The timber villas of BioLand on the hillside above the lake

Stay by the Water,Eat from the Land

A Legacy of the Land

BioLand began as a family plot in the wooded hills above Novobërdë: a slope, a spring, and more pine than anyone knew what to do with. The houses came later, built by hand and in no particular hurry, the way things are built here.

The land sets the table here: a kitchen that cooks what the hills give, evenings that stretch long around the fire. What one family built now keeps its doors open to anyone after the same quiet.

A timber villa wrapped in summer flowers
A timber chalet with its stained-glass gable, among the trees
Novobërdë

Eight houses, four kinds

Two Bedroom Villa

The largest of the houses: two double bedrooms, a sofa bed in the living room, a kitchen you can actually cook in, and a balcony with the water below and the mountains behind.

All Villas

Down at the water

The lake below the villas

Still water at the foot of the slope, holding the far bank

The lake sits right in front of the houses: a footpath along the shore, fish under the surface, and not much else. Nearly every villa looks straight onto it.

The Villas

A timber chalet under a wide summer sky
The footbridge over the stream below the villas
A villa beyond the lavender-lined path

Eight houses of solid pine, set lightly on the slope above the water, each with its own fire, its own kitchen and a view of its own.

A kitchen of the land

The outdoor fireplace where dinners begin

Days by the water

A villa mirrored in the still water

Private events & weddings

The balcony table above the water
The Novobërdë fortress catching the last light on its ridge

Up on the ridge

The ridge above the houses kept a city once: “of silver,” a chronicler wrote, “and truly of gold.” Its fortress still holds the skyline.

Novobërdë struck its own coins, had its own mining law, and stood forty days against the cannon of Mehmed the Conqueror. What is left keeps watch over the lake, an hour’s walk from our gate.

Novobërdë

Something to celebrate