Lech is one of the most exclusive ski resorts in the world – a place where 'kings were guests, and guests were kings', or so the saying goes. Certainly there is no shortage of wealth here, nor of the privilege it buys.

The Aurelio is perfectly situated for summer or winter adventures, on or off the mountains. It is surrounded by the magnificent peaks and pistes of Omeshorn, Rüfikopf and Kriegerhorn, and an easy walk to Lech’s glamorous shops and traditional bars and restaurants where you could easily lose a day or two to après ski activities – or pre-ski ones, too, come to that.

Fast gondolas will whisk you to the linked resorts of Zür and St Anton, Warth and Schröcken, while a cable car will take you to Oberlech. From here, it’s a steep-in-places 20-minute walk to one of artist James Turrell’s Skyspaces – empty galleries with an aperture in the roof through which visitors can see the wondrous, languid movement of the sun, and the shadow dances it choreographs.