Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe Vermont

What is the Trapp family doing today?

"Fresh chicken eggs from our farm," with these words Sam von Trapp greets us for breakfast at the Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont. Sam is a member of the real von Trapp family and one of the heirs of the Sound of Music Hotel in Stowe. His family built the Trapp Family Lodge Hotel there after their musical success. He laughs as he invites us to help ourselves to the breakfast buffet.

Homegrown agricultural products play a major role in Vermont. No wonder, as we drive past one farm after another on our tour of this state. Slow food from Vermont. It is nothing different than what our grandparents already did. Namely, to live from the products of their work and from the region. This is still done today at the Trapp Family Lodge Hotel. The hotel's own farm supplies numerous products that are served in the hotel's restaurant. The von Trapp Lodge even has a brewery.

 

 

 

The Sound of Music Hotel - The von Trapp Lodge in Stowe Vermont

It was no different for Sam von Trapp's grandparents, as he tells us. We can see this from the numerous family photos of his grandmother Maria von Trapp and her children hanging on the walls throughout the hotel. You can see the family harvesting hay, working on the hay wagon, and doing many other farm tasks.

We had ours Visit to Salzburg from the Trapp family, they are a magnet for visitors there, especially from the USA. The von Trapp family emigrated there in 1938 because Georg von Trapp, a monarchist-minded officer, had a bad feeling about developments in the Third Reich. The family had already become famous in Austria with their family choir, thanks to the instigation of Maria Augusta, Georg von Trapp's second wife. The family had lost their entire fortune in 1935, and Maria performed with her husband's five daughters and two sons. Just two years later, they won first prize in the Salzburg Festival's folk singing competition. An insight into the family history and the filming of "The Sound of Music" we received during this visit in Salzburg.

 

 

 

The Sound of Music and the von Trapps

They continued their concert tours in the USA and quickly gained a large fan base there as well. "At one of these concerts," Sam von Trapp, Maria's grandson, tells us, "they had to wait for the musicians. Because the audience was already seated in the concert hall, Maria came up with an idea. She stepped on stage and told the audience the story of our family. Afterwards, an enthusiastic fan approached her and suggested that she write down this story and publish it." The idea stuck with her, and in 1956 she published her book under the title "The Trapp Family." The family's global success was unstoppable: two years later, the story was made into a film, and in 1959, the hit musical "The Sound of Music" spread the family story around the world.

 

 

How the Trapp Family Lodge, the Sound of Music Hotel, Vermont was founded in Stowe VT

"And how did you come up with the idea of ​​opening a hotel?" I ask Sam von Trapp. He laughs and says, "It just happened naturally, as my grandmother ran a very hospitable and open house. We were constantly welcoming guests from all over the world, and so it just so happened that we turned it into a hotel." And with success, as we can see for ourselves. The Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont is very popular with its mainly American and international guests. Everything here still reminds you a little of the family's Austrian homeland: there are Mozart, Strauss, and Schubert rooms. The hotel itself looks like one of the mountain huts in the Salzburg Alps, only much larger. And even the area around Stowe, Vermont, with its rolling hills and beautiful scenery, gives the impression that Salzburg is just around the corner.

"Do you still speak German yourself?" I ask Sam von Trapp. He laughs again and says, unfortunately, he can't. His travels have taken him mostly to the Latin American regions of the world, and other languages ​​would have been more helpful there. These days, however, he prefers to spend most of the year in Stowe. "Only occasionally do I go skiing in the Rocky Mountains or other ski resorts around the world."

In Stowe Vermont, the von Trapp Lodge is a Family Inn

Families will feel right at home at this Stowe Vermont Family Inn. Away from the main roads, families can enjoy the views of nature. You almost think you're hearing the von Trapps hit: Edelweiss in Stowe.

 

 

Where is Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe Vermont?

The Trapp Family Lodge is located on a hidden side street on a hill above Stowe. From there we have a view of the valley below and the range of hills on the other side of the valley. Our room has a balcony from which we have a panoramic view of the surroundings. The curtains and the photos on the walls show episodes from the family history of Maria von Trapp, whose soul can still be felt in this house to this day.

Trapp Family Lodge
700 Trapp Hill Rd
Stowe VT 05672

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Source: on-site research. The trip was at the invitation of Discover New England. However, the opinions in this article remain our own.

Text: © Copyright Monika Fuchs and TravelWorldOnline
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