The usual buffet and balcony overlooking the sea are rapidly giving way to new emotions. Sometimes it’s worth going on a trip just to visit a fairytale house, feel like a Teutonic knight, or watch a football match from the window of your own room. tmn magazine has prepared for you a review of twenty of the most unusual hotels in our country that are worthy of a must-visit.

Old Lavra Hotel
(Sergiev Posad)

The history of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra begins in 1337. Sergius of Radonezh founded it as a desert in a secluded place on the banks of the Konchura River. Almost immediately the monastery became the main shrine of Russia, all rulers came here for blessings. Even today it is one of the most visited places in the country.

In the first quarter of the 19th century, at the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, according to the design of the architect A.F. Elkinsky, a hotel for pilgrims was built, later called the “Old Hotel of the Lavra”. At one time N.I. stayed here. Grech, I.S. Shmelev, A.I. Kuprin, A. de Custine, T. Gautier, A. Dumas. And the famous artist Konstantin Fedorovich Yuon captured it in his painting “Winter. Sergievsky Posad" view from the hotel window.

The doors are always open here and every guest is welcome. The hotel has 79 rooms of different categories: from standard to luxury, with all amenities. The complex is located 100 meters from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra - the main attraction of the city. Guests are offered a free excursion there and even receive a personal guide.

Cheapest room: 1300 rubles/day

Most expensive number: 6000 rubles/day

Boutique Hotel "Library"
(Vologda)

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“Library” is 10 books in which “you can live.” Even its location is not accidental - at the intersection of the “literary” streets of Gogol and Chernyshevsky. In each room you will find something special: the mystical atmosphere of “The Master and Margarita”, the fabulous arithmetic of “Alice in Wonderland” or the warm summer everyday life of “Dandelion Wine”.

Here you can satisfy any hunger, both cultural and natural: under the roof of the boutique hotel there is a sauna club, a bookstore and a gastrobar that deserve special attention. On the menu you can find dishes from all over the world, prepared under the guidance of chef Yuri, who, according to guests, is a very cordial and hospitable person. By the way, a veranda was opened here in May, so now you can try new summer cuisine while listening to live music. Don’t forget to look at the cocktail menu: where else will you find specialists in gastromixology who can prepare “Borscht” that you can drink. And the last point in favor of the gastrobar - it is recognized as the best according to Tripadvisor.

Room “Dandelion Wine”

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Cocktail "Borsch"

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Cheapest room: 3500 rubles/night

Most expensive number: 5500 rubles/night

Hotel "Hermitage"
(Saint Petersburg)

It will take several years to walk around the Hermitage, stopping at each exhibit for at least a minute. But this is not a reason to leave the matter unfinished, this is a reason to come back here again. And the official hotel of the State Hermitage is what you need to relax between visits.

The building in which The Official State Hermitage Hotel is located originally served as a residence for the family of a local merchant named Lobov. It then became a cultural center with an adjacent theater.

At the first glance at the lobby of the Hermitage Hotel, any person will have an association with the famous Winter Palace. And not by chance. The main restaurant of The Official State Hermitage Hotel is named after Catherine the Great, and the menu contains a list of dishes that were once served in the Winter Palace. Each of the 126 rooms here is decorated in a unique style: soft, calm colors, parquet, a large number of wood in the decor - everything that will remind you of one of the world's largest art and cultural-historical museums. And, of course, in the Heritage Center, which is located in the hotel lobby, guests can purchase a ticket to the State Hermitage Museum or choose any of the excursions they like.

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Cheapest room: 24,640 rubles/night

Most expensive number: 560,000 rubles/night

LeapRus Capsule Hotel
(Terskol)

LeapRus Capsule Hotel is the last word in the achievements of autonomy, environmental friendliness and energy saving. This is an eco-hotel for climbers who prefer the comfort of technology to tents. LeapRus is located on the southern slope of Mount Elbrus, at an altitude of 3912 meters above sea level.

The hotel consists of several blocks resembling space capsules, which can accommodate 40 guests at a time. The project was worked on by architects from the Italian bureau LEAP factory, who built a similar hotel on Mont Blanc. It has everything you need in harsh mountain conditions: heating and heated floors, comfortable sleeping places, always fresh, dry sleeping bags, panoramic guest rooms, hot water and electricity. LeapRus 3912 is powered by solar panels, and melted snow is used to supply water to the complex.

Capsule price: 7500 rubles/night

Hotel Belovodye
(Adygea)

Once you get acquainted with the landscapes of Adygea, you will understand why it is included in the list of World Heritage Sites. natural heritage, along with the golden mountains of Altai, the forests of Komi and Lake Baikal. In past years, these picturesque places were called Hajokh - the land of those who performed the Hajj - the pilgrimage to Mecca. The creators of the Belovodye tourist complex tried to turn the shelter located here for lovers of autotourism into a wondrous fairy tale of the Gray Caucasus.

Hotel rooms with all amenities are decorated in traditional mountain style. Staying in this place, you can immerse yourself in the history of the region: homespun rugs, natural skins, wooden beds made of 200-year-old oak logs with a unique texture, grandmother’s painted chests, real carved wardrobes and chests of drawers from the late 19th century. “Belovodye” is a real museum of antiquities.

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Cheapest room: 2,250 rubles/day

Most expensive number: 6,000 rubles/day

Red Stars Hotel
(Saint Petersburg)

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Red Stars Hotel stands out as a bright spot against the background of cloudy St. Petersburg. It is obvious that the main emphasis in its interior is on the color red. The hotel floors are designed in graffiti style and named after world capitals: New York, Tokyo, London, Rio de Janeiro. On a separate sixth floor there is a cozy hostel, from the windows of which a beautiful panorama of Matisov Island and the Admiralty Shipyards opens.

The hotel opened in 2011 and already in July of the same year rose to third place in the ranking of the portal, which presents more than 200 hotels in the city. Since the first days of its existence, the hotel has been collecting the most enthusiastic reviews from its guests. Here you will find everything that not only you, but also your children need: a separate menu, children's supplies and entertainment.

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Cheapest room: 9,000 rubles/night

Most expensive number: 24,600 rubles/night

Hotel "Castle of Dreams"
(Domodedovo)

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If you want to make everything come true, even the craziest childhood dreams, then the “Castle of Dreams” is for you. Six fantastic stories are embodied in the hotel rooms, each of which transports its guests to a world of amazing sensations and images through unique design, sounds, lighting, music and herbal compositions.

