From hotels made of ice to a full-on prison experience, here are 9 of the strangest hotels
in the world!!
10.
Treehouse Lodge Resort, Iquitos, Peru
The Treehouse Lodge Resort is located in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
It can only be reached by an hour-long boat ride from Iquitos.
After arriving, guests have to climb between 35 and 60 feet into one of eight circular
tree houses that sit up in the forest canopy.
They have thatch-roofs, a railing, curtains and optional mosquito netting.
Definitely take the option!!
When you come here, there is practically nothing separating you from the rainforest.
You are up in the trees enjoying the wildlife and of course the tropical environment!!
There are only cold water showers which are located on the main level and each treehouse
leads to a common area connected by suspended walkways.
Pretty neat, right!!??
In the common area, they serve world-famous Peruvian food, so don’t worry, you don’t
have to go out and catch dinner!
It must smell pretty good since squirrel monkeys, sloths, macaws and other rainforest creatures
frequently visit the resort!
There’s also no worries about safety as each treehouse is engineered in the United
States by a structural engineer and is inspected and adjusted every year to make sure none
of them are about to fall out!
There are plenty of things to do.
During the day, guests have their own personal guides that will take them to indigenous villages
or river dolphin watching.
I think it would be a once in a lifetime experience to say the least.
Has anyone been here??
Let me know your experience in the comments below!!
9.
Utter Inn, Sweden
This hotel is a bit fishy.
That’s right: it’s underwater!
Though there are many underwater hotels around the world now, the Utter Inn in Sweden is
very special.
It is the project of a local artist, located in the middle of Lake Malaren.
At first glance, it just looks like a small cabin on a floating platform.
But that’s just all you can see from the surface.
Underneath the water, more than 9 feet down is a bedroom that is only accessible by a
step ladder.
Its glass walls allow you to see all the fish and wildlife around you as you lay in bed
and become one with the lake.
To get there, you are picked up by a boat.
Once there, you are given an inflatable canoe and you’re on your own!
There’s nearby inhabited islands to explore with your canoe, or the deck is big enough
to enjoy a good book under the sun.
The cabin is equipped with a hot plate and various dishes, a dry toilet and though there
is no electricity, there are gas-powered lamps and heating.
The funny thing is, while you may be surrounded by fish in bed, the hotel has a strict no
fishing policy.
After all, I guess if you fished all the fish, there would be nothing to see!
If you need to get away from it all, the Utter Inn is open May through August!!
8.
Crane Hotel, The Netherlands
This upscale hotel comes with a strange twist.
In Harlingen, a crane on the docks has been converted into a hotel that has boasted tons
of high-end corporate clients including Red Bull, Louis Vuitton and Heineken.
When they began renovations on this crane that, at the time, was sitting in an abandoned
fishing wharf, they left the observation windows for a fantastic view of Amsterdam which sits
just across the river.
They also added an industrial chic bedroom and bathroom to each of the three suites.
In addition to the suites, there is also a panoramic lounge that holds upscale events.
Of course it includes a champagne breakfast that is delivered on an internal lift.
Talk about breakfast in bed!
Were you worried about the pool?
It has a heated pool on the top deck more than 100 feet in the air!
But the best feature?
The crane still works and guests are allowed to move it as they please.
This may be one strange hotel, but a lot of people want to go to just play with the crane!
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7.
Palacio de Sal, Bolivia
This one is pretty unique!
How about a hotel made entirely of salt??
The walls are salt, the floor, the ceiling- even most of the furniture!
It makes sense because the Palacio de Sal in Bolivia, which means the salt palace, is
located just 15 miles away from the famous great salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, where
all their raw material from.
Unless they were actually in a salt mine, it would be difficult to get that much salt!!
Over a million salt blocks were used in the construction of the buildings, with salty
water acting as the mortar that puts the bricks together.
In fact, the only things not made of salt are the toilets and the tin roof.
Now by this point you are probably thinking that since the hotel is entirely made of salt,
it might be kind of primitive, but it is known as a palace for a reason.
The Palacio de Sal actually has all the modern conveniences that you would expect from a
standard, modern hotel like a game room, a bar, a restaurant and transportation to and
from the airport.
There is even free wifi throughout the entire property and they also rent bicycles for you
to explore the natural salt landscape- if you haven’t had enough of the salt already.
There are some specific rules for guests though- like “don’t lick the walls!”
6.
Propeller Island City Lodge, Germany
This hotel is all about artistic creativity.
Propeller Island in Berlin is quite the spectacle.
It has a total of 27 rooms, all of which are unique, with an entirely different theme.
There’s one room that is a prison cell, another that is a crypt- with coffin included,
and a room that is entirely surrounded by mirrors!!
