There is something about the human nature that always craves something out of the ordinary to invent, create, or experience. I am no different and neither are the creators of these hotels:
Lumilinna Snow Castle Hotel, Kemi Finland
Ice hotels are temporary hotels made out of snow coupled with some steel frames. They are available for a period of time in the winter before they melt away after the cold season is gone. Quite a few people are familiar with the world largest ice hotel in Sweden, but the spotlight is on the Snow castle Hotel in Finland.With each winter season comes new architectural design for this hotel and that in itself is an art worth seeing. SnowCastle 2011 will open on January 29th through April 8th weather permitting. The temperature in the rooms is set at -5 degrees Celcius (23 degrees Fahrenheit. You are advised to bring very warm clothing. There are no showers in the hotel, but other provisions are made for taking a shower offsite.
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| Courtesy Lumilinna SnowCastle |
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| Restaurant. Source Lumilinna SnowCastle |
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Hotel De Sal, Bolivia
Salar De Uyuni is the world's largest salt lake located in Bolivia. This is a very popular destination for people visiting Bolivia. The Salt lake covers approximately 4,000 square miles and located there is the very uncoventional Salt Hotel that is made almost entirely out of Salt blocks. In this hotel, the restaurant never runs out of salt and the guests always have salt everywhere, so the food is always tasty! The tables, chairs, and even beds are made out of salt. The saltiness of this hotel earns it a prime spot on world's unusual hotels.
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| Courtesy National Geographics |
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| Courtesy hotelchatter |
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| Courtesy Ruphus_8 |
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| Heap of Salt. Earthdocumentary.com |
Gamirasu Cave Hotel, Cappadocia Turkey
Gamirasu is one of the best unique hotels in Turkey. It is a 30 room cave hotel that was opened in 1999. The hotel is located in a restored thousand-year-old Byzantine monastic retreat.
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| Source Gamirasu.com |
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| Outdoor dinner sitting. Source Gamirasu.com |
Dasparkhotel, Austria
This Drain Pipe hotel is constructed from repurposed drain pipes. They are available from May through October. I am visualizing this as camping in style. The restrooms and showers are not inside the drain pipes, but are supplied by the surrounding public infastructures. You are assigned a personal lock code for your room on arrival. A stay at this hotel costs you just as much as you are willing to spend. Thanks to their generous "Pay as you wish" system.
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These places are so beautiful. I wish I had enough money to visit now. who knew places this beautiful existed.
ReplyDeleteGroup vacation is the solution to that and mind you, you do not necessarily have to travel miles away to enjoy some of these ecclectic hotels. There are so many wonderful things to see in a lot of places. We are here to help you with those services.
ReplyDeleteWow - nice article. It's amazing how people come up with these ideas. You know me - which one are we visiting first?
ReplyDelete~D.O.
Ok Anonymous, i am not sure which one we will conquer first, but i am sure we will get around to all at some point.
ReplyDeleteInteresting!!
ReplyDeleteQuite interesting to know that there are some unconventional Hotels out there.
ReplyDeleteThanks for revealing them.
I would love to stay in the Drain pipe hotel...very unique. Nice article altogether, good job!
ReplyDeleteThere are so many interesting things all over the world and i am happy to bring awareness to some of them and hopefully convince my readers to actually go see them for themselves. The Drain Pipe is definitely worth seeing and staying at.
ReplyDeleteLove the Ice Hotel. I wonder if you can bring in a heater since the place is very cold. The Drain Pipe Hotel is definitely "camping in style."I hope to visit one of these unique places someday.Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHeaters are not allowed. No Sauna either. All those will melt the Ice. i am sure it will be uncomfortable, but interesting.
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