Top 100 Best Unusual and High-End Theme Hotels

An ICE HOTEL is a temporary hotel made up of snow, sculpted blocks of ice, and, in some cases, some steel framing. They are promoted by their sponsors and have special features for travellers who are interested in novelties and unusual environments, and thus are in the class of destination hotels. Their lobbies are often filled with ice sculptures, and food and drinks are specially chosen for the circumstances.

All of the ice hotels are reconstructed every year, and are dependent upon constant sub-freezing temperatures during construction and operation. The walls, fixtures, and fittings are made entirely of ice or compacted snow, and are held together using a substance known as snice, which takes the place of mortar in a traditional brick-built hotel.

Airplane Hotels

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• AIRPLANE SUITE - Teuge, The Netherlands: an Ilyushin 18 airplane - built in 1960. In its first years, it served as a government plane for the DDR top dogs, including Erich Honecker - has been converted into a single luxury suite for two guests.
• AVIATOR HOTEL - Farnborough, Hampshire, England. This elegant 3-star hotel has been designed along the shape of a giant propella.
• HOTEL COSTA VERDE - 727 Fuselage Home, Manuel Antonio National Park near Quepos, Costa Rica. We have refurbished a vintage 1965 Boeing 727 airframe. Our phoenix is now ready for its future duty as the most exclusive hotel suite in Costa Rica.
• JUMBO HOSTEL - Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden. "Welcome to one of the world’s coolest hostels! Here you can spend the night onboard a real Boeing 747 jumbo jet – on the ground!"
• THE PLANE MOTEL - Woodlyn Park, Otorohanga, New Zealand. One of the last allied planes out of Vietnam: A 1950's Bristol Freighter fully refurbished into 2 beautiful self contained motel units.
• WINVIAN - Litchfield Hills, CT, U.S.A.: a 113-acre collection of themed cottages stocked with every comfort you could want on a winter’s evening, including fireplaces and complementary gourmet-filled minibars. One of the cottages is a converted Sikorsky helicopter.

Fantasy Hotels & Resorts

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• 9 H | 9 HOURS - Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. A new capsule hotel that offers luxury in a minimum living space. 125 capsules, locker rooms, showers, and a lounge.
• BLOW UP HALL 50 50 - Poznan, Poland. An interactive work of art with 22 luxurious rooms in this 5-star hotel. It offers a combination of luxury, high tech, the finest design and personal artistic experimentation. Its guests not only experience art but also participate in its creation. Comes with no reception area and no numbering on its individually-designed rooms. Instead of a key, each guest received an iPhone to find and open their bedroom doors by means of IT recognition technology.
• CONRAD MALDIVES - Rangali Island, Maldives. The legendary undersea Restaurant Ithaa 16 feet below sea level has just been converted into a unique luxury suite.
• FULL MOON HOTEL - Baku, Azerbaijan. Hotel Full Moon is essentially a disc with rounded edges and a hole in one of the top corners that appears radically different from the view depending on the angle it is seen from. This main building will be a 35 storey luxury hotel with 104,182 square metres of space for only 382 rooms, a relatively small amount of rooms given the sheer size of the internal space on offer. It will reach a maximum height of 158.68 metres.
• GALACTIC SUITE - Planned to open as early as 2012, the Galactic Suite is a floating space station accommodating two couples and their driver for four nights and 45 sunsets on an all-inclusive basis. Packages start at £2.8m per person.
• HUVAFEN FUSHI - Maldives. Luxury that dares to be different. Rejecting opulence in favour of the avant-garde. Breaking the rules, defying expectation, doing things our way – to the delight and passion of our discerning guests. Underwater spa rooms. Underground wine. Pristine waters below your ocean bungalow's glass floor. Immersed in surreal beauty in a private courtyard onshore. "Rooms" at sea - 68-foot sleek designer yacht or a traditional Maldivian dhoni, fitted with modern indulgences. Cuisine in the raw. Private dining experiences. A stretch of private beach or 1001 nights boudoir chic. Bespoke cruises. Reef journeys. Floating at infinity's edge. Thousands of bottles in the Maldives' most impressively stocked cave, guided by global chefs. Spa treatments that invite you to come out of your shell - in a Unite Me Crystal Ritual or a Turquoise Explosion.
• HYDROPOLIS - Dubai. anchored to the sea bed a quarter of a mile off the Dubai coast. It’s not the first underwater hotel on the planet (Jules’ Undersea Lodge, in Key Largo, has that honour), but it will be the largest, with 220 bubble-shaped Plexiglas suites priced at £3,500 a night. An undersea train will whisk guests from Jumeirah Beach to the lobby. the hotel will open in 2013.
• OIL RIGG RESORT - Mexico. Morris Architects won the grand prize at the 2008 Radical Innovation in Hospitality awards by using an abandoned oil rig to design a luxury resort with more than 300 suites, a fancy restaurant and ballroom, a casino and “stargazer lounge,” and a rooftop infinity pool.
• POSEIDON UNDERSEA RESORTS - Fiji. The world's first sea floor resort located on a private island in Fiji. Poseidon Resorts offers exciting adventures with luxury accommodation.
• ROOM 1014 AT PULLMAN PARIS BERCY - Paris, France. "The hotel room of the future." Designed by Natacha Froger, room 1014 is a concept room created as a study in luxury accommodation for the individual, short-stay business customer. The room's most shocking features are the see-through showers, floating TV sets or the mobile phone entry. A touch-sensitive remote controls all the room's automated functions, like the bedroom and shower lights, video projector, lightproof blinds and interactive TV menu.
• SONGJIANG HOTEL - Songjiang, Shanghai, China. 400-bed resort hotel rises from beneath the lake, clinging to a 300ft concave cliff face. Run by Intercontinental, it is hailed as a beacon of sustainability, with heat and hot water derived from geothermal sources and a grass roof that captures and filters rainwater. It’s due to open in mid-2013.
• ZIL PASYON RESORT - "Island of Passion", Seychelles. "The boldest way to experience barefoot luxury." A 35-room property on the Seychelles island of Félicité. The resort opens in 2011.

