House on the Sternsberg

Holiday home in 8499 Sternenberg, Zurich Oberland, approx. 40 km from Zurich main station and Zurich airport.

Holiday home with honeymoon suite, idyllically situated on the edge of the forest; secluded, but with magnificent panoramic views, ideal for peace, retreat and relaxation in an elegant ambience. - Let like a hotel room with an extensive minibar, but without breakfast. However, the necessary ingredients for a romantic dinner and a hearty breakfast are available in the "minibar" (on the kitchen shelf, in the fridge and in the freezer); we will send you the list. - What you will also find:
- a bedroom with a double bed consisting of two beds, 180 cm wide, electrically adjustable
- particularly high-quality mattresses, solid bed frame made of Swiss stone pine and beech wood
- TV corner with pull-out couch
- Two very comfortable armchairs in front of the open fire or for watching TV
- Large Venetian chandelier in the living room; romantic lamps, some directly from Italian manufacturers
- Salon with large, extendable table made of solid walnut, especially comfortable chairs
- optional: traditional tiled stove, newly built as a modern unit heater, with a large, clearly visible firebox in which you can also bake pizza, for example, and a stove pipe for the cherry stone bags, just like grandma used to make
- Low-energy infrared heating, automatically regulated: Heating with wood saves electricity.
- Climate-friendly heating, solar panels on the roof.
- CO gas detector, fire detector
- WLAN, radio and TV, HDTV reception via satellite; LAN network (DHCP) with printer, several sockets available
- Large screens in the living room and bedroom
- Bathroom with bathtub 110×180 cm, washing machine and tumble dryer, Geberit shower toilet, washbasin
- Shower room with WC and washbasin
- Fully equipped kitchen, V-Zug oven with steamer, fridge and freezer, Nespresso machine
- Extensive furnishings with garden furniture

Important information for the winter season:
As soon as there is snow, the dirt track leading to the house is impassable. However, there is always a path to the houses below the holiday home. In winter, you must leave your car in the public car park by the church.

When there is a lot of snow (over 1 metre, especially in January and February), the house is sometimes only accessible with snowshoes.

Excursion possibilities:
Cities of Zurich and Winterthur, extensive cultural programme
Berggasthaus Hörnli (on the hill directly opposite), 8496 Steg. Only accessible on foot. Generally open 7 days a week, except at Christmas. Closed from 18.00 from September to April.
St Iddaburg Inn (white tower of the pilgrimage church can be seen from the house, at the top of a hill to the east), 9534 Gähwil.
Fischingen Benedictine monastery, 8376 Fischingen. The Fischingen Monastery Association runs a seminar hotel, a restaurant, a carpentry workshop, a cultural centre and a school in the monastery buildings. The monastery will be closed from Sunday 24 July to Sunday 7 August.
Steam railway, Bauma: Every first and third Sunday from May to October. All trains run with a steam locomotive and consist of originally restored third-class carriages from around 1900. Tickets at the Bauma, Neuthal, Bäretswil and Hinwil stations, as well as on the train.
Bichelsee lido, Badgenossenschaft Bichelsee, Seelmatten, 8488 Turbenthal,(May to September)
Toggenburg and Appenzell regions

Basic information:

- Pets allowed: 2
- allowed size of dogs: large (more than 60 cm)

Top features :

- completely enclosed (by wall, fence or hedge)
- Total of private car parking spaces: 1

- double bed (1.80 m width)

- daylight

- bath tub with shower
- daylight

Cook/Live:

- coffee machine: espresso coffee pot, coffee machine
- fridge/freezer: freezing compartment, fridge
- stove: electric stove, stove
- number of living rooms: 1
- fireplace
- stove

Entertainment:

- TV: TV, satellite TV

Utility:

- washing machine: For communal use in the building
- Clothes dryer: For sole use in the object

Outside area:

- outdoor furniture
- grill/barbecue: grill/barbecue

Surroundings:

- view: mountain, garden, forrest, lawn, valley
- mountain rail: 10,0 km