result in the rapid desiccation of the creative energies of the European peoples and the gradual mummification of their thousand-year-old aristocratic culture in museums and commercial reproductions that may fatten the anarchist Jewish financial elite but will not be able to save the descendants of those Europeans who actually produced this culture from the asphyxiating miasma of Marxist and Trotskyist anti-national and anti-spiritual modes of thought that is steadily spreading across the continent.
The overweening desire of the Jews for political power should be strictly restricted to the modern "promised land" which they have built for themselves in America alongside the reconstructed state of Israel which, I may remind you, was in fact deliberately destroyed by the Romans in the first century A.D because they considered the Jewish nation to be, in Seneca's words, "sceleratissimae gentis", "of the most criminal race".[10] At the same time Europe – and I may add India as well – must free itself of the pernicious interference of the American Jews through a radical break with America and its dangerous NATO alliance, while a closer compensatory union may be forged with Russia instead. No self-respecting European nation can allow itself to be ruled any longer by an internationally avaricious, socially destructive and culturally sterile tribe that Eugen Dühring perceptively recognised through its veneer of western culture as being "the most vicious minting of the entire Semitic race".
[1] All translations from Dühring's Die Judenfrage are from my edition, Eugen Dühring on the Jews, Brighton: 1994 Press, 1997.
[2] In his intellectual autobiography, Sache, Leben und Feinde, Dühring points out, for example, that "The belief which Christ demanded was the belief in his person, the blind subjection to the word of the master and prophet, but not the naturally grown fidelity such as lies in the nature of the better peoples and characters" (p.288).
[3] Kritische Geschichte der Nationaloekonomie und des Sozialismus, p.486.
[4] Cursus der Philosophie, p.391.
[5] Quoted in A. Ciller, Vorläufer des Nationalsozialismus, Vienna, 1932, pp.28-9.
[6] A. Rosenberg, Die Spur des Juden im Wandel der Zeiten, Munich: Verlag Franz Eher Nachfolger, 1939, pp.152f.
[7] See my translation of Lagarde's writings in Europa: German Conservative Foreign Policy 1870-1940: Selected Readings, University Press of America, 2002.
[8] See G. Mosse, "Der erste Weltkrieg und die Brutalisierung der Politik: Betrachtungen über die politische Rechte, den Rassismus, und den deutschen Sonderweg", in M. Funke, et al, (ed.), Demokratie und Diktatur: Geist und Gestalt in Deutschland und Europa, Düsseldorf, 1987, pp.127-39, and D. Niewyk, "Solving the 'Jewish Problem': Continuity and change in German antisemitism, 1871-1945", Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook 35 (1990), p.370.
[9] See P. Pulzer, The rise of political anti-Semitism, London: Peter Halban, 1988, p.202.
[10] Cited by Augustine in De Civitate Dei, vi,10.
*Alexander Jacob, who is of Indian origin, obtained his Master's in English Literature from the University of Leeds and his Ph.D. in the History of Ideas from the Pennsylvania State University and has been Visiting Fellow at the Departments of Political Science, Philosophy, and English Literature of the University of Toronto.
His publications include works on natural philosophy:
The Origins of Indo-European Religion, Historical Review Press, Brighton, Sussex, 2010, ?tman: A Reconstruction of the Solar Cosmology of the Indo-Europeans, 'Religionswissentschaftliche Texte und Studien', Georg Olms, Hildesheim, 2005, and De Naturae Natura: A Study of Idealistic Conceptions of Nature and the Unconscious, Franz Steiner, Stuttgart, 1992, 2nd ed. Arktos Media, 2011,
as well as on political philosophy:
Nobilitas: A Study of European Aristocratic Philosophy from Ancient Greece to the Early Twentieth Century, University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 2001, and editions of Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Political Ideals (1915), tr. with an Introduction and Notes, University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 2005, Alfred Rosenberg, Political Essays, selected and tr., with an Introduction, Historical Review Press, Brighton, Sussex: 2004, Europa: German Conservative Foreign Policy 1870-1940, Selected Readings, University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 2002, Eugen Dühring on the Jews, 1994 Press, Brighton, Sussex, 1997, Edgar Julius Jung, The Rule of the Inferiour (1930), 2 vols., The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, N.Y., 1995.

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Thank you to Liana a The Rainbow Dreaming for honoring me with the "Life is good" award.
I will answer all the questions associated with this award at the bottom of this post.