Ice Hotels

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• A New Spa Has Opened In The Arctic & It Looks Incredible - "Octola, the five-star private wilderness retreat in Finnish Lapland, has recently opened the Arctic region’s first luxury spa with pools, saunas and treatment rooms."
• Ice hotel - Wikipedia.
• Igloo - New World Encyclopedia.
• Inside ICEHOTEL 365, the world's first year-round hotel made of ice - The Telegraph.
• Inside the 2018 Icehotel: the world's 'coolest' pop-up - The Telegraph.
• Inside the world's coolest hotel: Sweden's ICEHOTEL - The Telegraph.
• Inside The World’s Most Dramatic & Remote Glacier Hotels - "For many people, the idea of traveling to a unique, remote location is becoming more important than ever, especially with resorts filling to capacity and social distancing a thing of the past. There is truly nothing more awe-inspiring and breathtaking than getting the opportunity to spend time on a glacier. Whether by helicopter or snowmobile transfer, getting to remote glacier locations are adrenaline-pumping experiences not for the faint of heart."
• The world's best ice hotels - Telegraph Travel.
• World's 10 Coolest Ice Hotels - Fodors Travel Guide.
• Blacksheep Village Igloo - since 2012. Le dou du Praz, La Plagne-Tarentaise, 73210 Mâcot-la-Plagne, Savoie, France. "Reservations are open from December 15, 2018 until April 15, 2019. However, we build our hotels in natural snow and are therefore dependent on the weather and snowfall to start construction (and yes, every summer, our hotels are melting and every winter you have to start all over again!)."
• Hotel Arctic Iglo - since 1988. Ilulissat, Greenland. "A World Beyond Imagination." The world’s most northerly 4 star hotel with a 5 star conference centre. Right on the edge of the Ilulissat Ice Fjord - a wonder of the world which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List - and well within reach for everyone who wants the experience of a lifetime.
• HÔtel de Glace - since 2001. Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Québec, Canada. "Enjoy an Unforgettable Nordic Getaway." Every year, the Hôtel de Glace is redesigned and rebuilt in its entirety. The first and only true ice hotel in North America.
• Ice Village | Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU - since 1998. Naka-Tomamu, Shimukappu, Yufutsu, Hokkaido, Japan. During the period from January 19 to February 28 in 2019, we will be operating an "Ice Hotel" where guests can have a below freezing accommodation experience. This Hotel consists of a dome-shaped space setup within the "Ice Village", with all its ceilings, walls, and furniture made with ice. Along with the "Outdoor Ice Bath" experience and the relaxing "After-Bath Ice Lounge", is this year's newly introduced breakfast provided with "Hot Onion Gratin Soup on Flame".
• ICEHOTEL - since 1989. Marknadsvägen 63, 981 91 Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. The world's first icehotel. 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. A hotel and art exhibition made of ice from the river Torne, each year reincarnated in a brand new design. "A place to discover silence, northern lights, glistening snow clad forests, reindeer, cloudberries, kettle coffee and much more."
• Igloo Åre - since 2012. VM-platån (Ski lift nr 22) 7 minutes from Åre Village, Sweden. "Surprise your loved ones with a cool and different night in perhaps one of Sweden romantic hotels - Igloo Åre. Here you are welcomed with a hot drink, dinner-on-one and a hot spa bath before it is time to curl up in sleeping bags and spend the night in one of our snöigloor. In the morning wakes you up with a hot drink and a different breakfast in the wintry snowscape."
• Lapland Hotels SnowVillage - since 2001. Lainiotie 99, 99120 Kittilä, Finland. "Season’s theme: Game of Thrones." Nearly 200 km above the Arctic Circle lies a unique and magical world made from ice and snow. Each year, around 20 million kilos of snow and 350,000 kilos of crystal clear natural ice are used to build the spectacular Lapland Hotels SnowVillage which changes in shape, size and design to amaze visitors year after year. The SnowVillage includes, for instance, ice sculptures, decorated snow suites, an ice restaurant and an ice bar, as well as an ice chapel.
• Northern Lights Village - since 2016. Rovaniementie 3222, 99830 Saariselkä, Finland. "Glass-roofed Village under the Aurora Borealis." Spend an unforgettable vacation in the glass-roofed village, beneath the green glow of the magical Northern Lights. Located in Saariselkä, The Northern Lights Village provides a unique opportunity to experience the magnificence of the Northern Lights and the wild nature of Finnish Lapland at close range, without sacrificing comfort.
• Snowhotel Kirkenes - since 2006. Sandnesdalen 14, 9910 Bjørnevatn, Norway. "Welcome to Snowhotel Kirkenes, the famous igloo hotel in Norway. Live the dream and spend a night in the snow, or go husky sledding, king crab fishing, and more. One of the most famous igloo hotels in Norway, and in the world. Our idea was to create something unique and natural. That`s why our hotel is built completely of snow and ice, and each spring melts back into the fjord. Idyllically placed, with the forest and mountains at our back, and the arctic fjord in front. 20 dreamlike rooms uniquely carved by master ice sculptors from around the world."
• SORRISNIVA: IGLOO HOTEL - since 2000. Alta, Norway: "A unique overnight experience in the northernmost ice hotel in the world." Experience the Igloo Hotel - the worlds northernmost ice hotel, built from ground every year with different themes. Get a break from your daily life and feel the serenity and silence the Igloo Hotel gives you. Wander among handcrafted ice sculptures or take an ice drink in our bar. Everything is made from pure snow and ice.
• Whitepod Eco-Luxury Hotel Valais - since 2004. Les Giettes, Des Cerniers, 1871 Monthey, Switzerland. "18 luxurious domes in the heart of the Alps." Whitepod aims to prove that hospitality and environmental conservation can coexist to create a unique and positive experience. The use of energy and water is controlled. The waste is recycled. Ingredients are purchased locally. The staff lives nearby and simply walks to work. Motorized transport is limited. Designed to combine ecology and luxury, a pod is a unique form of accommodation. A pod is a geodetic shape: a sphere composed only of triangles. The pods have a self-supporting framework which provides a solid structure whilst using a minimum of material.

