1. Bivacco Gervasutti – Italy
So how are you with heights? Have you ever stayed on the top floor of a luxury hotel before and got a bit of vertigo just looking over the balcony? Well, they don’t get any more top floor than Bivacco Gervasutti in the Aosta Valley, Italy.
Set 9,300 feet (2,835 meters) above sea level on the Frebouze Glacier in the Mont Blanc massif, this space-age looking capsule was named after the Turin-born Alpine climber Giusto Gervasutti, it replaces a modest wooden shelter built in his memory in 1948.
Designed and built by Italian architects Luca Gentilcore and Stefano Testa, using helicopters to fly in each section, the unique new structure includes living and dining areas, and two sleeping quarters that can accommodate up to twelve people.
