The Machine House

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Five Different Buildings

At Zabola, where stillness meets story, your room is more than a place to sleep — it is part of the estate’s unfolding past. Our guesthouses, built between the 18th and 20th centuries, once served many roles — homes, retreats, quiet corners of a working estate shaped by time. Today, five historic houses have been gently reimagined to welcome guests, each offering its own rhythm, character, and connection to the landscape. No two stays are the same — and that is just as it should be.

Layered with history, The Machine House blends quiet utility with thoughtful renewal. Its lower level, more than 250 years old, once housed the water pumps and generators that kept the estate running. In the early 20th century, Klementina Mikes — wife of Count Ármin Mikes — added a second floor and installed textile weaving machines, giving the building its name. Later repurposed during nationalisation, it served as workshops and estate offices. Today, The Machine House holds a gentler purpose. It became the first guesthouse reopened by the family after the fall of communism — a quiet milestone in Zabola’s return to life as a place of welcome and rest.

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