Prison Hotels

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• BREAKWATER LODGE - Cape Town, South Africa. an 1859-built structure with castle-like ramparts on the glitzy Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in the heart of Cape Town, is the country's first jail-turned-hotel.
• COMFORT INN ALAMO RIVERFRONT - San Antonio, TX, U.S.A. Built in 1878, this 82-room hotel adjacent to the Spanish Governor's Palace once served as the San Antonio Bexar County Jail.
• FOUR SEASON Sultanahment - Istanbul, Turkey. Created from a century-old neoclassic Turkish prison in the core of this fabled city.
• Hotel Katajanokka - Helsinki, Finland. Built in 1837, this was the Helsinki county prison right up until 2002.
• JAIL HOUSE INN - Preston, MN, U.S.A. Used to be the Old Fillmore County Jail. Erected in 1869, it served as the town's jail house until 1970.
• JAILHOTEL LÖWENGRABEN - Lucerne, Switzerland. "Welcome to the Jailhotel Löwengraben – the first Jailhotel in Switzerland! The historical building was built in 1862. It was used as a prison until autumn 1998. Where prisoners attempted to escape for more than 135 years, today, tourists and residents of Lucerne enjoy the unique atmosphere of the JAILHOTEL and ALCATRAZ-BAR."
• KAROSTA PRISON - Liepaja, Latvia. Czarist prison fortress. A KGB prison experience. A sprawling 19th-century naval prison that became a Soviet jail house in Communist times.
• LIBERTY HOTEL - Boston, MA, U.S.A. Once the iconic Charles Street Jail is now the stunning, vibrant Liberty Boston Hotel.
• Malmaison - Oxford Castle, 3 New Road, Oxford OX1 1AY, England. This one time prison is now a stunning boutique hotel. The hotel's motto is: "This time, we take no prisoners."
• THE OLD LOCK-UP - North End, Wirksworth, Nr. Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Built in 1842, it served first as a magistrates house and then as a police station for 100 years. D. H Lawrence and his German wife Frieda, listed as an alien in the 1914-18 war, reported here weekly.
• UNITAS HOTEL - Prague, Czech Republic. This 19th-century convent became a secret interrogation center in Soviet times, with the noted dissident and future president Vaclav Havel a frequent "guest." Has re-opened as a stylish boutique hotel.

Tea-Plantation Hotels

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• CAMERON HIGHLANDS RESORT - Pahang, Malaysia.
• Glenburn Tea Estate & Boutique Hotel - Glenburn Valley, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
• GOOMTEE TEA RESORT - Hill Cart Road, Kurseong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
• MAKAIBARI TEA ESTATES - Kurseong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
• WINDAMERE HOTEL - Observatory Hill, Darjeeling, India.

Unusual & Remote Hotels

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• 8 Scariest Haunted Hotels Around the World - "Thanks to films like The Shining and its real-life inspiration, the Stanley Hotel, for some thrill-seekers there’s something frighteningly fun about the thought of spending the night in one of the world’s most haunted hotels. These eight hotels are some of the creepiest real-life haunted houses you can pass through this Halloween - if you dare."
• 9 outrageous luxury hotels coming soon - CNN.
• 10 abandoned hotels for the curious traveler to check out - "Luxury hotels and resorts conjure images of carefree travel, designer furnishings, lavish restaurants and the well-to-do milling about in grand fashion. But all that can change in rapid time, leaving decay and squalor in its place."
• 10 Coolest, Most Unusual VRBO Rentals In The World - "The pandemic has reduced us to the lowest form of travel - via armchair, but these extraordinary rental properties promise to make your sedentary excursions worthwhile. These are indeed some of VRBO’s most intriguing, cool and just plain strange places to book a stay when the world is a healthier, safer place for travel. Wine barrels, ice-cream shaped pools, and even an airplane are yours for the renting."
• 13 most notorious hotels in the world - "Luxury hotels with a front row to history. While many hotels have rich and varied stories behind every door, there are a few around the world that stand out for the momentous, scandalous or even tragic scenes which once unfolded there, but have now become a key part of their appeal. Here are 13 of our favorites."
• 16 Gorgeous Hotels Opening In 2021 - "The optimists among us have much to look forward to, with a slew of interesting hotels opening around the world, from New Mexico to Norway to the Maldives. (They’ll still be set up for social distancing and deep-diving into the sanity-soothing power of nature.) Some are a single entrepreneur’s passion project, while others are large-scale moves by the big brands. What they share is a painstaking attention to detail, a willingness to rewrite the rules and - in quite a few cases - genuine attention paid to sustainability. Whenever we can travel again, they will be waiting."
• 25 Unusual Hotel Rooms for Adventurous Travelers - "Bubbles, Tree Houses, And Cranes: 25 Surprising Places To Sleep Around The World."
• 50 of the world's most unusual hotels - "From quirky to downright weird, a guide to the most unusual places to stay, featuring the world's best spaceship treehouses, ice suites, underwater hotels and glass igloos."
• hotel shaped like two gigantic swords - "In Qatar, a country where the subway has a business class compartment and Friday brunch is a competitive sport, opulence is a mere baseline. This new addition to the Doha skyline is called Katara Towers and is divided between two hotel brands, the Fairmont and the Raffles. Each occupies one half of the 300,000 square meter building, which is designed to resemble a pair of Qatari crossed scimitars."
• Hotel That Inspired ‘The Shining’ Builds on Its Eerie Appeal - The New York Times.
• Inside 12 Of The Most Amazing Cave Hotels In The World - "There is a particular calm that happens when you first enter a cave hotel suite. The carved out stone walls quickly provide comfort and quiet, reducing the outdoor noise to a minimum."
• Luxury floating hotel opens in Sweden - "Framed by abundant woodland, surrounded by icy water and bathed in the glowing winter sun, this new hotel in Swedish Lapland already sounds pretty special."
• Overnight in the world's tallest treehouses - "Spend the night in the world's tallest treehouses."
• The gigantic moon hotel that could be built in Dubai - "Whether it’s a blast into suborbital space or a hotel stay among the stars, space tourism entrepreneurs believe one day we’ll all be opting for out-of-this-world vacations. The team behind Moon World Resorts reckon so too – sort of. They want to build a series of gigantic dome-like hotels resembling the moon, sitting here on planet Earth. More precisely, in Dubai."
• The most unusual hotels in the USA - The Telegraph.
• This treehouse isn’t for kids. It’s a luxury resort - "One of Japan’s most elegant hotels is actually a treehouse." It was the first seed of what is now Treeful, an upscale resort in Okinawa prefecture.
• UNUSUAL & UNIQUE HOTELS OF THE WORLD - "Be it underground, inside an igloo, up a tree or even underwater: browse by types."
• Vrbo - pronounced 'ver-boh', is an American vacation rental online marketplace originally known as Vacation Rentals by Owner or VRBO.
• world's 20 best treehouse hotels - The Telegraph.
• world's most breathtaking clifftop hotels - "When it comes to what makes a hotel truly spectacular, a cliffside setting is hard to beat. There can be little doubt then that some of the most breathtaking properties in existence happen to be perched dramatically on top of cliffs."
• world's sexiest, kinkiest & strangest hotels - The Telegraph.

