Located up in the Italian Alps, 4,554 metres above sea level or, if you prefer, 15,000 feet, the Margherita Hut is Europe’s highest building as well as one of the world’s most remote mountain cabins.
Perched on the summit of Punta Gnifetti, near the border between Italy and Switzerland, it is named after Margherita of Savoy, Queen of Italy, who inaugurated it in 1893. Originally an important research centre for high-elevation medicine, it has si…
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