These Hotels Are Totally Insane
Think staying in a hotel is boring? Think again! Look beyond the ordinary and you could find yourself staying inside a medieval French church, an ice cave, a plastic bubble in the woods or even under water! Check out these hotels that are totally insane.
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Hotel Saint-Merry, Paris
Like Jesus? Then you'll love this oddball French hotel where the guest rooms are actually built into the presbytery of the 17th-century St. Merry church. It's like staying in a Gothic fantasyland in the heart of Paris.
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Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, Maldives
At the luxurious Conrad Maldives Rangali Island hotel in the Maldives, you can swim with the fishes without actually getting wet. Many rooms lead right to the lagoon, and at five meters under the surface the Ithaa restaurant offers 180-degree panoramic views of tropical coral gardens.
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Icehotel, Sweden
Can you say Jukkasjärvi? That's the frequently frozen location of Sweden's famously frosty Icehotel. This place is part art exhibition, part hotel and is made of natural ice and snow from one of Europe’s last wild rivers, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. The hotel literally melts each spring.
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Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita, Italy
If you like Old World atmosphere paired with stone, you're going to love this place. The Albergo Sextantio Le Grotte Della Civita is a luxury boutique hotel where ancient cave dwellings have been transformed into dreamy rooms. You'll be overlooking the lovely town of Matera in southern Italy.
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Montaña Mágica Lodge, Chile
The Montaña Mágica Lodge is set in Chile's Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve in the Patagonian rainforest. It's a volcano-shaped ecolodge that seems like it was lifted right out of a Lord of the Rings film set. Furniture is made from tree trunks and nature is everywhere, but you can still get WiFi in the common areas.
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Attrap Reves, France
The Attrap Reves (French for "Dream Catcher") bubble hotels have various locations throughout the French countryside. They promise a "cosmic and poetic experience" as you get back to nature, from the comfort and safety of your "tinted and romantic cocoon." Ooh la la!
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Costa Verde Hotel, Costa Rica
Wait a minute, is that a Boeing 727 sticking its nose out of the rainforest canopy? Yes indeed and it's no accident: it's the most remarkable of 70 rooms at this jungle classic. The plane's interior features two bedrooms with Costa Rican teak paneling from the cockpit to the tail.
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Hotel Marqués de Riscal, Spain
This is what happens when world famous architect Frank Gehry sets his sights on a hotel: it becomes a work of art you can actually sleep in. This metallic Spanish masterpiece opened in 2006 and is set amidst vineyards. More wine, por favor!
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Hotel Puerta America, Spain
The ultramodern Hotel Puerta America in Spain is a design lover's dream. The hotel united 19 of the best architecture and design studios in the world, each creating a unique vision across 12 floors. Jean Nouvel and Zaha Hadid are some of the architects who left their innovative imprints here.