A room with a view: Vik Retreats in Chile
It is about not interfering with the view, offer you the horizon , to ensure privacy and integrate into the environment, to make you feel nature.
With a sharp look, with new lenses. We are in the Millahue Valley , the "golden land" of the Mapuches, two hours by car from Santiago, in one of the 19 glass houses that Alex and Carrie Vik they just opened on the highest point of their 11,000-acre property.
Surrounded by nature – even the roof is covered with grass –, they are the perfect complement to your hotel 22 rooms , neighboring Chile Vik, and its very modern wine cellar , unique in design, technology and sustainability.
Beyond the treetops, beyond the valley and the lake, the summits of the Andes s are the only visual border.
We have brought you here for this, for the views , and for you to taste the elegant and proud blends that the vik winery been making for more than a decade.
But before you go on a picnic in the vineyards, horseback riding through the valley or let you be captivated by the starry sky, let's stop for a moment your glass house, so discreet that it is transparent.
So pay attention to washi paper panels that separate the spaces, it is made by hand, and the marble in the bathroom –the one in each house comes from a different part of the world–.
And recreate yourself in the furniture , museum-worthy, and in the marriage of French antiques and custom art installations, of holographics and pop art, of neon lights and glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly.
And above all, uncork a bottle of La Piú Belle 2012 courtesy of the house ; It has been painted by Gonzalo Cienfuegos.
Art and wines, in short.
***** _This report was published in **number 128 of Condé Nast Traveler Magazine (May)**. Subscribe to the printed edition (11 printed issues and a digital version for €24.75, by calling 902 53 55 57 or from our website). The May issue of Condé Nast Traveler is available in its digital version to enjoy on your preferred device. _