Away from the village of San Cassiano. Woods, meadows, a stream. The Dolomites all around. The desire is to find an idyllic, secluded and quiet place. To build not so much a mountain hut as a Home, where the ritual of hospitality could be practised. It was the dream of a lifetime, an idea of Paul and Emma that began to take shape in 1938. The wood, the stones, the hard work. Paul works hard and when things go well the village sees him as a visionary. Emma cooks for those who work, and word gets around of how good she is. This is how Hotel Armentarola was born. But what sounds like a fairy tale is, in fact, the real life of the Wieser family. With the arrival of the children, the hospitality grew with them. Hotel Armentarola is next to paths favoured by mountaineers. It is next to the slopes that delighted the first tourists in the Dolomites. It is next to a little paradise on earth that has become an international destination. But the substance remains the same, because its roots are deep in a dream, that of Emma and Paul, which shines today just as it did then.