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• 9h ninehours capsule hotels - "Business trips, travels, or overtime work. What features are required for overnight stays in urban hotels? Resetting your day, from one day to the next, needs three basic actions: take a shower, sleep, and get yourself dressed. We simply replace these actions with the time spent: one hour + seven hours + one hour. Based on this most straightforward concept of staying in a hotel, ninehours offers ideally simple urban stay unlike any other in the world."
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• ALASKAN ADVENTURE LODGES - The Wild Adventure Company. Alaska, U.S.A.
• AriaÚ Amazon Towers Hotel - Manaus, Brazil. Consists of 7 towers, with all 288 rooms elevated from the rain forest floor by approximately 10-20m and connected by approximates 5 miles (8.0 km) of catwalks. The hotel complex is one of the oldest and largest jungle lodges in the Amazon. It has become known for its luxury accommodations and celebrity guests. Describing it as "the ultimate treehouse", travel writer Patricia Schulz included the hotel as one of her "1,000 Places to See Before You Die".
• ASTORIA 7 - San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa), Spain. Each of the 102 rooms is individually dedicated to personalities, actors, actresses or directors, who have attended the San Sebastián International Film Festival ever since it first edition in 1953.
• Auberge des VoyaJoueurs - Monteneuf, France. As soon as you step into the reception area, the World game rooms and the game library carry you into a fun and friendly atmosphere. Celebrate togetherness with over 400 games! Games from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. On the ground floor, you’ll find an area covering 150 meters/square with our Party Games, large wooden games and Wii area.

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• BLOOMFIELD LODGE - Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Experience one of Australia's most exclusive luxury retreats in this unspoilt corner of Far North Queensland. A member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Bloomfield Lodge guarantees nothing but the best during your stay.
• BOURBON ORLEANS HOTEL - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. "A French Quarter Treasure."
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• BROWN PALACE HOTEL & Spa - since 1892. Past guests include the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown (she stayed at the hotel only a week after the Titanic disaster), infamous Denver crime boss Jefferson "Soapy" Smith, Dr. Sun Yat Sen (just before becoming the president of the new Republic of China), Queen Marie of Romania, the Duke of San Macario, and The Beatles. Presidential guests include Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Warren Harding, Harry S Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bill Clinton. The hotel was the site of the high profile 1911 murders in which Frank Henwood shot and killed Sylvester Louis "Tony" von Phul and accidentally killed an innocent bystander, George Copeland, in the hotel's "Marble Bar." Henwood and von Phul were rivals for (or shared) the affections of Denver socialite Isabel Springer, the wife of wealthy Denver businessman and political candidate John W. Springer. The murders culminated in a series of very public trials.
  People who are into the paranormal will get more than their share of ghost stories in the hotel. One which stands out from the rest is that of Mrs. Louise Crawford Hill. She ruled Denver society from her room in the hotel, room 904, which was her home for fifteen years (1940-1955). Later, when the hotel began to offer tours, the story of her life and heartbreak over a lost love were told to the visitors. Strangely, the switchboard suddenly began to receive calls from room 904. But this was impossible, as at the time, the room was undergoing renovation and had no furnishings, lights, carpet, or telephone lines. Before long, the story was eliminated from the tour and the telephone calls from room 904 stopped coming.

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• CABANES ALS ARBRES | Huts in the trees - Sant Hilari Sacalm, Spain. Huts in the Trees offers to the lovers of nature the pleasure of a stay in direct touch with the tree and its ecosystem, the pleasures of an exile among the foliage, some nights in a nest placed in the framework of the branches of a beautiful tree.
• CONTROVERSY TRAM INN - Hoogwoud, The Netherlands. New at the Controversy B&B is our luxurious train, a compartment with 21 metres length and 2.60 metres wide with a boat as bed (1.65 x 2.15 metres) off course with a television, the living room has a large screen with a beamer, there is heating and air-conditioning, the whole train is insulated and has double plated glass and last but not least it has a Jacuzzi with whirlpool and jet stream built in a Mexican sombrero.
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• Cradle Mountain Lodge - 4038 Cradle Mountain Rd, Cradle Mountain, Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania 7306, Australia. Widely considered one of Australia’s iconic wilderness experiences. Located on the edge of the spectacular World Heritage listed Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, one of Tasmania’s premier wilderness regions.