First, I want to put up some exciting news!
Today, I wrote the words "The End" on a novel I have been working on for nearly four years. I wrote the epilogue, as well, and so now all that's left is the re-write (which will take a few months).
I wanted to post the last chapters of my book for my writer's group and the deadline to post for this week was tonight, so I didn't have time to write a blog about my ceremony today… but I will be back to that tomorrow. The exciting part is still to come!
Now, for the "Life is Good" questions…
1. What would you perfect day consist of?
A perfect day for me is a day when I feel completely whole and connected. When I feel like myself it doesn't matter what's going on, everything is good.
2. How would you describe yourself if you were an item of clothing?
This is a hard question! I'm really a pretty concrete thinker…
I guess I would be a sari – a multicolored, reversible fabric that could be worn in different ways depending on the mood.
3. What hobbies are you currently working on?
I just finished my book! I am also working on more drawings to illustrate my "Hole in the Soul" story and the rest of my time (when I'm not in blogland) is pretty tied up with my kids and CoDA. Do those count as hobbies?
4. Walking in the woods in wellies or bare foot on the beach?
Oooh tough choice! For today, I will pick walking in the woods in wellies (assuming that wellies are boots of some kind), since that was so awesome during my retreat.
5. Have you ever hugged or sang to a tree?
I hug every tree in my yard every Spring when the buds appear. I LOVE trees!
6. Growing your own veggies or nipping to the supermarket?
I would love to have a garden, one day. In the summer, I drive to the farms (which is a short drive, from my house) and pick up fresh produce there.
7. Have you found anyone exciting in your family tree?
I'm related to President Zachary Taylor and Admiral Vernon (An eighteenth century British Admiral).
8. Slap up meal in a posh restaurant or fish 'n' chips from the wrapper?
Hmmm, another tough choice. I love to cook…. And I've never actually had fish and chips from the wrapper (do they do that in the U.S.?) although I've seen it at EPCOT in Florida… but mostly I don't feel like having to get all dressed up just to go eat, so I'm going with the fish.
9. Which element do you most resonate with, Earth, Air, Fire or water?
Definitely water. Flowing and ever-changing.
10. Do you believe in fairies?
If I defined fairies as the little bits of goodness that seem to pour into my life when I least expect it, then yes.
Thanks again, Liana!
It's a really hard choice, but I would like to pass this award on to the following bloggers:
Kathy R.
and, Michael
Congrats to all!


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His name is Shi Wanzhong, and he is the Human Resources Director of state-run telecom company China Mobile. Today, he was sentenced to death for taking a share of a middle man's $5.06 million commission in exchange for fixing deals between German firm Siemens and China Mobile, according to Shanghai Daily.
The middle man, named Tian Qu, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. All this was done behind closed doors, and the trial was not open to the public.
Stil no word yet on what will happen to Siemens, but here's what they face (via Shanghai Daily):
According to China's Criminal Law, companies shall be fined if they offer bribes and commissions to government officials or those working in a state-owned enterprise. Company employees guilty of bribery shall be given jail terms of up to five years.
Fines don't sound nearly as bad as a death sentence.


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Kalamb, the village of Maharashtra is a major attraction for tourists for its famous Chintamani Temple. The place is situated in Yavatmal District, in Maharashtra. The village was spelled 'Kalam' in the seventeenth century and at the time of the Mughal Empire, the place used to be a revenue assessment center. River Chakravarti flows through the village. It is one of the major Ganesh Kshetras among the 21 Kshetras around India.
Places to Stay
There are several hotels in Kalamb, where pilgrims and tourists can stay. Some of them are Revati Pride Hotel (Tariff - Rs. 1000), Hotel Dwarka Deluxe (Tariff - Rs. 1000) and Gyanson Deluxe Hotel (Tariff - Rs. 700).
The officially approved language of Kalamb is Marathi. But one can find a large section of Hindi speaking people over here as well.
Every year a grand fair is held in honour of Chintamani, which means Lord Ganesha during the Ganesh Chaturthi in the month of August - September.
Places of Interest
Shree Chintamani Temple can be considered as the major attraction of Kalamb. Tourists from different part of India come here to get the blessings of Lord Ganesha.
How to Get There
Sonegaon Airport is 116 km away from Kalamb. One can avail domestic flights to reach this place.
The nearby railway stations those connect Kalamb to other cities of India are Yavatmal (25 km), Pulgaon Junction (34 km) and Wardha Junction (47 km).
