Chewton Glen Treehouses
New Forest, Hampshire · Sleeps 2–12
Britain's most famous luxury treehouses, suspended in the canopy of a five-star country house hotel's New Forest estate.
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- Hot tub
- Five-star spa access
- Breakfast hatch
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Photographs by Woodnest, used with permission.
Woodnest
Odda, Vestland, Fjord Norway
Four treehouses anchored to living pines six metres above Odda, looking down the Sørfjorden.
Why we love it
Fifteen square metres each, wrapped around the trunk of a living pine and held six metres off the ground — the whole load carried by the tree itself. Helen & Hard, one of Norway's better-known practices, designed them, and the restraint is the achievement: underfloor heating, a kitchenette, a bathroom, a bed, and a window filled entirely with the Sørfjorden.
Odda sits at the head of the fjord, which makes this a sensible base for Trolltunga if you are that way inclined, and a very good place to not climb anything if you are not.
Best for: two people and a fjord, with the trees doing the structural work
Worth knowing
- The treehouses are reached only on foot, up a 20–60 minute climb of 160–225 m; the operator says the trail is steep, gets slippery when wet, and asks you to consider carefully whether you are capable before booking.
- There is a factory set in the fjord below, with lights and steam, which the operator warns may disrupt the pure natural beauty for some.
- A two-night minimum at weekends, and there is no check-in or check-out on Saturdays.
The practicalities
- Check in
- 3 pm
- Check out
- 11 am
- Wifi
- Good
- Bring
- Hiking shoes
- Appropriate clothing
- A backpack
- Food and drinks
- A headlamp
- A charger
- Included
- Bedding and towels
- Toilet paper
- Heated floors
- A shower and toilet inside the treehouse
- A kitchenette with two induction hot plates, a sink, a mini-fridge, pans, utensils and basic essentials like oil, salt and pepper
- Snow spikes for the hike, to borrow
- Extras
- The Lovenest welcome snack platter — 990 NOK
- A bottle of wine or champagne, with chocolate — 600 NOK
- Rose petals — 300 NOK
- Hiking gear — backpack, head torch and poles — 300 NOK per person
Getting there
- Without a car
- Difficult, but possible
Free guest parking at Kleivavegen 21, Odda, at the start of the hike up. Bergen Airport, Flesland, is around a three-hour drive; the operator's suggested route is via Jondal/Tørvikbygd, which uses a drive-on ferry that does not have to be pre-booked. Its own line on public transport is that it is tricky to say the least — the 930 bus from Bergen bus station has two departures a day that reach Odda before dark, and only two return buses, at 5.30 am and 5.30 pm. From Odda it is a 10–15 minute walk to the trailhead, past a few grocery shops.
Who runs it
Woodnest began with a promise. A shy Norwegian man who had fallen in love with a girl from Sydney told himself that if he ever married her he would build her a treehouse to propose in — and then built one ten metres up a tall pine, where the only way up was to climb the tree, and proposed in it.
Where it is
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