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