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The Treehotel, Sweden - Located among the tall trees of Northern Sweden's pine forest, this hotel combines the peacefulness of unspoiled nature with contemporary design and architecture.
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The Treehotel, Sweden
- Address: Edeforsvägen 2A, 960 24 Harads (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0)
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BaseCamp Young Hostel, Germany - This creative hostel is comprised of several vintage trailers, vans, motorhomes, and campers placed in a vacant warehouse.
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BaseCamp Young Hostel, Germany
- Address: In der Raste 1, 53129 Bonn
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The Panda Inn, China - Creepy or cute? You decide. This panda-themed hotel would not be complete without its panda-dressed staff. The rooms also display various themes, including 'Titanic' and 'Sailor Moon.'
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The Panda Inn, China
- Location: Mount Emei, Leshan, Sichuan
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LEGOLAND Hotel, USA - Located in California, this resort offers—you guessed it—a myriad of Lego-themed rooms.
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LEGOLAND Hotel, USA
- Address: 1 Legoland Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008
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Book and Bed, Japan - In this cozy hostel, guests sleep in tiny, snug cubicles hidden behind library shelves.
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Book and Bed, Japan
- Location: Nishiikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-0021
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Nine Hours, Japan - This capsule hotel was designed with practicality in mind. Its different locations are strategically placed near airports, train stations, and city centers to take the hassle out of traveling.
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Nine Hours, Japan
- Its first location opened in 2009, before opening a number of hotels across Japan.
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Alcatraz Hotel, Germany - The former 19th-century jail has been transformed into a guesthouse that maintains its former theme, albeit inspired by a different, more famous prison.
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Alcatraz Hotel, Germany
- Address: Morlauterer Str. 1, 67657 Kaiserslautern
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Dasparkhotel, Austria - Ever dreamed of sleeping in sections of sewer pipe? Look no further. The rooms of this environmentally conscious hotel consist of repurposed metropolitan drainage pipes.
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Dasparkhotel, Austria
- Address: Rodlstraße 21, 4100 Ottensheim Prices per night are whatever guests wish to or can pay.
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Alpha Resort-Tomamu, Japan - For obvious reasons, this ice hotel only opens in the winter and offers icy beds, Arctic baths facing the white birch forest, and an ice lounge, among many other amenities made of ice.
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Alpha Resort-Tomamu, Japan
- Location: Tomamu Station, Shimukappu, Hokkaidō
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Salt hotels, Bolivia - Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, has a few hotels whose structures are made of salt.
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Salt hotels, Bolivia
- Palacio de Sal, Hotel de Sal Luna Salada, and Cristal Samana Salt Hotel are some examples.
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Eh'häusl, Germany - The 8-foot-wide hotel is said to be the smallest hotel in the world. Despite covering an area of only 20 sq m (215 sq ft), the hotel offers a flat screen TV, a mini spa, and several other amenities.
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Eh'häusl, Germany
- Address: Seminargasse 8, 92224 Amberg
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Full Llove Inn, Netherlands - Another example of art-meets-accommodation, this car-turned-suite was placed outside of the Lloyd Hotel by artist Federico D'Orazio to encourage more love in the city of Amsterdam.
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Full Llove Inn, Netherlands
- Address: Oostelijke Handelskade 34, This unusual "room" was a temporary art exhibit in 2006.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Jumbo Hostel, Sweden - Set in a former Boeing 747 jumbo jet, this quirky hotel is appropriately located next the to Stockholm Arlanda Airport. The "cockpit suite" (pictured) is the hotel's most prestigious room.
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Jumbo Hostel, Sweden
- Address: Jumbovägen 4, Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Stockholm
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Bâlea Lac Hotel of Ice, Romania - This hotel features ice everything: chairs, beds, and even chandeliers that hang from ice ceilings. It isn't called Hotel of Ice for no reason.
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Bâlea Lac Hotel of Ice, Romania
- Location: The Bâlea Lake is a glacier lake situated in the Făgăraș Mountains of Cârțișoara, Sibiu County See also: The most appealing lakeside hotels
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The Treehotel, Sweden - Located among the tall trees of Northern Sweden's pine forest, this hotel combines the peacefulness of unspoiled nature with contemporary design and architecture.
© Reuters
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The Treehotel, Sweden
- Address: Edeforsvägen 2A, 960 24 Harads (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0)
© Flickr/Creative Commons
2 / 29 Fotos
BaseCamp Young Hostel, Germany - This creative hostel is comprised of several vintage trailers, vans, motorhomes, and campers placed in a vacant warehouse.
