Get to know the forest!

For whom:

What is the point:

5 Reasons Why You Need to Go to the Forest:

1. Take a break from the urban rhythm and bustle. Big megacities are a constant race, stress and tension. Take a break, enjoy the fresh air and the comfort of country houses.

2. It will be time only for yourself. In everyday life, we are constantly surrounded by different people, and we simply have to interact with some of them. Here you can stay alone with yourself or only with your loved ones and just let yourself be yourself.

3. Look at the world with a new look. Often we don't have time to think about ourselves and our feelings or just enjoy the moment. Immerse yourself in the sounds of nature and hear your inner voice, perhaps it will help you think about your goals and priorities, or make it clear that the problems you were worried about are not at all significant.

4. Communicate with nature and feel like a part of it. Look at the world with your own eyes, not through a computer screen. Feel the wind blowing, raindrops on your face, or the warmth of the sun's rays.

5. Improve your condition. Fresh air, physical activity from walking in the woods or hills. Outdoor recreation has a huge positive effect not only on our physical, but also on our emotional state.

There on unknown paths... the holiday chips in JustWOOD

In winter, take a "shower" of snow, lie in sparkling white snowdrifts and draw a snow angel. Pay attention to the tracks of animals and birds. If you're lucky, you'll meet a squirrel, so just in case, take seeds, nuts or frozen pitted berries with you. But even if the birds or squirrels do not seem to you, leave something tasty for them in the forest. Squirrels can sense where the supplies are even in deep snow, but birds will be happy with bread crumbs. Listen to the sounds of the forest – in winter it is especially quiet, only the trunks of the trees creak in the cold, hitting each other from the wind. And you can also draw pictures with a stick in the snow, catch snowflakes with your mouth, or take pictures of them and explore by enlarging the macro on your phone.

Collect some fir needles and, upon returning, brew it with boiling water – the fragrant forest tea will not only warm, but also complete a wonderful winter walk.

At different times of the year, you will experience different sensations from forest travel. In spring, walk along the stream that runs through the forest only during the melting period - it's snow coming off and stormy icy streams rush to the Sturgeon River, which causes it to overflow in April.And only at this time you can admire the power of the natural elements. The river covers the dam and strong streams of water are bubbling around the clock. Imagine how great it is to fall asleep or wake up to these sounds!Well, at this time you can cross to the other side of the river only by car or in high rubber boots.

Wake up early in the morning and admire how the frost melts on the grass - like pearls shine! Listen to the bumblebee buzzing and looking for the first blooming flowers… Feel the fog surrounding you in the early morning at dawn…

And beavers live on the left bank of the Sturgeon! It is easy to find their favorite places – by gnawing tree trunks. Their house is also there – a beaver hut and a dam! Arrange a photo hunt - try to hide. Beavers can be seen by the lingering trail on the water or by the sound of a splash from the tail. Although it may turn out to be a fish! There are no sturgeons in Sturgeon, but pike are constantly caught by our guests!

Don't like long ambushes? Then take your favorite book with you and sit with it on the riverbank or under a tree reading it. And the breeze will turn the pages for you. You forgot to bring your own, or you don't know what to read - JustWOOD has its own library where you can choose literature depending on your mood. 

Do you want to have fun? Take water pistols with you in the summer, even if you are traveling without children! Run over, pour over each other from head to toe, give free rein to emotions and childish delight, and then, out of breath, try to regain your breath and dry off, lying in the warm sun.

Find unusual trees or driftwood. Turn on your imagination and imagine what it could be? Take some pictures and post them on your social networks – let the others share their thoughts on what they see – a forest monster or maybe a beautiful princess frozen forever.  

Remember what everyone was taught at school and how to navigate the terrain. Take a compass with you or explore the nature around you – the sun, anthills, moss and more, and the forest will become even closer and less frightening. For your peace of mind, take a phone with maps and a navigator with you, if knowledge fails, then modern technology will come to the rescue.

In spring and summer, walk-walk-walk! Along the way, collect a bouquet of forest or wildflowers. And also try to find out which flowers will get into your vase? For example, did you know that chicory grows in a field? This is a blue-blue flower that almost everyone has seen once, but probably did not know that it was chicory. And from the roots of this flower, after certain processing, you can make a wonderful drink, which many drink as a substitute for coffee.

In general, the forest and surrounding fields are rich in delicious ingredients! In late spring, wild cherry trees grow on the edge of the forest, right next to the wooden log cabins. Take it with you - it is kept fresh in the refrigerator for quite a long time, and use it at home in salads. Or try the wild cherry in the dishes of our chef. You can also pick strawberries and raspberries in the forest, or pick berry leaves, mint and make tea on your return home, remembering a wonderful walk.

