ALPS The Catcher In The Highest Hotel in Europe
On the highest mountain of the Alps Mont Blanc built the highest situated hotel in Europe. It is located on a mountain slope at an altitude of 3,835 meters, according to the hotel#39;s website.
The high-tech building designed primarily for climbers at Refuge du Gouter, literally hovers over the abyss. Its capacity is 120 people, and partly on solid ground, and partially supported by steel beams, hanging over the gorge.
- In Kabardino-Balkaria, alpine hotel built at an altitude of 4000 meters
Geneva engineer Thomas Buchi, who designed the building, along with the architect Hervé Dessimozom assured that the unreliability of the design - an illusion, and in fact the building is firmly entrenched in the rock. The unusual oval shape is also not an accident - it was chosen to snow flocked only on the side where there is a strong foundation, reports Euromag.ru.
The hotel is supplied mainly by solar energy and wind generators, and guests receive water from melting snow. Highland building made of wood and can withstand strong gusts of wind, which in these parts reach 300 km per hour, and protect from frost. The average annual temperature in the area where the hotel is located about-7C.
