Tired of the same old hotels with similar looking furniture, similar carpeting, the same kind of linen and décor and the same looking bar with the same drinks? Even the smile on the face of the receptionist looks the same?
It is time you took a break and tried out one of the most unique abodes made by man. Given here is a list of three unique, out of the world (call them weird if you will), hotels of the world.
1. The Ice Hotel, Sweden
If you want to live in a brand new hotel that provides an experience like no other, then Sweden’s Ice Hotel is the place to check out. The hotel is built every winter from fresh ice and snow taken from the Torne River by hundreds of snow architects, builders and artists. Ice blocks and snow are used to create almost a hundred rooms, bar and lounge, an ice art exhibition hall, a cinema and a chapel. The hotel starts melting in spring and forms a part of the flowing river in the summer, only to be rebuilt once again in the winters. Guests sleep in ice rooms on ice beds covered with a reindeer skin; drink at a bar made of ice and can also eat in plates carved out of ice. All these factors combine to make the Ice Hotel in Sweden one of the most unique hotel experiences ever.
2. The Hydropolis, Dubai, UAE
Underwater Hotel in Dubai
The Hydropolis in Dubai is a 220-suite hotel, built at a cost of £300 million and slated to open by the end of 2009. It is a luxury hotel the size of the Hyde Park being built to provide competition to the Burj Dubai, the world’s first seven star hotel. However, what makes the Hydropolis a unique, one of a kind experience is—hold your breath—is that it is going to be situated 20 meters under the sea. The world’s first underwater hotel will have an on land part that will be used for welcoming guests and a train that will transport them from the welcome station to the submarine complex which will have all the luxuries that you expect any hotel above the land to have.
3. The Asakusa Riverside Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
The capsule hotel is a phenomenon pretty much unique to Japan, and the Asakusa Riverside in Tokyo is one of the more famous capsule hotels in the country. Guests in the hotels are provided with a capsule (not a room) to spend the night in. The capsule which is around two meters in length and a single meter each in height and width, is not for the choosy nor for the claustrophobic. A single room will have a number of capsules that are made private by a drop down screen. Mind you, the capsule comes with a small TV screen, alarm clock and radio and TV speakers. A console on the side of the bed also has a number of other buttons like volume and channel control knobs. Women’s capsules are provided on a different floor altogether. The cost of a capsule is just $30 per night.
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Mon, Sep 28, 2009
Inspirational Travel, Specialty Travel