Since the end of spring, mushrooms have been appearing in the forest. Scarlet Sarcoscypha begins the mushroom season, and the late honey mushrooms complete it in autumn. If you do not understand mushrooms or do not like to collect them, then you can arrange a photo hunt for them and then post the pictures on social networks, and let the experts guess where which mushroom is!

Autumn is a special time. Vivid impressions and bright colors, but also a certain sadness that everything in life has its beginning and its end. But in the spring, life will certainly take its toll! Take a walk thinking about the cycle in nature, and the only sound of dying nature will be the rustle of fallen leaves under your feet. Collect a bouquet of dried flowers and save it until spring, so you will have a pleasant memory of an autumn walk at home. Come for a walk. 

In the evening, warm up by our hearth with a mug of hot mulled wine, or roast a few slices of bread or marshmallows on the fire, or sing to the guitar. Remember the past day - feel the smell of tar and smoke, look into the tongues of fire and all the bad things will be carried away with the sparks.

 

Looking at the fire, you begin to think differently... And when the sun disappears below the horizon, go out to the edge of the forest or into the field and look at the starry sky! Wait for the shooting star and make a wish in that short moment while it is burning! We believe that this wish will definitely come true, and you come back to us again and share your dream fulfillment story!

Just WOOD has 5 components for an unusual “forest” holiday, if you like eco-style, comfort and thoughtfulness in detail are important, and you appreciate a careful attitude to nature:

JustWOOD is located in the Tula region, between the cities of Tula and Venev in a traffic dead end, there is no through passage. This is really a forest hotel – it is located on the outskirts of the protected Osetrovsky forestry. Here, on an area of 45 hectares, forest, river, fields, slopes and hills harmoniously coexist.

Only a few dozen houses have been built on two banks of the Sturgeon River, far from populated areas, highways and noisy roads. We tried not to disturb the unique landscape, preserve the beautiful views and carefully fit all the buildings into the overall picture.

Being on the territory of the hotel, the feeling that you are in the forest does not leave – there are no residential buildings, all rooms are equipped in cottages, log cabins or stylish wooden houses with panoramic windows. There are trees, grass and squirrels running between them. Here is here you can view the location of the hotel on the map and at the same time save it for a future trip.It is quiet here and it is a forest silence, in which you can hear the creaking of snow underfoot in winter, and in spring, summer and autumn, birds begin to sing at dawn.

Waking up in the morning to the sound of birds singing is a pleasure. There are trees outside the window, and in the air there is the smell of the forest or a mixture of scents of greenery, foliage and flowers.

Your morning can start like this: when you wake up, you open the curtains and squint at the bright colors outside the window, make yourself a cup of fragrant coffee right in the house (many houses have a capsule coffee machine) and go out on the terrace or to the clearing in front of the house. The smell of coffee is mixed with the smells of the forest.

There are several types of accommodation in JustWOOD. You can find all the options here. All houses have stylish interiors, the design of each is unique – it is decorated with original works by Moscow and Tula masters: botanical watercolors, graphics, embroidery, macrame, ceramics.

If you want to live as close to the forest as possible, we recommend choosing log cabins or eco-modules. 

Log cabins perfect for a family or a small company. They have a living room and two bedrooms with one double and two single beds. A maximum of 6 people can be accommodated in such a house.

Here, for example, is one of the bedrooms of the Linden log cabin. This house has only one bedroom and a living room, but it has its own sauna! Do you see the trees outside the window? This is the forest!

And there is also an attic in some log cabins, where children will hide from you and play in their own space!

If you come to us with a more intimate composition, we recommend that you study eco-modules. The area of each is only 19 sq.m., but it is very cozy inside, we have thought through all the details. Each house is very functional and ergonomic. It comfortably houses a double bed, a dining table, a small kitchen area and a refrigerator, and a bathroom. On the second floor, under the attic window, there is another sleeping place, 140 cm wide. You can lie down together and admire the starry sky, or a third guest can be accommodated here - an adult or a child.

  

In each house, instead of two walls, there are huge panoramic windows for contemplating the natural beauty at any time of the year. Eco-modules on Tsvetochnaya Street, located on the riverbank. Sitting on your own raised terrace, you can watch the water flow and the fish splash. If you want to feel even more at one with nature, choose houses on Lesnaya Street. They are located on the outskirts of a huge protected forest. It is possible that you will be able to see some of its inhabitants right outside your window.

By the way, there are 4 streets in JustWOOD and all our houses have names. Log cabins with names such as Oak, Linden, Willow, and Apple tree are located on Treevnaya Street. On Yagodnaya there are Raspberry, Blueberry, Rosehip cottages and guest houses Strawberry, Viburnum and Sea Buckthorn. On Tsvetochnaya Street there is a Lily of the Valley cottage with its own sauna and eco-modules Forget-me-not, Chamomile, Clover, Cornflower, Mint and Goldenrod. On Lesnaya Street there are Wild cherry, Snowdrop and Dandelion.