The “Lagoon” room is stylized to resemble the seabed, the “Garage” room will be appreciated by car enthusiasts, the “Game” room reveals the theme of the classic Italian “Domino”, and romantic people will like the “Heaven” room, the guests of which, like no other, understand What does it mean to “float in the clouds”.

Room rates from 3,300 rubles/night

Hotel "Bastion of Emperor Paul"
(Pavlovsk)

The building was built by decree of Peter I back in 1797. But in 1944 there was a large-scale fire that destroyed it. And only in 2011 this place was turned into a hotel, in no way inferior in its grandeur to the rest of the emperor’s buildings. Local residents nicknamed the bastion “BIP” - Pavel’s big toy. After ascending the throne, Paul decided to realize his dream and turn the residence into a military fortress. He embodied all his childhood desires here, for example, when the emperor received parades, went for a walk or gave ceremonial dinners, 28 guns fired a single salvo.

In addition to the hotel, there is a restaurant in the building, where guests are offered 5-6 options for preparing the chosen dish, and if none of them suits the visitor, then the dish will be prepared according to the recipe that the guest recommends. Both the restaurant and the hotel's interior is designed in the style of the 18th century: antique dishes, ancient decorations and royally luxurious rooms.

Cheapest room: 12,000 rubles/night

Most expensive number: 60,000 rubles/night

Om House-hotel
(Krasnaya Polyana)

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“Om House” is located at an altitude of 600 meters above sea level at the foot of Mount Aibga. Externally, the hotel resembles one of those fairy-tale houses that we read about as children and which we so wanted to visit. All rooms in it are made in eco-style using natural materials: clay, straw, wood, impregnation based on oil and wax.

if you love leisure, you will be interested in hiking in the mountains, cycling and horseback riding in the picturesque surroundings, which the staff will be happy to organize for you. If not, there is nothing stopping you from sitting in the fireplace room or tea club. In addition, every evening, as a compliment, guests are offered a large thermos of delicious and healthy herbal tea.

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Room rate from 2,750 rubles/day

Hotel "Kraski"
(Krasnodar)

Krasnodar is generous with unusual things. For example, the city is often called “Dog Stlitsa”. He received this nickname thanks to Mayakovsky, who, after a trip to the city, noting that four-legged friends were often found on its streets, wrote a poem with the following line: “... This is not a dog’s wilderness, but a dog’s capital!” The townspeople reacted to this with humor and erected a monument in honor of this event on one of the central streets.

The Kraski Hotel can also be added to the list of unusual features. Its guests instantly forget about “gray everyday life” as soon as they cross the threshold of their room. Here they will find an almost full-fledged color therapy session: the design of each room is made in rich, rich colors. Lovers of the bright and unusual are unlikely to find something more daring in Krasnodar.

The Kraski Hotel welcomes guests at any time of the day: there are no specific check-in hours, so even the most late visitors can check in without any problems.

Room rate from 1900 rubles/day

Abalak
(Tobolsk)

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20 km from Tobolsk and in close proximity to the Abalaksky Holy Sign Monastery, a wooden fortress was erected, reconstructing a Siberian fort from the time of the conquest of Siberia by Ermak’s Cossacks. Going to Tobolsk and not visiting Abalak is a big omission. The creators tried to accurately convey the atmosphere Ancient Rus' and help guests immerse themselves in it. The views from the hill to the Irtysh River are as beautiful as they can be. The phrase “I fell into a fairy tale” is about this place.

It is difficult to find a more suitable place for those who want to appreciate real old village life. Even during the construction of the local guest house, Siberian house-building technologies were used, so real chopped towers made of pine logs perfectly retain heat and fill their guests with the energy of the Russian forest. In Abalak you will find the very atmosphere of calm and tranquility of rural life: homespun rugs made from shreds, beaded paintings on the walls, a table-chest in the form of a log house, standing near the window and serving at the same time as a table, bed and chest for storing things, an antique wall clock with cuckoo and wooden chairs.

However, the main object of the complex is not the hotel, but the White Owl tavern, stylized as antique and made of cedar. Let's be honest, the service here is terrible, but the food and its authenticity are beyond praise. Dumplings with pike, sterlet soup, rabbit in sour cream, grilled grouse and pheasants, and even young pigs roasted on a spit - this is here.

Cheapest room: 3,000 rubles/day

Most expensive number: 11,200 rubles/day

Hotel "Happy Pushkin"
(Saint Petersburg)

Fans of Alexander Sergeevich’s work will be delighted with the Happy Pushkin Hotel, because this is a real opportunity to spend several days in the poet’s first city family apartment, where he spent the happiest months of his marriage. The house with more than two hundred years of history remains happy today. The hotel has the atmosphere of aristocratic drawing rooms of the Pushkin era.

In addition to Pushkin, many aristocrats lived in this building and it is not surprising, because the house has a luxurious interior: high ceilings, decorative tiles and antique furniture. 37 rooms, from economy class to luxury class, each with a unique layout, do not have traditional numbering. All of them bear the names of women who filled the poet’s life with meaning, gave food to his creativity, and served as a source of inspiration.

Room "Maria Alekseevna"

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Cheapest room: 2,989 rubles/day

Most expensive number: 13,489 rubles/day

Chalet-hotel "Taiga Dachas"
(Zvenigorod)

On a huge area, surrounded by a densely growing forest, next to the banks of the Moscow River, there are numerous wooden country houses, built using ancient architecture technologies. The appearance of these houses and the decoration of the farmsteads alone is fascinating and impressive. The rooms are stylized in the same vein: stoves, hemp, hay ottomans, original decorative elements. All of them are divided into three categories: Tourist, Traveler and Romantic.

Lovers of Russian national flavor will appreciate the Taiga Dachas chalet-hotel located two kilometers from Zvenigorod. Only here guests will be offered traditional Russian games of gorodki, horse riding and rides on an ancient sleigh.

Cheapest room: 900 rubles/day

The most expensive house: 195,000 rubles/night

SLEEPBOX HOTEL
(Moscow)

The first capsule hotel in Russia is located on 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya. In European countries this is not a new phenomenon, however, if in Western analogues the rooms are really capsules, then “Sleepbox Hotel Tverskaya” offers its guests sleepboxes, or otherwise modular rooms.

