The World’s Most Unusual Hotels – Above Ground and Below
When many of us go away for a business trip or take the family on vacation we choose to stay in a motel or hotel. Depending upon our length of visit, location of the visit, cost, amenities, accessibility of other attractions and a host of other factors come into play when we make our decision about where to stay. Most hotels or motels offer regular amenities such as single or double beds, shower facilities, coffeemaker in room and other perks of a hotel stay such as laundry facilities, in-hotel restaurants, room service and more to make your stay comfortable. However, in recent years, hotels have started to appear in the most unusual locations. Hotels have started to appear as ice hotels, tree hotels, cave hotels and even hotels made in shoes!
These hotels offer patrons lodging in very unique settings to make the stay memorable. The following is a sample of some of the most unusual and unique lodging experiences in the world:
Treehouse Hotels – many hotel patrons would like to have views of the treetops. However, treehouse hotels take it a step further by giving customers a room with a view from a tree. These types of hotels are built into the trees utilizing the natural environment to give hotel patrons a better sense of living in nature. These hotels are available in Africa, Brazil and other areas that give patrons the opportunity to view nature.
Ariau Amazon Towers – information on the hotel that is located among the treetops of the Amazon Rainforest providing visitors with breathtaking views.
Ice Hotels – one of the most famous unique hotels is the Ice Hotel in Sweden. The hotel including all guest rooms are created from ice. The hotel is run during the winter months, and after the summer meltdown needs to be rebuilt. The experience of staying in one of the world’s ice hotels is truly a unique travel experience for patrons.
The Ice Hotel of Sweden – official website of the first man-made hotel that was created from ice, located in Sweden and operating from December through April.
Underwater Hotels – one of the truly unique hotel experience is spending the night in an underwater hotel. The hotel is under the water giving patrons the opportunity to sleep under the sea and get an up close look at sea life. These hotels can be accessed by land and a few can be accessed by scuba diving to the hotel. Either way this gives guests an up close look at the undersea world.
Undersea Resort – informative website of the Poseidon Undersea Resort where visitors can spend time in a room under the sea.
Cave Hotels – another different type of hotel is the cave hotel. These hotels utilize existing formations such as caves and mines to build on to. Many of the rooms in the hotels are underground. These provide visitors with a memorable experience of staying in a natural setting.
Gamirasu Cave Hotel – information on the hotel in Turkey which is built into a natural cave.
Bunker Hotels – with the Cold War at an end and the need for nuclear bunkers at a minimum, these unused facilities have gotten a second life. Some hotel operators have turned these bunkers into hotels. Visitors are reminded of these original intent of the bunkers but can enjoy all the comforts of a regular hotel.
Swiss Bunker Hotel – interesting article about the no frills hotel opening inside an abandoned bunker.
Garden Hotels – typically garden hotels are different from other unique hotels covered here. Visitors do not sleep in gardens, but instead they are located at properties with beautiful gardens from the past and are converted into hotels. What makes this a memorable property is not the hotel, but the outstanding gardens in the surrounding area.
Gravetye Manor – example of a garden hotel that has an exceptional garden and is a fine hotel.
Landmark Hotels – some hotel operators have created hotels that resemble existing landmarks. Hotels have been made from libraries, jails and other famous buildings. These unique hotels provides visitors with a different perspective of existing buildings. And, fortunately for many of us, it will be the first time spending a night in jail.
Library Hotel – example of a landmark hotel from New York City which takes its theme from a library.
Spending a night or two at a different type of hotel can be fun. These types of hotels can provide visitors with a new perspective on the natural beauty of the Earth and wonder at a man-made structure. While patrons of these hotels are foregoing the normal amenities that we have come to expect, it is more than made up for it in the experience that is received. Here are a few more links to sites with information about other unique hotels:
- World’s Most Unique Hotels – useful article containing information on some of the most unusual hotels located around the world.
- America’s Most Unusual Hotels – information from Yahoo travel on some of the most unusual hotels in America.
- Unusual Hotels in Asia – listing of ten of the most unusual hotels to be found in Asia.
- South America Unique Hotels – overview of some of the more unique hotels that can be found in South America.
- Unusual Places to Stay in Australia – interesting collection of unusual locations to stay in Australia and Oceana.
- Top Ten Unusual Places to Stay – collection of unique locations to stay around the world, presented by the Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom.
- Unusual Hotels in Europe – directory of unusual locations to stay while in Europe.
- Unusual Hotels – informative collection of hotels that are not typical accommodations from around the world.
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