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• DAS PARK HOTEL - Ottensheim, Austria. Conceived and implemented primarily as a hospitality tool. It is constructed from repurposed, incredibly robust drain pipes. The external simplicity surrounds an unexpectedly comfortable interior - full headroom, double bed, storage, light, power, woolly blanket and light cotton sleeping bag.
• DENT STATION - the station is four miles from the village of Dent. Dent is positioned almost half way between Leeds and Carlisle, England. Dent Station now provides a stunning venue and base for self catering holidays. The station comfortably accommodates six people with three bedrooms, a large lounge, (former waiting room) and a large kitchen entertaining area (former ladies waiting room).
• Desert Cave Hotel - Coober Pedy, Outback South Australia. The Desert Cave Hotel allows you to experience dug-out style living, underground shops, bar and opal display areas - all within sandstone surrounds in the heart of Coober Pedy. As well as above and below ground accommodation, we offer outstanding dining and convention facilities. Visitors can stay underground, or if they prefer, above ground rooms are also available. Sleeping underground is a unique experience. Quiet, cool, dark and airy - the rooms are spacious with high ceilings. Most visitors say that sleeping underground gives them the best night's sleep they have ever had!
• DESROCHES ISLAND RESORT - "Paradise Perfection On A Hidden Seycehlles Island." Private Desroches Island is a luxurious Seychelles Resort in the Amirante Archipelago, considered to be of the most pristine and untouched islands still around today. The naturally inspired and tastefully modern Beach Retreats and Exclusive Villas provide the epitome in luxury and opulent indulgence. Blessed with one of the world’s healthiest climates, and miles of unblemished beaches, Desroches Island is a refuge for romance, adventure and pampered relaxation.
• Dog Bark Park Inn - Cottonwood, Idaho, U.S.A. Bed & breakfast guesthouse inside the World's Biggest Beagle. Guests enter the body of the beagle from a private 2nd story deck. Some of the dog's decorative furnishings are carvings by Dog Bark Park chainsaw artists Dennis & Frances. Inside and up another level to the head of the dog is a loft room with additional sleeping space plus a cozy alcove in the muzzle.
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• DRAGSHOLM CASTLE - one of the oldest secular buildings in Denmark. The original Dragsholm Castle was built around 1215 by the Bishop of Roskilde. During the Middle Ages, the building was modified from the original palace to a fortified castle. Today Dragsholm Slot is a restaurant, a hotel and a museum, and the setting for many parties, meetings and conferences. HAUNTINGS: Numerous witnesses and psychics have claimed that there are three ghosts who are residents at the castle: a grey lady, a white lady and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. The Earl is said to ride through the courtyard with a full horse and carriage.

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• FAIRMONT BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL CNT. Modelled on a baronial Scottish castle, this huge resort on the outskirts of Banff opened in 1888.Sam the Bellman and Fiery Bride: This Canadian landmark boasts more than one spooky resident. Anyone who loses their keys should be on the lookout for Sam the Bellman, a former employee who retired in 1967. After passing away a few years later, he supposedly "returned" to the hotel. Dressed in 1960s-style uniform, Sam appears to assist those who have trouble with their locked hotel rooms, and when spoken to, vanishes into thin air. Best not lose your keys during your stay. And that's not the only ghostly guest on-site.
  In the 1920s a young bride's wedding dress caught on fire on a long spiral staircase in the hotel by the candles that lined the staircase. Panicking, she slipped and fell down the stairs and broke her neck. Employees have since reported strange noises in the bridal suite, and an apparition wearing a long flowing wedding gown is seen on the stairs from time to time, vanishing after catching on fire.
• FannarÅkhytta - Jotunheimen, Norway. Norway's highest tourist lodge. This former weather station in Norway is situated on the edge of the Fannaråk glacier, the country’s highest at an elevation of 2,068 meters. It’s the perfect place from which to explore the Jotunheimen National Park and the surrounding glaciers and lakes.
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• Free Spirit Spheres - 420 Horne Lake Rd, Quallicum Beach, BC V9K 1Z7, Canada. Deep in Vancouver Island’s rainforest, this unexpected treehouse is available to tourists for overnight stays. Free Spirit Spheres (there are three from which guests can choose) are hand-crafted dwellings that are suspended from webs made of rope. Movement inside the sphere causes a gentle rocking that mimics the greater sway of treetops. Rates start at $135/night.

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• GAMIRASU CAVE HOTEL - Urgup, Cappadocia, Turkey. Gamirasu Cave Hotel is one of the Ultra-Luxury Hotels of the Middle East (Forbes). The Gamirasu is a welcome lesson in the simpler things in life (Frommers). Gamirasu is the name of an exquisitely restored 30 rooms troglodyte cave house opened in 1999. The hotel is located in a restored thousand-year-old Byzantine monastic retreat which offers modern conveniences without distracting from the spiritual feeling of the area which has been known to be inhabited for more than five thousand years.