There are modules for one and two people, with and without TV, made of wood or aluminum. They were developed by architects Alexey Goryainov and Mikhail Krymov from the Moscow bureau Arch Group in 2011. For guests accustomed to the traditional room format, the hotel has several standard rooms: five double rooms and one family suite for four. These rooms have their own showers and toilets, wardrobe and TV.

Cost of capsules from 2,600 rubles/day

Hotel Bronze Boar
(Voronezh)

“...Any visitor can easily find this place: just ask anyone about the bronze boar, and he will show the way...” - this phrase of Andersen is considered business card hotel and clearly illustrates its concept.

The first signature hotel in Russia was originally supposed to have a different name. The working title, oddly enough, was “Andersen,” however, it was later replaced by “The Bronze Boar” - in honor of the first work of Hans Christian, published in pre-revolutionary Russia, from which the lines were taken.

Almost simultaneously with the first edition, the building in which the hotel was located was built. Guests called it “a European corner in the very center of Voronezh.” It still preserves the history of those days: even after reconstruction and decoration of the building, details were preserved that convey the atmosphere and spirit of the 19th century. Sometimes it seems that time has stopped here and allowed you to enjoy the peace and quiet behind the reliable ancient walls. Each room has a small garden patio where you can take advantage of this and spend time alone with yourself.

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Cheapest room: 2,750 rubles/day

Most expensive number: 5,000 rubles/day

Park Hotel Dacha Wintera
(Karelia)

The pristine luxury of Karelia’s nature, a history rich in facts, the capital’s level of comfort - you will find all this in the Dacha Winter park hotel, surrounded by a coniferous forest descending towards Ladoga. Gustav Winter is a brilliant surgeon and an outstanding public figure. His main love was landscape architecture. Today in the arboretum you can see about a hundred species of plants, including plants from the southern hemisphere. There is also a museum on the territory of the park hotel, through which you can trace the rich past of Winter's dacha.

The hotel offers 22 double rooms, including 19 standard, one luxury, one junior suite and one room for people with disabilities. In any season and any weather, at the Dacha Wintera park hotel, guests can relax body and soul, receiving a lot of new impressions: sit on the shore with a fishing rod, collect a couple of baskets of mushrooms and berries, taste clean spring water, try local cuisine, feel the smells of a pine forest and immerse yourself in silence.

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Cheapest room: 6,000 rubles/day

The most expensive cottage: from 26,000 rubles/day

Hotel Villa Anna
(Sochi)

The first thing that will amaze guests of this place is the architecture. The hotel is located in a mansion designed in the style of a 16th-century Scottish castle. At the entrance, guests are greeted by medieval knights seated by a pool with goldfish, water lilies, lilies and hyacinths.

Here, every guest has the opportunity to stroll through the evergreen subtropical garden, plunge into the warm water of the outdoor pool next to blooming exotic plants, and taste the first-class home cooking of the Good Merlin restaurant. Here, upon special order, sturgeon, pig or lamb will be cooked on a spit. Another pleasant surprise - the hotel borders the territory of the Arboretum park, is located in close proximity to the Circus, Summer Park named after. Frunze and a few minutes from the sea.

Cheapest room: 3,700 rubles/night

Most expensive number: 25,000 rubles/night

Boutique Hotel "Ostrovsky Prichal"
(Kostroma)

Once upon a time there was a river station on the site of the hotel. Probably, it was this fact that inspired the creators of the interior. To ensure that guests have the opportunity to admire the beautiful Volga landscapes, many rooms have panoramic windows, and guests are given the opportunity to choose where they will go: to the shore or to the river. The views that will open before you every morning are reflected in Savrasov’s paintings and prompted Eldar Ryazanov to film “Cruel Romance” here. The hotel cafe is stylized after this film.

The only drawback that visitors talk about is soundproofing, but otherwise the hotel’s creators tried to derive the “formula of a successful hotel” and provide everything necessary for both vacationing guests and guests who came here on business.

Room rates from 2,100 rubles/day

Nesselbeck Hotel
(Kaliningrad)

His compatriot Immanuel Kant in Kaliningrad, and in the past Königsberg, is often called the “hero of the place” or “symbol of the region.” A local university, a museum, a park and even, oddly enough, are associated with his name. Cathedral. Perhaps that is why the only functioning castle in the city decided to connect its history with the most famous German order.

Nesselbeck Hotel is a castle built according to all the canons of medieval architecture. Each of the 23 rooms bears the name of one of the masters of the Teutonic Order, which you can get to know better in the museum at the hotel.

Incredible facts

The first thing every hotel owner thinks about is who will be its visitors.

Accommodation must suit the needs of visitors and what is suitable for a two-week luxury holiday is not always necessary for a one-day business trip. Likewise, for more adventurous visitors, a typical hotel setting may seem boring.

It is for these intrepid, quirky travel lovers that these unusual hotels were built.

The Mirrorcube Hotel, Harrads, Sweden

Hotel TheMirrorcube is a lightweight aluminum box, 4x4x4 in size, suspended around a tree trunk and covered with mirrors. The inn itself sleeps two people, and the room has a double bed, a small bathroom, a living room and a rooftop terrace. You can get to the hotel via a rope bridge connected to another tree.

The hotel is camouflaged under a tree canopy, and one-way mirrors provide a 360-degree view of the surrounding area. To prevent birds from colliding with reflective glass, the glass is coated with an ultraviolet color that is only visible to birds.

Icehotel, Jukkasjarvi, Sweden

Hotel Icehotel- This is the largest hotel made of ice and snow. Visitors can sleep on a bed made of snow and ice, like most of the furniture, in temperatures of minus 5 degrees Celsius.

Every year the entire hotel building melts down and is then rebuilt. In November, a team of architects rebuilds the rooms, bar and chapel from several tons of ice. And if you dream of walking in snow, then you should visit this hotel again, because each time it will be a different hotel.

Marmara Antalya Hotel, Antalya, Türkiye

Hotel Marmara Antalya consists of 208 rooms overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, the Taurus Mountains and Antalya.