We will help you choose the house that is perfect for you. Call me to us or write to WhatsApp. And if you have already decided – book online

JustWOOD is not only in a very beautiful, but also in a very interesting and historical place. 3 kilometers from the hotel there are the remains of caves -quarries, where limestone was once mined, and defensive markings passed through these places. The zaseki represented a strip of impenetrable forests on the border of the forest-steppe and steppe, protected the Moscow state from the raids of the Tatars from the south. The Tula zaseki formed part of the ancient Great Zasechnaya line. 

We love history, so together with local historians we recorded an audio guide with which you can take an exciting walking tour through the forest, learn about the surroundings and their history. This is an immersive walk, with sound design and immersion in the surrounding space. Our animators will help you organize such a walk. We will not reveal all the secrets - come and try it!

  

For lovers of independent walks, we have a circular terrain along which you can walk with or without Scandinavian sticks, as convenient, and lovers of orienteering can arm themselves with the Organic Maps application and plot independent routes, immediately behind the hotel begins a huge territory of the Sturgeon forestry and you can go many kilometers deep into the forest.

You can rent a bike and explore the area by bike. Active recreation, fitness and more visual impressions per unit of time!

We know how important it is to get enough sleep on vacation, so we tried to think through everything for your comfort as much as possible.

There is an atmosphere of comfort and peace in all the houses. When designing the rooms, we took the Scandinavian style and the ideas of Hugge as a basis. The warmth of wood and natural fabrics helped to create the most comfortable environment.

All this is combined with the latest technologies designed to improve our lives and protect our health. For example, all beds are equipped with orthopedic mattresses specially selected for our hotel by Askona Sleep Laboratory specialists. Each house has an Alice speaker that will turn on your favorite music at any time. Calm music, intertwined with the sounds of the forest, helps to relax, forget about fears and restless thoughts.

Outdoor recreation does not have to be active. Yoga tours and retreats are held periodically at JustWOOD. Guests of the hotel can participate in them completely free of charge. The poster of the hotel's events can be viewed here.

 

There are many places on site where you can admire the surrounding scenery and enjoy every minute of your vacation. Our guests can sit for hours on the terrace with a view of the river, and the clean forest air is all around. 

There you can listen to music, silence, wind, and also have breakfast, lunch or dinner, being in nature, next to the river, and when you get tired, go for a walk or retire to the house. 

- Take a gastronomic trip in our SheLESt restaurant, the author's Russian cuisine. It is not only delicious, but also very beautiful – the entire space of the restaurant is filled with light through the panoramic windows. And in the morning, real canaries chirp. In 2021, SheLESt entered the top 10 new concepts of the XVI National Palme d'Or Award / "Palm Branch of the restaurant Business 2021".

- The restaurant adheres to the concept of "Slow food", the philosophy of which is the benefit and pleasure of what you eat, conscious consumption and caring for the planet. We also support local producers and introduce our guests to fresh, natural, clean products. And Chef Anton Krupenin does not miss the opportunity to add bright colors to his dishes in the form of local gifts of the forest: from wild cherry and mushrooms, to berries, herbs, fir cones and flowers. Explore our menu here. 

- Recharge your batteries through complete relaxation in our sauna space "Brooms and gingerbread". Here, the forest will also become your invisible companion - a spacious steam room with a wood-burning stove, a font in a wooden barrel, birch or oak brooms specially collected in the surrounding forests, herbal teas and unique vaping procedures.

 

- Trust yourself to the professional parmasters! They will perform a whole ritual that allows you to relax your body and organize your thoughts. You will fall into the reliable and caring hands of our specialists. Steam room heat, hot steam, broom massage, honey or salt scrubbing. All services can be viewed in advance here. After all this, you will feel reborn!
 

- Immerse yourself in the world of care and beauty in our Slow Beauty Spa. Here, each procedure is a whole ritual. It all starts with a warm foot compress and ends with a cup of fragrant herbal tea. The spa shares and develops the philosophy of Just WOOD – proximity to nature, environmental friendliness, the ability to listen to yourself and your desires, the desire to be in harmony with the world.

Preparing for the trip:

Choose and book the house you like. You can do this in any convenient way:

- call to the booking service;
- write toWhatsApp;
- or book online here.

- For all walks in nature, we advise you to take care of safety and protection from insects in advance. Take water and communication equipment with you. Repellents are on sale in our mini-market.

- Think over your wardrobe. Do not forget comfortable shoes and a hat that will protect you from the sun and ticks

- Wet wipes, and means for the first treatment of the wound in case you scratch or cut yourself

- Take with you something that gives you special pleasure – a book, a favorite blanket or download pleasant music

- Please the forest dwellers and take seeds, nuts or berries for them