Sometimes a bed, TV, and mini-bar even a rooftop pool aren’t enough. Sometimes you crave something different in your hotel a lot different. Fortunately, hoteliers around the world are stepping up and fashioning unusual lodging experiences. From Europe to Central America, wacky hotels keep springing up that cater to these more adventuresome guests. Check out this world’s most unusual hotels.
Jules Undersea Lodge, Florida
Jules is located at the bottom of a protected lagoon in Key Largo. The authenticity of the underwater habitat is what really sets it apart.
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Daspark Hotel, Austria
Giraffe Manor, Kenya
Interact with friendly giraffes at this manor-style guesthouse, a great safari stopover conveniently set in a leafy Nairobi suburb.
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Whitepod, Switzerland
Whitepod Hotel is a collection of ecopods scattered on a Swiss Alps mountainside in Switzerland.
Each pod features a wooden deck to take in the stunning views along with a king-sized bed, cowhide throws, iPods loaded with music, full bathroom with shower and a wood burning stove. These secluded ecopods can only be accessed by ski or snowshoe.
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Harlingen Harbour Crane, Netherlands
This dockside crane was once used to unload timber brought to Harlingen's’ port from Sweden and Norway. Now the crane’s old machine room has been transformed into a luxurious bedroom. After your breakfast you can even sit at the control.
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Canopy Tower, Panama
Panama's Canopy Tower and Canopy Lodge are two of the premier birding destinations in Central America. Victor Emanuel Nature Tours has teamed with their creator, Raul Arias de Para, to provide a number of trips to these and other destinations in the "Canopy Family."
Kokopelli’s Cave, New Mexico
Kokopelli's Cave Bed & Breakfast is a privately owned luxury cliff dwelling located north of Farmington, New Mexico near the Mesa Verde National Monument.
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The Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort Hotel, Finland
This igloo village in Finland offers unrivaled views of the Northern Lights from thermal glass igloos in the Arctic Circle.
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Marmara Antalya, Turkey
Located on the famous Falez cliffs near Antalya, the world's only revolving hotel building gives guests magnificent 360° views. The complete 'Revolving Loft' annex building moves, with a full rotation of it's 24 guest bedrooms taking anywhere between 2 and 22 hours.
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Hotel Im Wasertum, Germany
Once Europe's tallest water tower at 117 feet, this luxury spherical hotel quenched Cologne's thirst from 1872 to the late 1890s. Since opening in 1990, the 78-room Hotel im Wasserturm has cloistered weary travelers and movie stars (including Catherine Deneuve and Brad Pitt). After restoring the tower's exterior walls (damaged in World War II), the architects divided the building into 11 floors.
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