This is the world's first revolving hotel. The top floor, which contains 24 rooms, rotates, giving visitors an ever-changing view. The hotel floats in a pool that holds 478 tons of water and, with the help of six electric motors, rotates 360 degrees at its base several times a day.

Dog Bark Park Inn, Cottonwood, USA

Hotel Dog Bark Park Inn(Hotel Complex Dog Barking), is a building in the shape of a large beagle, offering bed and breakfast and accommodating up to four people at a time. Visitors can enter the huge dog's room through the balcony. There is a bedroom in the dog's head, a gazebo inside the dog's muzzle, and the toilet is hidden in a fire hydrant.

A huge beagle named SweetWilly, over 9 meters high, over 10 meters long and over 4 meters wide, made of wood and covered with plaster, and the ears are made of carpeting.

Jules Underwater Lodge, Key Largo, USA

Hotel JulesUnderwaterLodge is a former research laboratory and the world's first underwater hotel. It rests on stilts 1.5m from the bottom of a tropical lagoon, surrounded by aquatic wildlife.

To get inside, visitors dive 6.4 meters underwater and enter the room through the floor of the room. Compressed air prevents water from rising and flooding the room. Also, in order to visit this hotel you will need to take a 3-hour scuba diving course.

Tianzi Hotel, Hebei Province, China

Built in 2000, the 10-story building represents the Chinese gods. Ew, Lou And Shu, which symbolize good luck, prosperity and longevity. Hotel Tianzi is the largest hotel-like hotel in the world. God Shu, the one on the left is holding a peach in his hand, which contains a suite, and the entrance to the hotel is located at his right foot.

Sandcastle Hotel, Weymouth, UK

This coastal resort is made entirely of sand, with 1,100 tons of sand to be exact. The construction of the hotel, which was completed by 2008, involved 4 sculptors who built it over the course of a week, 14 hours a day. However, the hotel itself held out until the first heavy rain.

For $15 a night, visitors could sleep under the stars and wake to the tide splashing against the hotel doors. This hotel is not the best option for those who do not like sand in their swimsuit or those who need an enclosed toilet.

Hotel Karostas Cietums, Liepaja, Latvia

This hotel is a former military prison built in 1905, housing revolutionaries, enemies of the people during Stalin's times and later the KGB. While an exemplary hotel should be safe, clean and have good staff, the hotel Karostas, breaks down every fundamental notion of hospitality by inviting visitors to experience the eerie atmosphere of a prisoner.

Here you can sleep on rough prison bunks, eat prison food and experience less than friendly treatment from prison guards.

Kokopelli's Cave Bed and Breakfast, Farmington, New Mexico, USA

This one-room cave house, located 30 meters underground, was hewn out of the rock in 1980, with three holes for ventilation and electricity. Visitors can reach this bed and breakfast by walking down a steep cliff and stairs. To stay at the hotel you must sign a liability waiver.

Godiva Chocolate Suite Hotel, New York, USA

Chocolate manufacturer Godiva built this suite entirely out of chocolate, including the chairs, bed, artwork, lamps and walls. In 2008, the chocolate room was moved to the hotel BryantPark for Valentine's Day. Being incredibly sweet, this hotel room is more for eating than sleeping.

Hotel Palacio de Sal, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

The hotel features a living room, dining room, bar and 15 bedrooms made entirely of salt. The hotel was built from salt blocks that were brought from the wide surrounding salt plains and held together with a cement-like mixture of salt and water. The only thing that isn't made of salt in this hotel are the toilets and the tin roof. A quick note: the innkeeper urges visitors not to lick the walls.

Kumbuk River Hotel, Buttala, Sri Lanka

The hotel is located on 16 hectares of desert along the river Oya Kumbukkan, where visitors can stay in the belly of a giant elephant. The two-story eco-hut is built from grass and branches, and on windy days the inn begins to sway.

Giraffe Manor Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

This elegant six-room inn, modeled after a Scottish hunting lodge, is distinguished by the fact that giraffes' heads protrude from its windows. The hotel owners are simply obsessed with giraffes. In the estate you can see live giraffes, poking their heads towards guests in the hope of being fed. This place also houses a conservation center and an elephant sanctuary.

Hotel on wheels Hotelmóvil

Hotel Hotelmovil can be located anywhere there is ample public parking, being a two-story trailer with 11 bedrooms that can accommodate up to 44 people. This mobile hotel has an outdoor terrace, private bedrooms, flat screen TVs, Wi-Fi and luxury amenities that claim to be five-star.

HotelMarquesdeRiscal, Rioja Alavesa, Spain

Hotel Marques offers 43 uniquely shaped rooms in two sections connected by an impressive suspension bridge. The entire building rises on columns, which allows the space underneath to be used as an entrance platform.

The billowing titanium canopies that adorn the hotel are not only functional, but also pleasing to the eye of visitors. Nestled on sunny hills, these colored metal plates serve as an environmentally sustainable umbrella and temperature modulator.

Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren, Stavoren, Netherlands

Hotel de Vrouwe Converted wine barrels into four double rooms with standard amenities, bathroom and living room. Wooden barrels holding 14,500 liters of wine still smell like wine Beaujolais, which was once stored here. Even though the rooms are quite small, they are very durable and airtight.

HotelRyugyong, Pyongyang, North Korea

Also called Hotel of fate, Ryugyong once aspired to become the tallest hotel in the world. The 105-story, 3,000-room project was abandoned in 1992 for economic reasons, but construction resumed in 2008.

Instead of becoming the tallest hotel in the world, it became considered the worst designed building in the world.

IKEA Sovhotell Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden

For those who are pretty exhausted from shopping, there is a hotel in the center of the Stockholm shopping center Sovhotell.Company IKEA offers tired customers pillows, sleep masks and even soothing music. Here you can find single and double beds, and even a honeymoon room. It is possible that the company is simply tired of customers who constantly test the durability of their mattresses.

Today we would like to present you with an overview of the 10 most unusual hotels in the world.

1. Giraffe Manor Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

This amazing guesthouse is probably the most wonderful place on our planet, where you can not only relax from worries, but also communicate with the animal world of Africa. The mansion is a haven for the endangered species of Rothschild giraffes, which are listed in the Red Book and are on the verge of complete extinction.