Frequent bus services to Kalamb can be availed from Pune, Ambala and Nanded. Avail of online bus tickets through Ticketgoose.com when plan your holiday.


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Government took a beating on Tuesday at the Big Picture Media Conference, an annual Gotham event sponsored by Variety Inc. and Wertheim Schroder. From cable execs griping about regulation to film producers decrying "censorship," top industryites made it clear that Big Brother was a bother.
That mood came to a head duringthe three main speeches of thedaylong gathering, which attracted a capacity crowd of more than 800 to the Pierre Hotel.
Time Warner chairman Gerald Levin, Bell Atlantic chairman Ray Smith and Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt all said they believe the United States is on the cusp of the interactive future. But they disagreed on how to capitalize on it.
Lauding Orlando
Levin, in the keynote address, touted his company's Full Service Network experiment in Orlando and took roundhouse punches at the telco competition and the FCC.
Claiming coaxial cable is the most effective means of delivering interactive services, Levin said that gave the cable industry the edge in the interactive future over the phone companies, which have "antiquated technology" that needs replacing at substantial cost.
"You can attach all the bells and whistles you want to soup it up, stick new names on it, but to paraphrase Gertrude Stein, copper twisted pair is copper twisted pair is copper twisted pair."
But Levin saved his most-pointed barbs for Congress and the FCC, claiming the government was a major obstacle to construction of the information superhighway.
"I can't speak about the big picture for our business and pass over the ill-considered actions taken by the FCC to enforce a second round of regulation on the cable industry," Levin said.
"It's bewildering to me how a commission that preaches growth of new technologies — creation of jobs, the rebuilding of our international competitiveness and the re-engineering of government bureaucracy to make it more efficient — can with one action negate all these goals."
Indeed, those were the goals the FCC's Hundt outlined in his luncheon address , fully aware that the FCC has become the favorite whipping boy for the industry. "I wasn't invited to lunch; I was invited for lunch," quipped Hundt.
While Levin, echoing comments heard throughout the cable industry, claimed new regs got in the way of competition, Hundt said they were put in place because in most markets true competition didn't exist.
Hundt defended cable rate regulation and said it was the result of the government responding to public demands. He kept repeating the theme that the direction of the FCC was to foster competition, adding that the new cable regs call for rate constraints to disappear when a competing delivery service enters a given market.
"No one wants to see government trying to micromanage cable or any other industry," Hundt said. "Government should not dictate content or tell cable whether to add or subtract channels or design business or marketing techniques. Similarly, government should not tell telephone companies how to increase productivity under price caps or design business or marketing techniques. In short, government policy is to foster competition, not to do business management."
In an afternoon speech, Bell Atlantic's Smith also lobbied for a
free marketplace. But in part because of his many years operating in a heavily regulated industry, he struck a more conciliatory tone toward the FCC and claimed the commission had the best interest of the industry in mind.
He refuted Levin's claim that the telcos were lagging behind in their quest to build interactive networks. He said his company's current Stargazer video-on-demand test was "exceeding all expectations" and a test for a full-service network was moving ahead after some early delays.
Life after TCI
Smith added that Bell Atlantic's failed merger with cable giant Tele-Communications Inc. was an impediment to his company's move into the entertainment business. He said the company would continue to seek out alliances , albeit on a project-by-project basis, to keep the telco's entrance into the interactive future as flexible as possible.
In doing so, Smith hinted that Bell Atlantic's next attempt at an alliance might be with a studio or other software provider.
"We are learning what Ford, Chrysler and GM learned," said Smith. "The barriers between product designers and manufacturers have to come down in order to succeed."


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Make yourself at home
Prospect Farm holiday cottages and camp site is a family-owned business, set on our 40 acre farm and stables.
Set down a secluded lane, both our camp site and holiday cottages provide a tranquil haven where you can relax and unwind.
You have panoramic views over our farm with fields, ponds and grazing horses, which you can explore on our walking trails. We even have our own well-stocked fishing pond which our cottage guests are free to use.


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What It Was
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing titled, "Growing The Future: Opportunities To Support Domestic Seafood Through Aquaculture."
Why It Matters
Seafood is a valuable staple for many Americans, and advances in research have made it possible to produce fish and shellfish through aquaculture. A balance of fishing and growing seafood is important for ocean health, food stability, and economic security. Addressing industry challenges, investing in research, and embracing innovation are vital to expanding production.
