APIPURA hotel rinner
APIPURA hotel rinner | Paul Rinner
Via Wolfsgrubener 7
I-39059 Soprabolzano/Renon (BZ)
South Tyrol - Italy
Tel +39 0471 345 156
Fax +39 0471 345 242
info@hotel-rinner.it
“The view over the treetops to the Ortles and the Brenta Dolomites makes everything disappear for a moment.”
APIPURA hotel rinner
Description
At the family-run APIPURA hotel rinner in Oberbozen, everything revolves around bees and their products. The theme runs like a honey-colored thread through all areas of the hotel. Indulge in the weekly honey gala dinner or enjoy the healing power of the beehive at the Api-Wellness.
Located on the Ritten in South Tyrol, surrounded by beautiful nature, and last but not least because of their bees, the Rinner family is committed to sustainability and the careful use of resources. It is only in an intact natural environment that the insects can find the optimal conditions to produce the high-quality organic honey that is so much appreciated by the guests.
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The rooms are spacious and lovingly decorated. Small details such as embroidered towels remind guests that bees are the heart of the hotel. Some of the rooms and suites have a sun terrace or balcony, a separate children's room, and a small kitchenette with a refrigerator. A play area and a playroom for rainy days ensure that you and your family will feel right at home.
The APIPURA hotel rinner also offers wellness with a panoramic view of the mountains: in the outdoor whirlpool, on the sun loungers, or in the Finnish barrel sauna on the roof terrace. The mountain panorama can also be marveled at from the bee house, where you enjoy the unique Api wellness. As you breathe in the soothing and fragrant beehive air, your eyes can wander off into the distance and your mind can come to rest.
Highlights
- Certified Organic and Family-Owned Hotel
- Unique Api-Wellness with the healing power of bees
- Outdoor spa with Jacuzzi, sun loungers and barrel sauna
- Traditional cuisine with a Mediterranean twist - made with fresh, seasonal ingredients, most of which are locally sourced or self-grown
- Bee educational trail
- Family-friendly rooms and playroom at the hotel
- Playground and sunbathing area partially visible from the terrace
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- Playground with trampoline, swings, slide, garden shed, table soccer, table tennis, and lots of other equipment
- Ideal surroundings for hiking, mountain biking, and winter sports
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Rooms & Amenities
When you arrive, you will feel right at home in the spacious and lovingly decorated rooms. Here you can reflect on the day and recover from your adventures. Whether you are traveling alone, with a special someone, or with the whole family, the rooms and suites at APIPURA Hotel Rinner will make you feel like you belong!
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Services included for your stay:
- Rich breakfast buffet with various types of honey from the hotel’s organic apiary
- Choice of menu in the evening
- Use of the outdoor wellness area with whirlpool and barrel sauna on the roof terrace (private spa available at extra charge)
- Api-Wellness (surcharge)
- Familiar care by the Rinner family
- Children’s program with various activities in cooperation with the “Familyhotels Ritten” in summer
- RittenCard for the duration of your stay, with which you can use public transport for free, in addition to numerous discounts
- Free WLAN in the whole hotel
- Rooms with satellite TV, safe, and telephone
- Discount for children sharing the room with two full-paying adults
Room Categories
Apis – A comfortable room for relaxing nights
approx. 16-26 m² | 2 persons
- Bathroom with WC, shower and hairdryer
- Without balcony
Melliferaca – Spacious and Cozy
25-29 m² | 2-4 persons
- Pull-out sofa bed for additional sleeping accommodation
- Partly with cozy corner seat and minibar
- With balcony
- One family room has an additional separate children’s room.
Mellifera Deluxe – Bright room for romantic hours
approx. 27-34 m² | 2-4 persons
- Furnished with fragrant Swiss stone pine wood
- Partly with separate WC
- Bathrobe (on loan) on arrival
- With sun terrace or balcony
Suite Apis Royal – Exclusive, spacious suite with private spa
approx. 45 m² | 2-6 persons
- Two rooms
- With a pull-out sofa bed for additional sleeping space
- Private spa with infrared cabin and whirlpool tub with light therapy
- Bathrobe (on loan) on arrival
- With south-facing balcony
From Apiary to Family Hotel
The Rinner family has been dedicated to beekeeping for over three generations. The family feels closely connected to the bees – and always has! Master beekeeper Paul Rinner has been working with bees and traveling with them as an itinerant beekeeper since he was twelve years old, almost four decades ago.
