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Eight unconventional hotels for adventurous travelers

You can sleep in such unusual places as iglus, caves, tubes or bubbles

Iglu hotels

Eight unconventional hotels for adventurous travelers

Hotel room« Ice Hotel» in Sweden-icehotel.com

Choosing unusual accommodation ensures a unique trip.The world is full of incredible places to sleep, like a bucket or a cabin in a tree, and the internet is the perfect place to find them.These are some ideas for intrepid travelers who want to make their vacations an unforgettable experience:

Iglu hotels

As paradoxical as it sounds, one of the most recurring fantasies in the universe of Thematic hotels is accommodation in a block of ice .And if it was previously unthinkable to sleep in an iglu without dying of hypothermia, nowadays it is possible in many places of snow and cold arctic.

The pioneer of iglu hotels is called « Ice Hotel» and is located in Sweden.To get there you have to take the Arctic Circle and stop at the village Jukkasjarvi , where the Saamis will indicate the way to this ice temple built with Torne river waters.To combat freezing temperatures, the hotel offers thermal sleeping bags and deer skins .It also has « IceBar» , and usually hosts many wedding ceremonies.

However, the« Ice Hotel» It is not the only ice hotel: « Hotel de Glace» (Quebec), the « Hotel Kakslauttanen Artic Resort» (Finland) or the« Iglu-dorf » (Switzerland) are other recommended options.

These ephemeral hotels melt every year (around mid-April) and are sculpted again in frozen ashlar.Majestuosidas gelidas works of art made with a special thermal glass that keeps the iglu warm while the outside temperature is negative.

Bubble hotels

Eight unconventional hotels for adventurous travelers

« Bubble tree»-bubbletree

Bubble hotels can be considered one of the most rupturist hotel creations .It is a portable hotel composed of huge transparent inflatable bubbles that can be installed in the place you want: a garden, on the seashore and even on top of a tree.

The revolutionary concept is originally from Spain and is triumphing in several countries.European ses.But if the bubble hotels were already revolutionary, Pierre Stephane Duma wanted to take him to the maximum exponenete and I create the « Bubble-Tree» , totally spherical and transparent bubbles with less comfort than usual.

Bubble hotels are easy to inflate, transport, furnish and ventilate.The most original version of these bubbles is the « Cristal Bubble» , fully equipped and transparent, which makes it perfect for counting stars at night.It should be noted that it is not a hotel suitable for shyness, since anyone can see what happens inside.

Highlights the bubble hotel of Tudela, called « Hotel Aire de Bardenas» , which is possibly the closest thing to a lunar base that exists in Spain.

Tube hotels

Eight unconventional hotels for adventurous travelers

« TuboHotel» in Mexico-tubohotel.com

A type of hotel that is committed to sustainability .Built in large concrete pipes, it allows to save waste for the environment as well as build in a sustainable way.The world's first hotel created with concrete pipes is located in the city of Ottensheim (Austria) and is called «Dasparkhotel».

It was a project promoted by the city council, which arranged three large pipes in a public park so that citizens could sleep inside them.The rooms no are Very comfortable , since the floor is curved and does not have a bathroom inside.

Another remarkable tube hotel is the« TuboHotel» , located in Mexico, specifically in Tepoztlan .In this case, they have built a pyramid with pipes inside a land where there is a large ecological garden .hotel has a natural pool.

Cube hotels

Eight unconventional hotels for adventurous travelers

Hotel cubo« Casa de la Flora» in Thailand-House of Flora

Never a geometric shape gave such accommodation personality.Cube hotels offer minimalist designs based on squares and rectangles, whose interior is very luxurious and very subtle decoration They can be found both in a city and in a forest.Spain is a pioneer in this type of accommodation, in fact some communities such as Navarra , Aragon and La Rioja already have several cube hotels.

The « Hotel Aire de Bardenas» , located in Navarra, is one of the most original in our country.a wheat field next to the Natural Park of the Bardenas Reales de Navarra , and its original architecture has earned it 22 international awards .Sleeping in one of those buckets is like immerse yourself in a world of science fiction, where simplicity and comfort prevail.This hotel offers something very special: a menu of vegetables grown in its own garden.

On the international scene, la« House of Flora» in Thailand , a boutique hotel that has 36 villas immersed in Khao Lok National Park, and « Length 131º &raquo ;, which is a camp consisting of 15 large tents in line in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park , in the heart of Australia.