© Reuters
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BaseCamp Young Hostel, Germany
- Address: In der Raste 1, 53129 Bonn
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The Panda Inn, China - Creepy or cute? You decide. This panda-themed hotel would not be complete without its panda-dressed staff. The rooms also display various themes, including 'Titanic' and 'Sailor Moon.'
© Reuters
5 / 29 Fotos
The Panda Inn, China
- Location: Mount Emei, Leshan, Sichuan
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LEGOLAND Hotel, USA - Located in California, this resort offers—you guessed it—a myriad of Lego-themed rooms.
© Reuters
7 / 29 Fotos
LEGOLAND Hotel, USA
- Address: 1 Legoland Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008
© Reuters
8 / 29 Fotos
Book and Bed, Japan - In this cozy hostel, guests sleep in tiny, snug cubicles hidden behind library shelves.
© Reuters
9 / 29 Fotos
Book and Bed, Japan
- Location: Nishiikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-0021
© Reuters
10 / 29 Fotos
Nine Hours, Japan - This capsule hotel was designed with practicality in mind. Its different locations are strategically placed near airports, train stations, and city centers to take the hassle out of traveling.
© Reuters
11 / 29 Fotos
Nine Hours, Japan
- Its first location opened in 2009, before opening a number of hotels across Japan.
© Reuters
12 / 29 Fotos
Alcatraz Hotel, Germany - The former 19th-century jail has been transformed into a guesthouse that maintains its former theme, albeit inspired by a different, more famous prison.
© Reuters
13 / 29 Fotos
Alcatraz Hotel, Germany
- Address: Morlauterer Str. 1, 67657 Kaiserslautern
© Reuters
14 / 29 Fotos
Dasparkhotel, Austria - Ever dreamed of sleeping in sections of sewer pipe? Look no further. The rooms of this environmentally conscious hotel consist of repurposed metropolitan drainage pipes.
© Reuters
15 / 29 Fotos
Dasparkhotel, Austria
- Address: Rodlstraße 21, 4100 Ottensheim Prices per night are whatever guests wish to or can pay.
© Reuters
16 / 29 Fotos
Alpha Resort-Tomamu, Japan - For obvious reasons, this ice hotel only opens in the winter and offers icy beds, Arctic baths facing the white birch forest, and an ice lounge, among many other amenities made of ice.
© Reuters
17 / 29 Fotos
Alpha Resort-Tomamu, Japan
- Location: Tomamu Station, Shimukappu, Hokkaidō
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Salt hotels, Bolivia - Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, has a few hotels whose structures are made of salt.
© Reuters
19 / 29 Fotos
Salt hotels, Bolivia
- Palacio de Sal, Hotel de Sal Luna Salada, and Cristal Samana Salt Hotel are some examples.
© Reuters
20 / 29 Fotos
Eh'häusl, Germany - The 8-foot-wide hotel is said to be the smallest hotel in the world. Despite covering an area of only 20 sq m (215 sq ft), the hotel offers a flat screen TV, a mini spa, and several other amenities.
© Reuters
21 / 29 Fotos
Eh'häusl, Germany
- Address: Seminargasse 8, 92224 Amberg
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22 / 29 Fotos
Full Llove Inn, Netherlands - Another example of art-meets-accommodation, this car-turned-suite was placed outside of the Lloyd Hotel by artist Federico D'Orazio to encourage more love in the city of Amsterdam.
© Reuters
23 / 29 Fotos
Full Llove Inn, Netherlands
- Address: Oostelijke Handelskade 34, This unusual "room" was a temporary art exhibit in 2006.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Jumbo Hostel, Sweden - Set in a former Boeing 747 jumbo jet, this quirky hotel is appropriately located next the to Stockholm Arlanda Airport. The "cockpit suite" (pictured) is the hotel's most prestigious room.
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25 / 29 Fotos
Jumbo Hostel, Sweden
- Address: Jumbovägen 4, Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Stockholm
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Bâlea Lac Hotel of Ice, Romania - This hotel features ice everything: chairs, beds, and even chandeliers that hang from ice ceilings. It isn't called Hotel of Ice for no reason.
© Reuters
27 / 29 Fotos
Bâlea Lac Hotel of Ice, Romania
- Location: The Bâlea Lake is a glacier lake situated in the Făgăraș Mountains of Cârțișoara, Sibiu County See also: The most appealing lakeside hotels
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Have a quirky stay: the world's most unusual hotels
How do you feel about sleeping on a bed made of salt?
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For many travelers, accommodation is just a necessary part of their trip. But for others, hotels are the destination. If you're among the latter, these quirky hotels are for you.
Click through the gallery and take a tour of these fascinatingly strange hotels and hostels.
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