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An apiary is built
In 1966, the Rinner family combined three important concerns: family, bees, and a summer retreat. A project close to their hearts quickly emerged: the construction of an apiary with associated workrooms and a beekeeper’s dwelling. Decisive factors in the choice of the current site were its accessibility by public transport, centrality, climatic suitability, and lack of wind. The last point was especially important for an apiary.
A queen-rearing room was planned on the first floor to ensure reproduction. A honey store and a storage room were also essential. The heart of the house was located in the basement: the extraction room and a work and craft room. The beehives were placed along the front of the entire house.
The dream of a hotel
In the beginning, it was just an apiary with a beekeeper’s apartment. During the construction phase, the project and its purpose changed several times. Due to the positive development of tourism and the favorable location of the house, the Rinner family quickly realized that they had the opportunity to fulfill a second dream. The plan for a guesthouse was drawn up and all rooms were equipped with showers and toilets during the construction phase.
That’s when the apiary became a guesthouse. Today, the third generation of Rinners wants to bring back some of the original history. The heritage of the apiary is to be brought to life for you as a guest. Just as the bees are guests in the blossoms, you should be guests in the bee hotel.
Paul Rinner: Organic Traveling Bee-Keeper
For host Paul Rinner, beekeeping is much more than just the production of honey. Since his youth, he has put his heart and soul into beekeeping. He feels a strong bond to his bees and over the years has gained a wealth of experience that he is happy to share with anyone interested. The innovative Api-Wellness, based on the beneficial air from the hive, is something he is particularly proud of.
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As an itinerant beekeeper, Paul Rinner takes his colonies to places where they find the best conditions for rich honey yields. Thanks to the three climatic zones in South Tyrol (the Mediterranean lowlands, the low mountain range with meadows and forests, and the high mountains), the bees find a very diverse plant world and produce several first-class types of honey, including apple blossom honey, acacia honey, dandelion honey, forest honey, chestnut honey, lime-tree honey, and high heather honey.
A passionate organic beekeeper
For many years, not only the hotel but also the beekeeping has been certified by Bioland. Organic and sustainable beekeeping is a matter of course for Paul Rinner and his family. They do not use any chemical bee medication and only allow their bees to forage on organically farmed land. As a result, their organic honey contains no pesticide residues.
In the small forest in front of the hotel, you will find a small but nice educational bee trail. Here you can learn all about Apis mellifera, the western honey bee.
Api-wellness – Unique in the World
Bees do not only produce honey in their hive. They also contain many other valuable ingredients such as essential oils, flavonoids from honey, pollen, wax, and propolis. These are released into the hive air by the heat and ventilation that the bees generate with their wings. You can inhale this valuable beehive air during Api-Wellness!
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Medically proven
Treatment with bee products for health maintenance and healing is one of the oldest healing methods with thousands of years of tradition and experience. Bee medicine is gentle yet powerful, effective, and well-tolerated. It increases well-being and has a healing effect on various respiratory problems and allergies.
Juergen Schmiedgen, a certified organic and apitherapeutic beekeeper, has developed the Beecura system (shown in the picture). With the inhalation system for beehive air, the precious, beeswax-scented air with all its valuable ingredients is gently sucked out of the hive without disturbing the bees. You can then inhale it directly.
In addition to the proven effects on illnesses, apitherapy also provides deep inner peace. At the hotel on the Ritten, you can try Api-Wellness for yourself under the expert guidance of organic beekeeper and host Paul Rinner. It is never just one visit, states Paul Rinner. Most people come back.
Read more about Api-Wellness in this article.
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Relaxing under the sign of the bees: Api-wellness in South Tyrol
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Healthy and relaxed on vacation and afterwards
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Green Initiatives
“As the hosts of our hotel on the Ritten, we are convinced that those who appreciate and respect nature will ultimately benefit from it. For this reason, we attach great importance to the sustainable use of our resources, not least because of our bees.” – Family Rinner
- Architecture
- Water
- Energy
- Waste
- Food
- Ceritfications
- Original features of the former apiary have been preserved
- Furniture made of local wood
- Park and garden irrigation from a large rainwater storage tank
- White water from the Rittnerhorn mountain spring
- Use of green energy via the district heating plant where waste from local wood production is converted into energy.
- Waste separation is very important for the hotel
- Organic waste is turned into methane gas
- Seasonal, local ingredients from the immediate area and the hotel’s cultivation
- Organic quality whenever possible
- Products from the hotel’s organic beekeeping (Bioland certified)
- Bioland Partner (Silver)
- GreenSign certified (level 3 – recertification in progress)
- The first hotel with the Bio-Fair-Südtirol award