Every morning you can see a funny picture here: giraffes are let out for a walk, and the windows in the guesthouse are specially open for this time, and everyone can treat the graceful animals with some fruit from their table, as well as take an exclusive photo as a souvenir. Little travelers are especially happy about this start to the day.

The unique estate was built by David Duncan in 1932, choosing a place for it near the capital of the state of Kenya, Nairobi. In the 60s of the last century, the estate changed several owners, until in 1974 it was bought by a hereditary nobleman from an ancient Scottish family, Jock Leslie-Melville, who settled here with his wife, an American citizen, Betty.

This philanthropist is famous for founding the African Foundation for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW). At first, Jock and Betty gave birth to two cubs of Rothschild giraffes, and during the entire existence of the estate, several generations of these beautiful and noble animals grew up on its territory.

The idea of ​​​​accommodating tourists who wanted to live there for a while on the territory of the estate was brought to life by Betty after the death of her husband, and now the Giraffe Manor Hotel is a constant success among all travelers to Africa.

There are six rooms in total, so it is not crowded, and the interior of the house is designed after Scottish hunting lodges.

Many tourists come here not for the first time with children of different ages and stay for a week. Therefore, in the morning, while feeding the animals by hand through the open windows, the entire ancient estate is filled with enthusiastic cries and iridescent children’s laughter.

Kenya is famous for its diversity of protected flora and fauna, and here you can enjoy not only communication with the endangered giraffe species. You should visit the picturesque lakes Nakuru and Bogoria, the surrounding area of ​​which is home to a large population of pink flamingos.

2. The Library Hotel, Manhattan, New York

This quaint Manhattan hotel is located just a block from New York's Grand Central Station. largest city USA. In the immediate vicinity there are prestigious shops and fashionable restaurants.

Just three blocks and a fifteen-minute leisurely walk away you will find the famous Times Square, Broadway theaters and the Radio City Music Hall.

Guests can enjoy a luxurious library, an excellent restaurant and a free buffet area with wines and cheese every night. All rooms are equipped with minibars and DVD players.

Personalized books are available, as well as free Wi-Fi, a large flat-screen cable TV and an iPod docking station. Bathrooms include slippers and bathrobes.

Guests can visit the poetry garden or rooftop terrace overlooking the majestic Empire State Building, enjoy a free collection of DVDs and visit the New York Athletic Club.

Madison & Vine Restaurant invites guests to continental breakfast and lunch, and any cocktails can be ordered in the Bookmarks Lounge or right in the library reading room.

As a guest of the Library Hotel, you can read local newspapers, use a computer and printer, have 24-hour access to the reading room, the poetry garden and the Famous Writers Night.

3. Karostas Cietums Hotel Liepaja, Latvia

The building was built at the beginning of the last century, and during tsarist times political prisoners were kept in it. During the Soviet Union, Karosta Cietums was a real prison for war criminals. It was finally liquidated in 1997.

The castle, unfortunately, is in a very poor condition, but tourists from all over the world come here every year - from May 1 to October 1 - to inspect the cells where political prisoners and war criminals were imprisoned.

The service here is quite original: guests are dressed in prison clothes, all personal belongings are confiscated and, wearing the obligatory handcuffs, they are escorted through dimly lit corridors to their cell.

The interior furnishings in these casemates have not changed for many years: the same shabby bunks, tiny windows with indestructible bars, a prison menu of bread and water, and staff dressed in guard uniforms.

One cannot dream of any kind of friendly attitude. But still, guests gain valuable experience here - thanks to the fact that an invisible time machine takes them from the present day to the distant past, which has long become history.

Guests have the opportunity to fully experience the atmosphere of that time, which is facilitated not only by the gloomy walls of the underground chambers, but also by the carefully restored surroundings - Chekist leather jackets, captured cut glasses and portraits of the classics of Marxism-Leninism on the walls.

If you wish, you can stay overnight and listen to the heartbreaking screams of the “interrogated”, and if you are very lucky, you can even meet the ghosts of former prisoners.

4. Underwater hotel Utter Inn, Lake Mälaren, Sweden

In Sweden, near the small town of Västerås, on the picturesque Lake Mälaren, there is a unique hotel, Utter Inn.

This unusual design was invented and brought to life by Mikael Genberg, a Swedish artist and sculptor. He decided to create an unusual hotel and built several exotic modules for extreme recreation.

For the first time, such a hotel was launched and explored by the first guests in the early summer of 2000. The weather was windy and cloudy, but the guests were satisfied with their vacation, although calling the floating house a three-star establishment is a stretch.

Utter Inn is designed after a traditional Swedish cottage called a stuga, which is painted primarily bright red. Mikael managed to realize the Swedish dream - to build a stuga far from civilization.

The bedroom is located at a depth of three meters. The underwater part is equipped with huge windows, but don’t expect to see anything original, since behind them is a cold lake, and not the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean teeming with inhabitants.

Those wishing to retire in extreme conditions register in the town of Västerås, and then go by boat to their place of residence. The private hotel is located a kilometer from the coast.

In the upper part, protruding above the water, there is a small kitchen, dining room and toilet, and along the perimeter there is a terrace. Downstairs is a bedroom with two beds and a table.

If you're lucky with the weather, exciting fishing awaits you. You can take a boat ride on the lake or just admire the scenery. Dinner can be delivered to guests upon request.

5. Propeller Island City Lodge Berlin, Germany

This extravagant hotel simply blew up the whole world of non-standard tourism. The hotel's creator, Lars Stroschen, demonstrated true design talent and made his dreams come true, spending one and a half million dollars.

It has only 45 rooms, but not one is similar to the other. You can order rooms with a bed floating in the air or a mirrored room in the middle of which stands a luxurious huge black and white sofa.

Fans of bright interiors will appreciate the “orange” room, where all objects are painted in the appropriate color.

Those who like close attention can stay in a room called “Museum”. An abundance of pictures, frames and a backlit bed are attributes sufficient to make you feel like an outlandish exhibit.

There are apartments where lovers of gothic, medieval and horror films about vampires can happily sleep in a comfortable double coffin.

The “Upside Down” number is also impressive. The ceiling is occupied by tastefully “arranged” furniture, but below there is a complete absence of it. However, you just have to pull a special cord - and a bed or table will immediately appear from the floor.

Those who dream of sleeping in heaven will definitely love the Clouds room. It is distinguished by the clear lines of a comfortable bed, light parquet flooring and huge paintings depicting clouds floating across the blue sky.

