B&B Atelier della Montagna

Fiocco di Neve is on the second floor, for one or two people: it has a double bed, a cot for children if needed, and mountain views. Stella Alpina, on the ground floor, has a double bed that splits into two singles. Dente di Leone, on the first floor, has its bed in an alcove and also looks out onto the mountains.

Re del Bosco is the small apartment, for two to four people: a double bed and a bunk bed, a small kitchen with fridge, microwave and everything needed to cook, and a small panoramic terrace. All the units have a television, wi-fi, hairdryer and linen.

The person who runs the house presents it as their own art studio: they paint on wood and stone, drawing inspiration from nature and from the view from the B&B, and the works hang in the bedrooms.

Painting courses for children and adults are held in the studio and are open to anyone who wants to try: to take part, write to the house. The website does not publish a course calendar.

Breakfast is a buffet: home-made cakes and sweet and savoury products from the small businesses and farms in the area the house works with. Check-in is from 4 to 7 pm and check-out by 10.30 am; different times must be agreed with the property in advance.

Small and medium-sized dogs are allowed for a cleaning supplement: they must be well behaved and used to being indoors, and cannot be left alone in the room during the day. The website publishes a price list for a double room with breakfast, split between low and high season, which here covers August, long weekends and the Christmas and Easter holidays, plus a rate for the quadruple room.

Via Bertulli is in the centre of the hamlet. As the crow flies the Miramonti restaurant and the Zambla Alta Albergo Miramonti stop of bus line B, which runs Monday to Saturday with a compulsory change at Zogno, are about 45 metres away; the Tiraboschi grocery and bakery about 150, the Neve and Quattro Cime restaurants about 300 and the Edo Sport rental shop about 330.

The website says nothing about parking, so ask when booking. The address on the contacts page is via Bertulli 64, the same as on the regional portal; the map link on the website points to number 100 instead.

The paths that start from the hamlet can be reached on foot from the house. As the crow flies the Colle di Zambla is about 650 metres away, the start of the cross-country ski trail about 780 and the Monte Alben Adventure Park about 800; Plassa, the starting point for the Capanna 2000, is about 1.9 kilometres away.

On its activities page the house suggests the Rifugio Capanna 2000 and the climb to the Pizzo Arera, Lago Branchino, the great beech trees of the Cascinetto del Menna, at about 1,500 metres, reached from Zorzone, the cross-country ski trails with their two access points at the Colle di Zambla and Pian della Palla, and ski touring towards the Capanna 2000 and the Cima di Grem. For climbers it mentions the Cornalba crag and the Bottiglione, a rock pillar about 20 metres high with six routes from 3c to 6a; beyond the basin, the Ponte nel Sole bridge in Dossena, the Big Bench in San Pellegrino and the spa.

You book on the mobile 338 2545733, also on WhatsApp, or by writing to info@atelierdellamontagna.it; the website also has a contact form. The same mobile appears in the municipality's accommodation list and in the Pro Loco's list, which however spells the website address with three Ls.

The CIR 016146-FOR-00001 and the CIN IT016146B4392UN6IF come from the Lombardy Region tourism portal, which registers the house as a foresteria lombarda.