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• HARBOUR CRANE | DE HAVENKRAAN - Harlingen, The Netherlands.
• HAUNTED HOTELS, B&B & INNS IN THE U.K. & U.S.A. - ghostly places to stay.
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• HAWTHORNE HOTEL - Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Historic landmark hotel. Opened in 1925. Rooms 325 and 612 said to be haunted.
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• Historic Anchorage Hotel - "Where Ghosts Are More than Just Stories: Curtains rumbling, shower curtains swaying, pictures flying—it's all par for the course at the Historic Anchorage Hotel. Stories of ghostly happenings have been circulating at the hotel for many years and are considered to be related to the death of the first Chief of Police, Jack Sturgus. On February 20, 1921 at 9:15 p.m., Anchorage's first Police Chief John J. "Black Jack" Sturgus was found shot in the back with a bullet from his own gun, steps away from the Historic Anchorage Hotel. It is rumored that his ghost returns to the scene of the crime each year, haunting the location of his untimely death, seeking justice for a crime still unsolved to this day."
• HOTEL ARCTIC - "A World Beyond Imagination." Ilulissat, Greenland. World’s most northerly 4 star hotel with a 5 star conference centre.
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• HOTEL BAKER - St. Charles, Illinois, U.S.A. Opened in 1928.
• HOTEL CAROLUS - Mechelen, Belgium. The Hotel is situated in the 15th century brewery Het Anker.
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• Hotel Domus Selecta Castillo De Buen Amor - The Castle of Good Love was built on the foundations of a fortress XI century and is in Topas, Salamanca. An aura of mystery surrounds this hotel, because it is said that he heard mysterious noises that sound rooms phones in the middle of the night. Every Halloween we live in the castle ‘The Curse of Good Love’, a terrific evening with no shortage in the witch who divines the future, horror games and a dinner of the most chilling. The decor, large rooms and the stone walls of the hotel will transport guests to the medieval period.
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• HOTEL GALVEZ & SPA - Galveston, Texas, U.S.A. Historic hotel opened in 1911.
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• HOTEL JEROME - Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. Built the hotel in 1889 to emulate the great European hotels such as London's fabled Claridge's and George V in Paris. "Often hailed as the premier Aspen hotel."
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• HOTEL MONTELEONE - 214 Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Built in 1886 in the Beaux-Arts architectural style with an eclectic flair. Hotel Monteleone is a historic landmark.
• HOTEL IM WASSERTURM - Cologne, Germany. International luxury hotel in what used to be Europe's largest water tower, is one of the most unusual hotels in Germany. Classified as a heritage site, you will find an extraordinary interior design of timeless modernity behind its 130-year old walls.
• Hotel Kakslauttanen & Igloo Village - Saariselkä, Finland. Offer 40 first-class log cabins. The cabins are located sufficiently far apart so that each cabin has its own peaceful garden area. The whole village, the cabins, restaurant and saunas, are hand made of the rare dead standing pine, kelo. We have the world’s largest smoke sauna with is own restaurant. The sauna has enough room to host up to 150 people.
• HOTEL PALAFITTE - Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Unique, the only five star hotel in Europe built on water. Built on piles on the lake of Neuchâtel in the middle of a most beautiful environment. The hotel is decorated with unique style, luxurious design and advanced technology, which stimulate feelings of absolute perfection.
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• HOTEL ROOSEVELT - opened on May 15, 1927. One of the most famous hotels in Los Angeles and one of the most haunted places in the world: Montgomery Clift's ghost is thought to haunt ROOM 928, where he stayed whilte filming From Here to Eternity, and can still be heard playing his trumpet. His spirit has also been spotted on the eighth floor; Marilyn Monroe's ghost has been seen reflected in a mirror in ROOM 229 and dancing in the hotel's ballroom. The ghost of glamorous movie star Carole Lombard, wife of Clark Gable, has been spotted on the 12th floor, where she and Gable often stayed.

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• JULES' UNDERSEA LODGE - underwater motel in Key Largo Florida. Experience a total diving environment with instruction programs for the novice and master alike. Key Largo, FL, U.S.A.

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• Kokopelli's Cave Bed & Breakfast - a privately owned luxury cliff dwelling located north of Farmington, New Mexico near the Mesa Verde National Monument.

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• LA BALADE DES GNÔMES - Heyd, Durbuy, Belgium. 10 extraordinarily-decorated and furnished bedrooms, evoke ideas from the four corners of the world, re-interpreted as fairy tales. Hidden in an unassuming farmhouse up a pleasant - but not particularly noteworthy - country lane, this amazing property was designed and built by architect and visionary hotelier Mr Noël. Originally opening an innovative restaurant, La Gargouille (the Gargoyle), specialising in delicious dishes using local ingredients and bio-organic produce, he has taken inspiration from fairytales to construct these amazing bedrooms, next door to the restaurant. Defying normal classification, these rooms highlight incredible imagination, attention to detail and sheer audacity to delight guests. Spooky.
• LIGHTHOUSES OF CROATIA - sleep in your own lighthouse.
• Longitude 131° - "Luxury Australian Outback Experience." Luxurious, eco-sensitive and romantic, Longitude 131° lies at the gateway of the dual World Heritage listed wilderness of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the heart of Australia's Northern Territory, complete with 5-class luxury and private views of the sun rising and setting over Uluru (Ayers Rock). With just 15 tents in total at Longitude 131° you only have to share this amazing experience with just a few others.
• LUXURY CAMPING IN ANDALUCIA - Baza, Granada, Spain. If you want to make your outdoor holiday a little more outdoorsy, why not camp in a tipi or stay in a rock-carved apartment?

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• Mihir Garh - named 'World's Most Extraordinary Hotel' by Lonely Planet.
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• MontaÑa MÁgica Lodge - Biological Reserve of Huilo-Huilo, Región de Los Ríos, Chile. "The water in these places has great purity, and from the idea, of showing the energy and life of this element, born the project of a mountain, from which comes the life and contains the magic of the forest, finding in each of its details, the beings and elements that are unique and irreplaceable, what came to life the native forests."
• MY TAILOR IS RICH - Arles, France. Old French monastery turned into art gallery / hotel.

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• PALACIO DE SAL - Colchani, Potosí, Bolivia. The first salt hotel in the world. Spa & golf course.
• PETIT ST. VINCENT - a private island resort in the Grenadines. The resort's accommodations are 22 luxurious cottages made from native blue bitch stone and featuring wooden sundecks. In keeping with the remote feel of the resort, there are no televisions or telephones.
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• PFISTER HOTEL - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Opened in 1893. The Pfister hotel has the largest Hotel collection of Victorian art in the world and has won the AAA Four Diamond award twice.
• PIC DU MIDI - Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrènèes, France. An exceptional destination in high mountain for the holidays and the weekends: families, tourist groups, school outings, events and seminars of companies. All year long, access by cable car from La Mongie, at feet of the Col du Tourmalet.
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• Planet Baobab - "Very unique and affordable luxury lodge."
• Posada de Mike Rapu - Easter Island hotel. Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and situated on a hill in the Te Miro Oone area, overlooking the ocean., is officially the most remote place on earth.
• POSEIDON UNDERSEA RESORTS - Fiji.
• PROPELLER ISLAND CITY LODGE - Berlin, Germany. "Live in a work of art."