Those who want to feel the spirit of freedom are provided with a room in the form of a prison solitary confinement room, with a small hole in the wall through which the “breeze of freedom” filters through.

Such a riot of creative thought awakens erotic fantasies in some guests. The owner himself has nothing against this development of events, but reminds that his brainchild is not only a hotel, but also a work of art. Therefore, guests are warned about the obligation not to break or spoil anything in a fit of passion.

6. Hotel de Glace, Quebec, Canada

The Ice Hotel is a Canadian landmark and is considered one of the best five-star hotels in the world built entirely from ice. The furniture, which is very comfortable, according to tourists, is also made of ice.

It has its own bar, cinema, two art galleries and, of course, comfortable rooms with all amenities, as well as a heated toilet and an outdoor jacuzzi. You just have to sleep in fur-lined sleeping bags.

The hotel first opened its doors in January 2001, and it is located near Quebec City, next to the Montmorency Falls. More than 500 thousand tourists visit it annually.

The area of ​​the complex is small - only three thousand square meters. m, and every year houses with new interiors are rebuilt on it. The construction of this original hotel takes about 4.5 thousand tons of snow and 250 tons of ice.

It is clear that the equipment in it is real, not ice, and the doors are made of wood, and the fireplace burns with a scorching flame, but the bar has glasses made of resistant ice that do not melt even from the heat of the barbecue. However, guests prefer paper cups with wine and coffee.

Every year in mid-January there is a grand opening of the newly built hotel with magnificent fireworks, fakirs and orchestral music. The boarding house operates only for three months and disappears naturally, warmed by the rays of the warm spring sun in April.

Canadians borrowed the idea of ​​an unusual structure called Hotel de Glace from the Swedes, where a similar ice palace, only four times larger, has long been welcoming visitors and residents of the country.

7. Das Park Hotel, Ottensheim, Austria

This unusual hotel is located in Austria, on the outskirts of the town of Ottensheim in the federal state of Upper Austria, 11 km from Linz. All Das Park rooms are located inside decorated fragments of concrete sewer pipes, and the weight of one such section is 9.5 tons.

The area of ​​each room does not exceed two square meters, on which there is a comfortable double bed, bedside table and table lamp. It has electricity and a vent like a roof window.

Excellent insulation is provided by concrete walls, which keep the inside of the pipe cool in hot weather, and retain heat in autumn and spring. The hotel is only open from May to October, so reservations must be made in advance.

The back walls of the houses are decorated with drawings by the Austrian artist Thomas Latzel Ochoa, which add some variety to the monochrome interior of the pipes repurposed into living spaces.

Das Park Hotel was “built” in 2004 in the city of Linz by the architect Andreas Strauss, but a few years later the houses were moved to the town of Ottensheim, and currently its permanent location is Rodlpark on the picturesque banks of the Danube.

The creators of this unique hotel emphasize that the Das Park Hotel project is non-profit, and tourists pay for the time they stay in it at the end of their vacation, leaving as much as they consider sufficient for such living conditions.

According to statistics, tourists pay 50 euros per day, and the maximum period for which they stay is three days.

There are no amenities or running water in the rooms, but toilets and showers are located in a building next to the hotel, which also has a small swimming pool - for a fee.

Guests can enjoy cafes and bars located on the territory of the local castle. Making fires in the park area is strictly prohibited, but picnic lovers can lay out a tablecloth and have a feast in absolutely any place they like.

8. V8 Hotel, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

This quaint hotel in Stuttgart is a car fan's paradise. Its design uses car parts and parts from the most prestigious and famous models. There are various modifications of the 70s Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz car washes, a Morris Minor garage and much more.

The modern 4-star boarding house is located on the territory of a garage and exhibition complex in the town of Böblingen (6 kilometers from Stuttgart), an exclusive automobile museum organized on the site of the first airport of Baden-Württemberg. The hotel, impressive with its original design, offers 24-hour free internet access.

V8 Hotel is one of best places Germany for car enthusiasts. All rooms of this unusual hotel are decorated in a colorful manner, and vintage cars and new models are displayed on an area of ​​20,000 square meters. m.

The interiors of the rooms demonstrate a Bauhaus design typical of the middle of the last century, diluted with original automotive motifs. The rooms have satellite TV, a kettle, coffee maker and a work desk. The former airport building houses shops, boutiques, cafes and restaurants.

9. Capsule Hotel Den Haag, Holland

The apartments moored off the coast of Vlissengen are none other than the orange escape capsules that are used on oil platforms in the seas and oceans around the globe.

They were first put into production in the early 70s of the last century. The houses, which do not exceed 4.25 meters in diameter and are equipped with dry closets, guarantee their guests complete isolation from the outside world. Not all tourists will agree to live in such conditions, but those who wish can be accommodated in round capsules of three people.

For the first time, such capsules began to be used for other purposes in 2004, as part of an art project. Their owner Denis Oudendijk intends to place eight more ready-to-use orange mini-hotels in the center of Amsterdam and in the city of Nantes in France.

The basic option is available to guests. It includes an overnight stay in a sleeping bag and NZ food (emergency supply). There is also a luxury version in the style of James Bond. If anyone remembers, a similar capsule was used during the filming of the series “From Russia with Love.”

The deluxe package includes fur sleeping bags with silk lining, a DVD player and James Bond films, a small bar with sparkling wines and a collection of vodkas that can be mixed into a shaken-not-stirred martini cocktail.

Unique mini-hotels are already open from May to October, until the first cold weather. So thrill-seekers can prepare to leave. And those suffering from seasickness should not worry: the capsule hotel Den Haag behaves on the water surface like a float and sways at the slightest gust of wind.

10. Hang Nga Hotel, Da Lat, Vietnam

Local residents call this hotel the “Madhouse”. This is a boarding house, a cafe, and an art gallery - as they say in the West, “three in one.”

The architecture of this unique man-made structure is impressive: the building is designed in the shape of a giant banyan tree and has five levels, and each room is decorated in its own style, different from all the others.

During its construction, unique works of local artisans and ancient manuscripts were used. Mrs. Dang Viet Nga always dreamed of designing something special, unlike anything else, and she achieved her goal.