Key Points
Despite having a robust commercial fishing industry, the U.S. imports nearly 90 percent of our seafood, which includes products that are farmed. Witnesses and members of the committee agreed increased aquaculture in the U.S. would provide food security, job opportunities, innovation prospects, and economic growth.
Fish and shellfish can be raised in several environments, including ponds, tanks, and open water pens, which creates production opportunities for inland and coastal communities. Witnesses identified several challenges for growing the U.S. aquaculture industry, including uncertainty of obtaining federal permits, complexity of the environmental review process and expertise of agencies involved, lack of authority to operate in the exclusive economic zone, and the necessity for federal investment to continue research and innovation.
A main focus was on benefits to the coastal economy and human health, but the discussion also highlighted major industry advances to minimize environmental impacts, the increased potential for public-private partnerships, and the risks associated with importing product. Overall, there was bipartisan support for growing the blue economy and strong interest in expanding seafood production in the U.S.
"Domestic farming of seafood, done in a safe, well-monitored manner, can provide economic opportunities for all Americans, both for our coastal and inland communities." – Chairman John Thune (SD)
"Permitting marine aquaculture is not a simple matter. Any type of permitting framework needs to ensure that we avoid harmful effects of waste discharge, fish disease, chemical and drug use, escapes and invasive species." – Ranking Member Bill Nelson (FL)
"The lack of a federal management framework to grow fish in the Exclusive Economic Zone is a significant barrier to reaching this goal and presents an almost insurmountable barrier to investors that would rather invest in farms in other countries and import the product into our markets." – Mr. Donald Kent (President and CEO, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute)
"Advancement of aquaculture, especially selective breeding, health management, and culture techniques, can take multiple years for significant gains and long-term funding programs will be critical to success." – Dr. Kelly Lucas (Director, Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center)
Next Steps
The hearing was held to gather information.
Find Out More
Related coverage from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership


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Our Upper School Art Masterclass children had a wonderful day, when they worked with Miss Tillson. They look at shading and different pencils to how the different effects can enhance an image. They started off creating their own shape, and shaded each in different ways. They then moved on to a pre drawn image to create different effects with lines. They studied the work of Van Gogh, whose unique and precise drawing technique made his work very distinctive. The children were then able to use these techniques to create their own sketch of the school.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
How to find fun things to do!
As some of you know, J and I moved away from (most of) our family and friends after college. Even after about a year in our new locale, we don't know too many people, so we're mostly left to our own devices in terms of entertainment. And since we're on a relatively limited budget, said entertainment generally needs to be free or inexpensive.
Even with those restrictions, we've become somewhat famous among those who love us for "doing fun things." A few have asked me how we find things to do. Here's my best advice.
Tip One: Watch the News
J watches the news every night (he really, really loves the weather, but usually tunes in for the whole shebang). News stations will often sponsor or have a presence at interesting community events, giving them incentive to promote them beforehand.
Success Story: Last August, the North Carolina Symphony played a concert in a downtown Raleigh park. A local news anchor was hosting, and talked it up on the nightly news, which is why we heard about it. We brought dinner and a picnic blanket, listened to fantastic music for about three hours, and bought dessert crepes to top off the night. Cost: FREE (two crepes were about $6)
Tip Two: Listen to the Radio
I find that the best stations to tune in to are NPR and the oldies station. You're looking for the advertisements here, so don't change the station once the music stops!
Success Story: The Koka Booth Amphitheater in Cary shows recently released feature films every Thursday in the summer. The Amphitheater itself is beautiful, and the surroundings are equally so. The back deck hosts a variety of independent vendors, and you're also welcome to bring your own food and drink. Heard about this while driving home on NPR! Cost: $6 for two tickets
{via the NY Times}
Tip Three: Read the NY Times Travel Section
They have entries for an astonishing array of locales across the US (and beyond!), and they always unearth some fun choices. Check the main page out here.
Success Story: The nearby NC Museum of Art has an awesome sculpture garden. We first read about it here, and have since walked and biked its path many times, including with out-of-town visitors. Cost: FREE
Tip Four: Read Grace's Guides
I've talked about this a bit here, but Design*Sponge has amassed an excellent collection of City Guides, similar to the Times' write-ups but with a longer list of options and more of an indie-crafty bent. Click here to see if there's one for your area!