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• QUEEN MARY HOTEL - Long Beach, California, U.S.A. RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line.

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• ROULOTTES DU BERRY - Lignières, France. Offers 50 genuine gipsy wagons for rent.

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• SAFARI-LAND RESORTS - Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Masinagudi, Teppakadu, Nilgiri-district, India. "Wildlife enthusiast, birdwatchers and holiday goers. Come here once and get addicted to the beauty of this place. At our luxurious tree houses, we provide all basic facilities: electricity, toilets, hot water and much more. Imagine the thrill and excitement of staying at the top of a tree perched high in the air!"
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• SALA SILVERMINE HOTEL - Sala, Västmanland County, Sweden. "Welcome to one of the world’s best-preserved mine settings! The underground environment is amazing and very beautiful. The Mine Suite - the world's deepest hotel room. The suite is situated next to our festivity hall, 155 m under ground surrounded by winding galleries and thrilling cavities. Upon arrival you get a guided tour of the 155 m level." Price: US$660 per night.
• SANT'ANGELO LUXURY RESORT - Matera, Italy. Placed in the enchanting rocky scenery of the Sassi of Matera. The hotel is the result of a great restoration process that involved cave-dwellings, buildings, stairs, narrow streets and courtyards thus creating a new concept of hotel...the "scattered hotel" or simply "albergo diffuso".
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• Saugerties Lighthouse - Saugerties Lighthouse, 168 Lighthouse Dr, Saugerties, NY 12477, U.S.A. An 1869 landmark beacon on the Hudson River that stands proudly as a Living Museum and a renowned Bed & Breakfast. Step back in time over a hundred years to experience the charm and rustic simplicity of life in the middle of the river.
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• Skylodge Adventure Suites - "Have you ever wanted to sleep in a condor's nest? Here is the next best thing! A transparent luxury capsule that hangs from the top of a mountain in the Sacred Valley of Peru." Pista 224 km, Urubamba-Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru.
• Sleep in a Calvados barrel - Pays d'Auges, Normandy, France.
• SONG-KUL YURTS - Kyrgyzstand. Located 3,016 meters above sea level, the lake is regarded as one of the country's jewels. Take a trip here in the summer and you’ll have the opportunity to stay with local families in traditional Nomadic yurts—lightweight, portable domed shelters designed to withstand high winds and inclement weather.

