| There are several places around the | | | | tired working person who stayed out too |
| world that have very unique hotels. Try | | | | late drinking and missed the last train |
| sleeping in a capsule hotel or a treetop | | | | can get a night's rest. There are often |
| hotel. There are some really fun hotels | | | | discount rates for those wishing to nap |
| that supply you with more than a bed and | | | | for only a couple of hours during the |
| a shower. | | | | day. There are several cave hotels |
| Though hotels are all similar in that | | | | throughout the world in such places as |
| they all have beds and other | | | | Australia, Spain, Turkey, the United |
| accommodations to make staying there | | | | States and several other countries. |
| much more homelike, there are some very | | | | Rooms in cave hotels typically have the |
| unique hotels in various parts of the | | | | entire walls or even two or three walls |
| world that challenge the concept of the | | | | made out of the mountain or other hard |
| traditional hotel. The unique treetop | | | | sediment formation that the hotel is |
| hotels in Costa Rica, Kenya and other | | | | built into. For instance there is the |
| parts of the world where the hotels are | | | | cave hotel in Southern Australia, an |
| built with very large living trees | | | | Underground hotel and casino, in Coober |
| making up a substantial part of the | | | | Pedy. The Desert Cave Hotel allows you |
| hotel structure. The treetop hotel in | | | | to experience dug-out style living, |
| Kenya is built into the trees | | | | underground shops, bar and opal display |
| surrounding a watering hole for the many | | | | areas. Sleeping underground is a very |
| species of animals that forage there. | | | | unique experience. Quiet, cool, dark and |
| When you leave the main dining room to | | | | airy, the rooms seem spacious with their |
| go back to your room you are always | | | | high ceilings. The unique Desert Cave |
| accompanied by a guard for protection | | | | Hotel, famous as the only international |
| from wild predators. The Ariau Towers in | | | | rated underground hotel in the world, |
| Brazil, near the city of Manaus is in | | | | allows you to experience dug-out style |
| the middle of the Amazon on the Rio | | | | living. It's the experience to enjoy if |
| Negro and is a similar type of living | | | | you are in the area. They have all of |
| tree hotel. Ariau Amazon Towers is | | | | the amenities, fine dining, a pool, a |
| another unique hotel, located 35 miles | | | | beautiful spa and a well equipped gym. |
| from Manaus, Brazil where the Rio Negro | | | | There is one underwater hotel in the |
| and Ariau Creek meet. Built entirely at | | | | entire world that can be reached without |
| the level of the Rainforest Canopy, | | | | the aid of scuba gear which is really a |
| Ariau's towers are linked together by 4 | | | | unique hotel. The Utter Inn located in |
| miles of strong wooden catwalks. This | | | | Lake Malaren, Sweden features one large |
| architectural wonder affords visitors a | | | | room and visitors can simply walk down |
| unique communion with the regions | | | | into the hotel while viewing underwater. |
| teeming plant and animal life while | | | | This same company also has an undersea |
| leaving the fragile eco-system | | | | lodge in Key Largo, Florida that does |
| completely undisturbed. Bill gates | | | | require scuba diving to reach. The Utter |
| invested in the hotel and had modern | | | | (Otter) Inn in Sweden is a small |
| telephone / internet connections | | | | floating house with a deck for sunning. |
| installed. Straight out of Neromancer, | | | | Its uniqueness is that you descend the |
| the Sci-Fi book by William Gibson, but | | | | stairs into the lake. The bedroom is |
| only for the Japanese as of yet, the | | | | like an aquarium but you are the fish. |
| unique capsule hotels are an economy | | | | There is an inflatable boat so that you |
| type of hotel with extremely high | | | | can visit a near by un-inhabited island |
| occupancy capabilities. Most capsule | | | | to swim and sun. You will have to buy |
| hotel compartments are only about 6 ½ | | | | the deluxe package to have dinner |
| feet by 4 feet by a little over 3 feet. | | | | delivered to you (by boat, of course) in |
| These hotels are not recommended for | | | | the evening. These are the few totally |
| large or very tall people. This amount | | | | different and unique hotels around the |
| of space certainly gives one enough room | | | | world. Be adventuresome and check one or |
| to read or sleep, but not much else. Of | | | | two of the out. |
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| necessarily frequented primarily by | | | | in your ezines, as long as this entire |
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| reasons. For about $25-34 per night, a | | | | |