When I was thinking about the different themes that each of these rooms could have, none
of these came to mind.
However this hotel is all about a celebration of eccentricity so a room with building-shaped
furniture is artistic expression, not just random!
But you really have to enjoy art to appreciate it.
Propeller Island is currently closed for renovations and a new surprise concept.
Can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
So stay tuned!!
5.
Hotel Lindenwirt, Germany
This hotel is also located in Germany, except instead of Berlin, its home is in Rudesheim
in Rhine Valley, which is famous for its wine.
They’re unique twist is that you can sleep in a wine barrel!
Don’t worry, they’ve tried to make it more comfortable than you think.
And the beds are separated so if you are hoping for a romantic night, might be tough.
But, it is surrounded by beautiful views!
The house has been run by the same family for generations!
I The hotel is constructed out of huge barrels that once held over 1500 gallons of wine.
They have now been made into bedroom/bathroom combinations that are perfect for you to sleep
off the wine tastings you’ll try!
Hotel Lindenwirt also has a restaurant that has rave reviews.
4.
Hobbit Motel, New Zealand
Located on the North Island of New Zealand is the Hobbit Motel at Woodlyn Park.
Inspired by the Lord of the Rings, these units are located in the side of a hill with grazing
donkey and sheep.
Not only is it hobbit themed but it has its own kitchen, living area and bedroom making
it completely self-sufficient housing!
The motel contains ten units total.
Two of the units are Hobbit homes!
Woodlyn Park also has three other strange sleeping places, because you know, hobbits
are flexible!!
A ship, a plane and a train.
The train is a restored 1918 rail carriage named the “Waitomo Express” and it has
two separate bedrooms.
The ship is called the “Waitanic” which was a World War II Patrol Boat.
It was recovered from Australia and took over two years to refurbish and make it into the
5 suites that it houses today.
The plane is a Bristol Freighter Plane which was one of the last allied planes that was
flown into Vietnam.
This motel may have many strange accommodations, but there sure is some cool history to go
along with it.
And as an added bonus, it is 2 hours from Auckland and just 2 minutes from the Waitomo
Caves.
3.
Magic Mountain Hotel, Chile
This magical place is right out of a fairytale.
It’s a mountain on a mountain!
And to get to it you have to go through a waterfall, high up in the Andes mountains
in the Chilean Forest.
The Magic Mountain Hotel peeks out from the Huilo Huilo Reserve in Chile.
It is a wooden cone, covered with moss, gnarled with vines, and a waterfall cascading down
from the pinnacle.
To reach the hotel, you must cross the wooden drawbridge that unfortunately, doesn’t take
you to Terabithia, but it's close!!
There’s little portholes spread throughout the cone in irregular intervals and as if
all that weren’t enough magic, the surrounding are a biological preserve is sure to amaze
you.
There are small native deer and many kinds of birds.
There’s also a mini golf course and it’s very close to South America’s longest zipline,
which is 1500 feet long!!
2.
Icehotel,Sweden
The Icehotel located in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, is, you guessed it, the largest hotel made
entirely from snow and ice.
Even more than a hotel, it is an art exhibition that was founded in 1989.
Even your bed is made out of ice!
This keeps the temperature throughout the hotel around 23 degrees Fahrenheit.
Since the ice eventually melts, the building gets reconstructed every november.
A team of architects and over 40 artists redesign the bar, rooms and chapel, so every year there
is a fresh design!
They spend several weeks carving the ice and creating works of art that melt every few
months, so the effect is bittersweet.
Because they use natural ice straight from the Torne river, the months leading up to
November consist of taking care of the ice, allowing it to build and grow thick before
harvesting.
It takes several hundred tons of real arctic ice to create this amazing place, but if your
ideal vacation includes constant snow pants and fur, Icehotel is definitely for you.
It can be visited year round, as long as you can get there!!
1.
Karostas Cietums, Latvia
This is one strange hotel where you will need to sign a waiver!
It’s name is Karostas Cietums, located in Latvia and it was a prison during WWII.
Now tourists are paying to spend the night there for the full “prison experience”.
This is one case of turning dark history around, I guess.
It previously housed revolutionaries, Stalin’s enemies and later the KGB during the Cold
War.
It now invites you to stay for an experience that is anything but normal because this place
used to be gruesome.
A good hotel has nice staff, is clean and typically has some pretty good restaurants,
but this hotel breaks all of those rules.
Its guests play the part and get yelled at, and are punished with physical exercises.
The idea is to see what it was like during Communist-era conditions.
You sleep on the floor, take abuse from prison guards and even eat the prison food.
This is not for the faint of heart.
And of course, the place is haunted.
But hey, it’s only $16 a night, so go ahead and give it a try!
And then let me know how it goes because I am DEFINITELY not going there!!
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