The hotel was erected in memory of her father Truong Tinh, President of Vietnam from 1981 to 1988. It amazes with the abundance of skillful carved elements, fantastic images of animals with glowing eyes, and chairs in the shape of magic toadstools. There are even talking trees.

Majority local residents They are afraid of this building, but enthusiasts and fans of avant-garde art come here from all over the world and continue to pay money, albeit meager by European standards, to spend the night inside the fabulous tree. The proceeds go towards additional projects.

The founder of the gallery, Dang Viet, lived and studied at one of the Moscow universities for 14 years, where she defended her PhD thesis in architecture. In addition to this unique hotel, she has designed many buildings that adorn the surrounding area of ​​Da Lat, including the Children's Palace of Culture and the Lien Phuong Catholic Church.

Number of original ideas born in people's minds different countries world, cannot be calculated. There are hotels in huge wine barrels, on giant trees, and ones that are hard to even imagine. We are sure that this topic is of interest, and you will share your impressions of what you read in the comments.

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Spending your vacation in a flying saucer or in an underwater capsule, admiring the world of tropical fish and corals, or maybe in the kingdom of ice or in a lighthouse - even a day in any of these hotels will be an unforgettable adventure.

website I have made for you a selection of the 20 most unusual hotels in the world that you want to be in right now.

1.Attrap'Reves

Alps of Haute-Provence, France

Guests of this hotel enjoy living in bubbles made of transparent elastic material, which does not transmit ultraviolet radiation during the day and protects against insects and dampness at night. The grass floor and telescope are nice additions to the comfort. Cylindrical corridors lead inside the rooms.

• Cost of living - from € 139.

2. The Manta Resort

Pemba Island, Tanzania

It would be an ordinary resort hotel on the seashore, if not for one room - a floating house with an underwater room. Underwater Room is located 250 m from the shore. On the exotically designed deck you can sunbathe with a cocktail in hand during the day or admire the stars at night. Through the huge windows of the underwater bedroom you can watch the life of reef fish, jellyfish and squid.

• Accommodation in the Underwater Room is about € 1,000 per day, in other hotel rooms - from € 405.

3. Poseidon Undersea Resort

This unusual hotel includes 74 rooms, 25 of which are located under water at a depth of 15 m, and the rest are built on stilts directly above the water. The underwater rooms are designed in the form of 50-meter capsules, connected by a so-called corridor. While relaxing in their room, hotel guests can watch the life of marine life - to do this, they just need to turn on a special light that attracts the inhabitants of the underwater world.

• The cost of hotel accommodation is $15,000 for one tourist or $30,000 for two for 7 days (6 nights).

4. Arctic TreeHouse Hotel

Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland

Arctic hotel with luxury apartments, located right under the treetops. The hotel is ideally located to admire the Northern Lights and visit Santa Claus Village, the world's premier Christmas destination.

• The cost of living is from € 850 for 2 days.

5. Jumbo Stay

Stockholm, Sweden

The Boeing 747-212B (Jumbo Jet), which belonged to a Swedish company that went bankrupt in 2002, was converted into a hostel in 2008 and placed at the entrance to Stockholm Arlanda Airport. It was equipped with 29 rooms. The most expensive and spacious room is located in the cockpit. The cockpit offers a panoramic view of the airport, while regular rooms offer a view of the runway.

• The cost of accommodation is approximately € 136 per day.

6. Skylodge Adventure Suites

Urubamba, Peru

This unusual hotel consists of 3 transparent capsules located at an altitude of approximately 120 m in the Sacred Valley of Cusco in Peru. The hotel's design allows you to enjoy the view of the valley below and experience a mountain adventure. Part of the adventure involves having to reach the capsule by climbing a cliff or negotiating a difficult path along a mountain path.

• The cost of living is approximately € 270 per day per person (capsule room capacity - up to 8 people).

7. Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort

Huzhou, China

Luxury hotel unusual shape- 27 floors above the water and 2 below to create a complete oval. Included in the top 10 most expensive hotels in the world.

• The cost of living in a double room is from € 200 per day.

8. Inntel Amsterdam Zaandam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The facade of this hotel consists of almost 70 stacked houses - from cottages to workers country houses, which are typical for Amsterdam. The rooms are inspired by local history.

• The cost of living in a double room is from € 130 per day.

The rooms at this hotel are shaped like balls and suspended from trees, so you can sleep in a room that sways slightly in the wind.

• The cost of accommodation is from € 155 per day.

10. The Boot Bed'n'Breakfast

Tasman, New Zealand

In the heart of New Zealand's beautiful Tasman region lies The Boot Bed N' Breakfast, a 2-storey cottage shaped like a giant boot. The guest house sleeps 2 people and is an ideal place for a romantic getaway.

• The cost of living is approximately € 250 per day for a couple.

11. Giraffe Manor

Nairobi, Kenya

One of the most famous buildings Nairobi with a magnificent garden and sun terrace. The main highlight of the unusual hotel is the opportunity to spend the day in the company of Rothschild’s giraffes, who every now and then strive to look into the prudently open windows and doors of the hotel in the hope of receiving a generous portion of treats.

• The cost of living is from € 490 per day per person.

12. ION Luxury Adventure Hotel

Nesjavellir, Iceland

Situated on the slope of the Heingidl volcano, just 18 km from the UNESCO-protected National Park Thingvellir, the hotel seems to grow from the mountain and hangs in the air, resting on clouds of geothermal steam. The abundance of thermal springs nearby not only supplies the rooms with hot water, but also serves as a constant source of steam, which envelops the base of the structure and creates the illusion of a floating building.

• The cost of living is from € 496 per day for a double room.

13. Giant Wine Barrel Room

Sasbachwalden, Germany

An eco-hotel in Germany is original with its rooms in the shape of giant wine barrels overlooking the vineyards. The hotel is located in a unique area among forested hills, in a village famous for its winemaking and wood processing industries.

• Cost of living - from € 156 for 2 adults.

14.Treehouse Lodge

Iquitos, Peru

Sleeping to the sounds of rain and birdsong in the Amazon jungle is a real dream. Guests literally live in trees - all bungalows are hidden in lush canopies. Externally, the houses resemble bird nests, connected by wooden bridges. This unusual accommodation allows vacationers to completely merge with the wild Peruvian nature.

