At the Farmhouse Torgglerhof where the Passeier Valley begins and everyday life softens to a quieter tone, many things grow. Above all, apples. A great many apples. So many, in fact, that the farm was once simply called the “Apple Hotel” — a name that suited it perfectly at the time, yet eventually felt too small for what it had become.
It smells pleasantly of essential oils and of herbs and spices. But we are not in India, but in the Austrian Vorarlberg, the Kleinwalsertal. A high mountain valley cut off from the outside world and only accessible by road from Germany.