Cave hotels

Eight unconventional hotels for adventurous travelers

Cave-ABC Hotel

Underground .All an example of the integration of man with nature that goes back to the 15th century .Many years later, these constructions have been converted into hotels.The clay, hard or dry lands offer little resistance to be excavated, so they are perfect for building caves in them.In addition, they are very compact, safe and waterproof , which provides coolness in summer and warmth in winter no, since the interior temperature of the cave remains stable at twenty degrees centigrade throughout the year.In addition, at the temperature it is added that the caves provide an environment of silence, gloom and isolation, which is much appreciated in a society like this.

Each cave is conceived as a small apartment .From the outside, its facade is whitewashed and has a small roof with a chimney.Inside, the ceilings are vaulted and consists of rounded walls and corrugated corridors.It consists of kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms, and the furniture is usually also part of the land.Sometimes, natural light comes through skylights excavated in the roof.

Perhaps, the best known caves in the world are those of Cappadocia , a landscape that has fifty kilometers of In the old town of Urgup , there is a hotel formed by cave houses in Tota They add 39 rooms, dating from the fifth and sixth centuries.All have been renovated and decorated with respect to the history they await, with handmade furniture and private patios.

Underwater hotels

Eight unconventional hotels for adventurous travelers

« Poseidon Undersea Resort» in the Fiji Islands

Building an underwater building is a challenge for architects, so the vast majority of these accommodations are still under construction, although some have already been adapted to live a unique experience under water.One of the most ambitious projects is the « Hotel Hydropolis» , a hotel under construction in front of Jumeirah Beach in Dubai.Created by architect Jaochim Hauser , the hotel is structured in three parts : the reception, a train that travels through a 400-meter-long glass tunnel and takes guests to the rooms, and the underwater complex where you will find the suites, restaurants and other rooms that the hotel offers.Everything under the sea.

Another project to mention is the « Water Discus Hotel» , a very luxurious complex designed on several levels, one on the surface, another at sea level and another that includes 21 rooms, the lobby» and a swimming pool.

On a private island in Fiji, there is another ambitious underwater project with suites built under the waters of the Pacific: the « Poseidon Undersea Resort» .A spectacular hotel surrounded by a 20 square kilometer lagoon, crystal clear waters and more than 5,000 reefs.Each room has 70% of the wall built with transparent acrylic glass and a private coral garden.

Tree cabins

Eight unconventional hotels for adventurous travelers

Cabana de un arbol

Tree cabanas offer nature lovers the pleasure of coming into direct contact with the ecosystem, savoring the pleasure of silence between vegetation and overnight between branches of a magnificent tree.One of the greatest pleasures of spending the night in these cabins is the feeling of freedom and intimacy that it offers.

For example, in the municipality of Zeanuri , Bizkaia, four cabins can be found submerged in the foliage.and they are named after a bird and are characterized by not having a ground support foot.Houses are areas attached to the tree with wires.

They are built with wood and each cabin has lighting , water and sink .The bathroom is biodegradable and is recycled in the form of compost.Three of the four cabins have electricity and running water, in addition to a terrace to enjoy the surrounding landscape.

The two highest cabins are located 17 meters from height, they are the highest in Europe .Every morning you can wake up with the song of the birds and a breakfast that arrives in a basket carried by a pulley.

« Glamping»

Eight unconventional hotels for adventurous travelers

« Glamping»

The« gl amping» It is a phenomenon that combines the experience of camping outdoors with the luxury that the best hotels can offer.The term, created in Africa in the 19th century , is a fusion between the words « glamor» and « camping» .It consists in enjoying the nature and freedom that camping offers without giving up this to the comforts of the most luxurious accommodations.

The« glamping» It is an accommodation that promises adventure , because no matter how glamorous its interior is, we must not forget that a field is a field, even if there are beds, bathrooms and even Michelin star-worthy meals.

In Marnes , in the interior of the Costa Blanca, there is a luxury cabana in the middle of the Alicante Sierra de Bernia.The surprising thing is that this portable home of Arab origin has been designed in Morocco by Bouchaib Madhar of Casablanca , the head of the roofed pavilions of the Moroccan royal family , which is where they celebrate their parties and they house the guests.

On the international scene, « Chhatra Sagar &raquo ;, stands out in Rajastan, India.A camp sown with the waters of Chhatra rests, stores that are mini-palaces where the water miracle was supposedly operated.It allows sleeping in the open air in India more deep.

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