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• TaŞkonak Hotel - Aydinli Mah. Gungor Sokak No:23 Goreme, 50180 Göreme, Turkey. Offers an affordable boutique cave-hotel experience right in the heart of Göreme village's preserved old quarter. Our family-run hotel is half hewn into the hillside itself, providing a taste of Cappadocia's unique troglodyte architecture at good-value prices. Owners Yilmaz and Angela provide friendly, personalised service so that you can make the most of the geological beauty, and famed Byzantine history, of Cappadocia's UNESCO World Heritage Site. There is free WiFi throughout, and free parking is available right outside.
• Terelj Hotel and Tereljmaa Spa - "The Last Great Place on Earth." Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Reminiscent of an 18th-century country palace complete with crystal chandeliers and marble mosaics, the hotel is nestled next to some of the most carefully protected parkland in the country.
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• THE 1886 CRESCENT HOTEL & SPA - Eureka Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A. Opened in 1886. "At America’s Most Haunted Hotel, the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa legend has been formed from the many guests who checked out but have never left."
• THE ANDEAN COTTAGE - Casa Andina, Isla Suasi, Peru. Peru’s only solar-powered hotel. Situated 12,500 feet above sea level and surrounded by Lake Titicaca. Includes butler service.
• The Beach House at Manafaru - Manafaru Island, Maldives. The Beach House on the small island of Manafaru boasts 68 contemporary thatched villas, complete with king-size beds, iPod hookups, private pools and open-air bathrooms. Each villa also has an outdoor dining area, and if you want to really indulge, stay in one of the water villas with glass-paneled floors, or beach villas, which come complete with your own private beach. Water sports abound, and after a long day, you can head back to the resort's spa and indulge in a caviar and pearl facial.
• THE CHOCOLATE BOUTIQUE HOTEL - Bournemouth, Dorset, U.K. "The only chocolate themed hotel in the world!"
• THE GARVAULT HOTEL - Britain's most remote hotel. Garvault by Kinbrace, Sutherland, Scotland.
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• The Gibbon Experience - Bokeo Nature Reserve, Huay Xai, Laos. Eco tourism forest conservation project. Our project funds forest protection and community projects in Bokeo Nature Reserve, Northern Laos. Guests stay in tree houses and use our zip line cable gliding network to scour the primary forest in search of the illusive Black Gibbon.
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• THE LANGHAM LONDON LHW. "The original 'Grand Hotel'." One of the largest and best known traditional style grand hotels in London. Opened in 1865. The Langham also has a history of acquiring some uninvited guests during its 146 year history, reportedly having up to seven ghosts. Many of the sightings come from the time the hotel was occupied by the BBC. One of the BBC dormitory areas was frequented by a grey haired Victorian gentleman dressed in a cloak and cravat with blank staring eyes. It is said that he is the spirit of a Doctor rumoured to have killed himself after murdering his bride while they honeymooned in the old hotel. The most famous of The Langham’s ghosts is that which haunts ROOM 333. In 1973 a BBC Radio announcer, Alexander Gordon awoke suddenly in the night to see a fluorescent ball which slowly took on the shape of a man wearing Victorian evening wear. The announcer asked the ghost what it wanted and it began to float towards him, with its legs cut off some two feet below the ground, arms outstretched, eyes staring emptily. At this point the announcer got up and fled.
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• The Manta Reort - Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Off Pemba Island, the Manta Underwater Room is submerged beneath the Indian Ocean
• THE OLD CHURCH OF URQUHART - Parrandier, The Old Church of Urquhart, Meft Road, Urquhart by Elgin, Scotland.
• THE OLD LOCKUP - situated in the picturesque Derbyshire Dales market town of Wirksworth, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. An ideal location for exploring the unique landscape of the Derbyshire countryside, walking or cycling the High Peak Trail, or enjoying the many watersports on offer at nearby Carsington Reservoir.
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• THE STANLEY HOTEL - supposedly Stephen King wrote most of 'The Shining' in room 217. HAUNTINGS: Many believe the Stanley Hotel is haunted, having reported a number of cases of ghostly activity, primarily in the ballroom. Kitchen staff have reported to have heard a party going on in the ballroom, only to find it empty. People in the lobby have allegedly heard someone playing the ballroom's piano; employees investigating the music purportedly found nobody sitting at the piano. Employees believe that particular ghost is of Freelan O. Stanley's wife, Flora, who used to be a piano player. Ghost Adventure Package: This creepy experience includes a guaranteed 4th Floor room, a K2 Meter per reservation, a glow-in-the-dark Stanley Hotel squishy ghost per person, a REDRUM mug per person.
• THE WHITE HOUSE HOTEL - Herm Island, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Herm Island is 3 miles from the coast of Guernsey and measures just a mile and a half long and half a mile wide. Herm is the perfect place to stay for a truly relaxing island holiday and is ideal for families and anyone wanting to "get away from it all". Once on our paradise island enjoy our beautiful unspoilt beaches and safe, clean pollution-free environment. There are no cars, no crowds and definitely no stress.
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• Thonga Beach Lodge - Mabibi, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. "Enjoy the best coastline South Africa has to offer!" Thonga Beach Lodge is situated only metres from the beach and a 24 minute drive from Lake Sibiya (Southern Africa’s largest freshwater lake), which is part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, now internationally recognised as a World Heritage Site. Set above a secluded bay, Thonga Beach Lodge is nestled into a beautiful coastal dune forest with sweeping views of the stunning beach below. The thatched bush suites provide guest privacy and were carefully constructed to ensure minimal impact on the environment.
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• Torre Prendiparte B&B - Via Sant'Alo 7, 40125 Bologna, Italy. Lying in the very heart of the town, but well hidden among an entangled maze of alleys and narrow streets, Prendiparte is one of the few towers still standing. In the last few years the Tower has been an exclusive shelter (this is how its owner likes to describe it) in which you can sojourn, at bed & breakfast conditions, with the possibility of organizing cocktail parties, musical entertainment events, gala dinners or informal meetings, guided visits, birthday parties, but also business lunches and private meetings, for a limited number of people.
• TREE TOP HUT - in the treetop huts between Hamar and Lillehammer, Norway you can sleep safely and comfortably, with a view over Norwegian forest wilderness and in close contact with nature, birds and animals.
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• Treeful Treehouse Sustainable Resort - since August 2021. "Have a Treeful day." Enjoy the sustainable luxury. Currently you will stay at a set of Spiral Treehouse and an AeroHouse. This treehouse isn’t for kids. It’s a luxury resort. One of Japan’s most elegant hotels is actually a treehouse. It was the first seed of what is now Treeful, an upscale resort in Okinawa prefecture. 2578 Genka, Nago, Okinawa 905-1141, Japan.
• TREEHOTEL - located in Harads, near the Lule river, about 100 kilometers from Luleå airport, Swedish Lapland. Treehotel offers you a unique hotel experience: treerooms with contemporary design in the middle of unspoiled nature. Right now we offer five unique treerooms: The Cabin, The Mirrorcube, The Bird's Nest, The Blue Cone, The UFO.
• TUBO HOTEL - Tepoztlan, Mexico. "All tube hotel. The world's coolest orchard hotel at the lowest rates!"

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• UTTER INN - Västerås, Sweden. Floating, underwater hotel, where you sleep in an underwater aquarium.

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• Waitomos Hobbit Motel - Waitomo Woodlyn Park, New Zealand. Only 700 metres from the Waitomo Caves Village and 2 minutes from the Glow Worm Caves is our unique accommodation on board the beautifully refurbished Waitomo Express rail car. A 1950's Bristol Freighter fully refurbished into 2 beautiful self contained motel units. And the Worlds First Hobbit Motel!
• WINTERLAKE LODGE - Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. Situated 198 trail miles northwest of Anchorage, Winterlake Lodge is accessible by floatplane only. It may be remote, but it doesn't stint on luxury. Your handcrafted log cabin has all the creature comforts.
• Wolwedans Private Camp - Namibia. The camp boasts two spacious en-suite bedrooms, decks and a central lounge, which combines a study, living room, a dining area and a fully equipped kitchen.
• WOODLYN PARK - Otorohanga, New Zealand. "A show covering the complete story on New Zealand's country life from native forest to farmland. A real Kiwi experience. Stay a night in "The Waitomo Express", our "World First" Bristol Freighter, or the Hobbit Motels!"

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• YUNAK EVLERI - Yunak Mahalessi, Ürgüp, Tyrkey. Cave hotel at Cappadocia. "In Cappadocia’s magical landscape of fairy chimneys, in the ancient village of Urgup, is a unique hotel carved into a mountain cliff, the Yunak Evleri. This hotel includes six cave houses, 30 rooms dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries and a 19th century Greek Mansion. Yunak Evleri is an inspiring hotel – an ideal base for exploring Cappadocia’s elaborate underground cities, hidden cavernous churches and enchanting rock terrain."