In the wake of the curiosity aroused by the film Alice in Wonderland di Tim Burton, Hotels.com suggested a list of extravagant hotels around the world. Fairytale environments, colourful, bizarre, coming from the imagination of prankster architects and perhaps linked to a playful concept of furnishing.
Not only design but also hotels set in the rock, American Indian style villages, former prison cells or capsules: when reality surpasses fantasy, here are the strangest hotels.
For example a Galwayin Ireland, there is theHotel The G which features bright walls and optical floors, particularly evident in the hair stylist's rooms.
And what about theice hotel a Jukkasjarvi in Sweden? You can spend the night on the ice as the entire structure is made of snow but furnished with very modern comforts.
Moving into Portugal, instead, we come across theInternational Design Hotel a Lisbon: each floor has its own character with stylish accessories. They range from urban design, to zen, to pop and tribal, complete with graffiti on the walls and incredible drawings, or bamboo canes and a soft atmosphere.
Then there is the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Maldives where you can dine in the depths of the sea, given that it is a glass restaurant built underwater.
From a fantastic space, to a closed space: in Tokyo you can sleep in a capsule, at the Shinjuku Kuyakushomae Capsule Hotel. The environment is shared with the other hotel guests, the price is very low but you sleep in a space measuring 2 by 1 metres. Forbidden for claustrophobics!
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On the subject of strange hotels, that's it The Wigwam Motel, in California: it is the reconstruction of a red Indian camp on Route 66, not far from the reservation Navajo.
For those wondering what it might be like to sleep in prison, here's the Langholmen Hotel a Stockholm. This is not a simple reconstruction but a real penitentiary building now in disuse. Inside the cells it is even possible to enjoy a romantic candlelit dinner.
Finally, The Village Cave Hotel a Goreme (Turkey) is the place to breathe the air of antiquity: the structure is located inside a rock formation, in the middle of nowhere (or little more) given that the area has been uninhabited since the 50s.
You'll be spoiled for choice for your next trip: there are all the crazy ideas here.
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