• The cost of accommodation is from € 1,238 for 2 days for two.

15.Icehotel

Jukkasjarvi, Sweden

Icehotel is a real ice pearl of Sweden. Its unique interior and architectural ensemble are created annually by talented artists from all over the world, who come to the village of Jukkasjärvi to turn their ideas into reality. The hotel's ice rooms feature LED lights, animal skins, paintings and ice sculptures. All amenities are located in an adjacent room, a few meters from the hotel, where guests' belongings are also stored. Tourists who want to stay in an ice hotel are given instructions on how to stay in rooms made of ice.

• The cost of accommodation is approximately € 578 per night for two. It is not recommended to spend more than one night in a cold room.

16.Treehotel

Harads, Sweden

Nowadays, people travel more and more actively and tourism is developing at a rapid pace. More and more hotels are appearing: expensive and cheaper, better and worse, the most ordinary and... Now we will talk about the most extraordinary, amazing and unusual hotels and hostels in the world. I hope that this will be at least interesting, and at most, in the near future, one of you will stay at one of the listed hotels and tell us about your impressions! So, we present to your attention the hot ten most unusual hotels in the world according to Friends!

Hostel on the plane.

So, the first on our list is the Swedish Jumbo Hostel. It is located near Stockholm's Arlanda Airport and is a Boeing 747-200 converted into a hostel. It is considered a special luxury to spend the night in a deluxe room with a panoramic view, located on the site of the pilot's cabin. So, if you have dreamed all your life of having a good night's sleep on a plane, then this is your chance - come to Jumbo Hostel.

Underwater hotel

After spending the night in a Boeing 747, we will sink to the bottom of the sea! On this moment There are several underwater hotels in the world, but the very first of them was opened in 1986 in Florida and is called Jules Undersea Lodge.

Jules differs from its competitors in its miniature size and fairly affordable accommodation (a night will cost about $40 per person). Even celebrities have stayed at the hotel, such as Aerosmith's Steven Tyler. But if you decide to spend the night here, remember - check-in is carried out in scuba gear!

Hotel made from garbage

The original hotel was built by German eco-artist Hans Schulte as part of the Save the Beach project! So the hotel Coronita Save the Beach was erected in a matter of hours in the center of Madrid.To do this, it was necessary to collect 12 tons of garbage on the beaches of Italy, Spain and France, which served as the main component of the hotel’s decor.True, this waste disposal facility did not last long - only 4 days, but there was a lot of noise and thus the project justified its goal - it attracted people's attention to the problem of environmental pollution.Later, similar hotels received guests in other European cities, for example in Rome. By the way, you could stay in hotels made from garbage for free by winning accommodation through a lottery organized by the organizers of the project via Twitter and Facebook.

1. Hotel Coronita Save the Beach in Madrid.

2. Colorful decor made from garbage.

3. Hotel room.

5. Save the Beach Hotel in Rome.

Hostel-prison

Stockholm has some unusual hostels. One of them is the prison hostel Långholmen Hostel! Moreover, it is located in the building of a real former prison, closed in 1975. The only difference is that the key to your cell is with you, and not with the evil overseer, and the room smells of freshness and cleanliness. The hostel has been awarded several times for its excellent service.

Hotel in concrete pipes

This spartan hotel, called Das Park Hotel, is located in a park in the Austrian city of Ottensheim. The idea to install rooms in water pipes came to the mind of the architect Andreas Schraus. Of course, there is no heating in such concrete “bungalows” and therefore the hotel accepts its guests only in the warm season - from May to October. But the “rooms” have a large bed, linens, electricity and a safe for valuables.

In addition, not only the hotel itself is unusual, but also its financial policy - here each guest decides for himself how much to pay for his stay!

Ice Hotel

If you really want a real winter, then there is nothing better than staying at a hotel whose name speaks for itself - ICEHOTEL. It is located in Sweden, in the town of Jukkasjärvi, just 200 km away. from the Arctic Circle and is almost entirely made of ice, which is “mined” from the Tournai River.

What can you do while staying at the ICEHOTEL? Well, of course, look at northern lights, learn to sculpt ice sculptures, drink cocktails from ice glasses in an ice bar, and also, there is a chance of catching pneumonia (God forbid, of course)! Due to the latter circumstance, it is not recommended to stay here more than 1-2 nights...

The most interesting thing is that after working through the “hot” winter season, the hotel melts away, only to be reborn the next year.So hurry up: the 24th season at the ICEHOTEL is already open!

Capsule hotel

Capsule hotels now surprise almost no one. They are starting to appear everywhere, including in Russia! But the concept of capsule hotels got its start in Japan, of course! As you know, the Japanese have land that is worth its weight in gold, so hotel accommodation is by no means cheap. But in 1979, a man named Kisho Kurakawa figured out how to make the cost of accommodation cheaper in the city of Osaka and the first capsule hotel was opened.

Now the largest such hotel in the world is the Green Plaza Hotel Shinjuku. It is located in Tokyo, of course. There are as many as 660 1x2x1 capsules equipped here. However, Plaza Shinjuku is not the only capsule hotel in the Japanese capital. So, if you're in Tokyo, stay at one of the capsule hotels, if only for fun!

Crazy Hotel

Agree that a hotel called Crazy House simply by definition cannot be ordinary! This is true. The Vietnamese Madhouse looks more like some bizarre work of Mother Nature than a man-made object.

It is located in Vietnamese resort town Dalat and designed by female architect Hang Viet Nga. We must pay tribute to her imagination and determination to implement such an extraordinary project in socialist Vietnam. Gaudí’s work probably helped her with her ideas, and her close relationship with the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam helped her with her implementation. Regardless, Crazy House is one of the most impressive and unusual hotels in the world.

Hotel in the trees

Truly Sweden is a champion in the number of unusual hotels! So the hotel in the trees is also located in Sweden, in the very north, in the thicket of a pine forest on the banks of the Lul River. The hotel consists of several separate bungalow rooms located at a height of 4-6 meters above the ground. Each home has an individual design created by the best designers in Scandinavia.

Only here you can stay in a mirror cube, a UFO or a bird's nest... There are several more original buildings in the pipeline. Overall, Tree Hotel is perfect place to meditate in the lap of virgin Swedish nature and watch the northern lights from “your” UFO or nest (a matter of taste).