Success Story: The Durham guide lists Daisy Cakes as a great place to stop for a snack, and it didn't disappoint. J and I stopped by the adorable vintage airstream trailer for a cupcake and the house specialty, the pop't-art (homemade preserves in a flaky crust, served warm), after visiting the Durham Farmer's Market down the street. Cost: $5.50
Tip Five: Use Your Resources
This could mean a variety of things, but for us, it primarily means the universities: Duke, UNC, and NC State are all within a half hour's drive. About four times a year I make a point to stop by each school's website (specifically, their calendar) to see what lectures, performances, or events might be on tap. I'd also recommend checking out your town or region's Parks & Rec publication, for notice of festivals (which are often free) and classes (which are often inexpensive), as well as your local library.
Success Story: One of the best things we've done in NC thus far was attend the Duke Chorale's annual Christmas concert. The singing was wonderful, every pew in the breathtaking Duke Chapel was filled, and it really put us in the Christmas spirit (and y'all know I love Christmas). Cost: a can of food each for the local food bank. We also found out about and attended a Sweet Honey in the Rock concert in the Duke Gardens via the web calendar. Cost: FREE, pictured above).
Tip Six: Talk to the Locals
Fairly obvious, but worth mentioning. Once you start to meet people who've lived in the area, you can of course pick their brains about little-known landmarks and leisure activities, but I'd also suggest some innocent eavesdropping. (What?! You haven't done this in, say, a coffee shop?)
Success Story: We may have to drive 40 minutes, but we've found an NC ice cream place that rivals our beloved Buttonwoods back home in Connecticut (okay, not quite). Fresh churned from cows that graze in the front yard. One of my company's interns tipped me off to this one. Cost: about $6 for two cones
Tip Seven: Be Observant
Again, I know this is fairly obvious, but stick with me here, because this is the single best tip I've got. Wherever J and I are, we keep our eyes peeled. And then we remember to follow up once we're back home.
Success Story: What do we keep our eyes peeled for? We never know, but it's usually something good. We discovered Backwoods OK while on an unrelated hike, the Western Wake Farmer's Market while driving home from the library, and the best family farm (with the most delicious pick-your-own strawberries) because we weren't afraid to follow a sign onto a side road on the way home from the grocery store. Be open to adventure (and keep a pad with you to jot down notes!) and you'll never be bored.
So tell me -- what are your best tips for "doing fun things"? I'd love to hear!
{All photos by moi or J unless otherwise noted}
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- AnonymousJune 15, 2010 at 2:27 PM
Something that I think you'll enjoy:ReplyDelete
Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival. It's in downtown Cary every summer. This year it's on Aug 28th.
Along the same lines, there's Artsplosure. It's in Moore Square in downtown Raleigh- this year it was May 15 and 16, but it happens every single year.
Every Thursday during the summer, there's a Beach Music concert (FREE) at North Hills (where Luke and I had our reception). I checked the concert this week and it's The Embers (hit single: I Love Beach Music). They also have a farmer's market set up in the parking lot on the weekend. Here's their event website: http://www.northhillsraleigh.com/news/category/events/
Speaking of Farmer's Market, the main Farmer's Market in Raleigh is great...but it also has a FANTASTIC antique store in the same lot...if you haven't been yet, GO. There's a great restaurant w/ good southern food as well.
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- JoannaJune 15, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Great advice! I'm always looking for fun things to do.ReplyDelete
Goby.com *anywhere, anything*
Local magazines and chamber of commerce websites as well as aaa, sunset, via, etc. *West Coast to-do lists*
Locallectual....and other fun sights.
Love the ideas you posted!!! I'll have to check out some of them, and use the ideas to look up similar items in my area.
PS, really funny because our family was having the hardest time figuring out what to do in our area (SF Bay Area) because we've already done most of the stuff around us. Hilarious that you would post "how to find fun things to do" today!!
Meghan and Charity -- awesome ideas! Meghan, I had heard of the Lazy Daze festival and really want to go but I think we were out of town last year. I will DEFINITELY check out your other ideas -- you know I'm always down for a good antique store.ReplyDelete
And Charity, if you live in SF you should definitely check out Jordan's guides for that area, if you haven't already -- she lives there and writes often about things to do with and without kids. jordanferney.blogspot.com. Good luck!
I really do hear about the best stuff on NPR. My "to read" list is overflowing because of all of the great books they talk about, and I'm dying to go see Ira Glass and Idina Menzel after NPR mentioned they were coming to Dallas.ReplyDelete
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