| I don't know about you, but I'm really getting tired of the | | | | exclusive. |
| same old vacation spots! Yes, the golden sand and | | | | The hotel is made entirely of ice and snow with 5.5 |
| clear,warm water are very enticing. Yes, the clear | | | | high ceilings and has 18 rooms and 14 theme suites, |
| mountain air invites you to explore everything. But the | | | | reception room, a chapel and Absolut Ice Bar. |
| problem is that sometimes you just want something | | | | The prices will go as high as $475 for a theme room |
| different and the usual vacation spot just won't cut it | | | | with a fireplace and includes anything from drinks to |
| anymore! | | | | the mattresses and sheets to keep you warm. |
| Here are the top 7 most unusual hotels in the world, | | | | 5. Woodlyn Park (Otorohanga, New Zealand) |
| giving you a possible destination for your next great | | | | Woodly Park, owned by Billy Black, will give you the |
| vacation: | | | | option to stay in one of their 3 unique motels: the |
| 1. Woodpecker Hotel (Vasteras, Sweden) | | | | underground hobbit motel (straight out of Tolkien's |
| Are you afraid of heights? If yes, this sure isn't the | | | | books, circular windows and all), a converted, a |
| hotel for you! The Woodpecker hotel is 13 meters (42 | | | | converted railcar with 3 rooms and a 1950's Bristol |
| feet) above ground in a 130 year old oak tree in the | | | | Freighter plane, fully refurbished. |
| Vasaparken park. | | | | However, that's not the only attraction: Woodlyn Park |
| This is the work of Mikael Genberg, a Swedish artist, | | | | is the only place in New Zealand where you get the |
| who at first planned for the hotel to be free to anyone. | | | | chance to drive a jet boat capable of over 100HP |
| It soon became aparent that everyone wanted to | | | | around a specially designed course. |
| sleep there so they began charging fees. | | | | 6. Kokopelli's Cave (Farmington, USA) |
| The hotel is very small (consider the limitations) it's not | | | | If you suddenly feel the strange need to go back to |
| without its creature comforts: toilet, small kitchen, library, | | | | the Stone Age, why not take a vacation at Kokopelli's |
| comfortable bed and a chair and table on the veranda. | | | | Cave, a privately owned luxury cliff dwelling located |
| 2. Utter Inn (Stockholm, Sweden) | | | | north of Farmington, New Mexico near the Mesa |
| The Utter Inn is yet another of Mikael Genberg's | | | | Verde National Monument. |
| creations in his inimitable style. The Utter Inn is an | | | | You will be staying in a 1650 square feet (155 square |
| underwater floating hotel with a typical swedish red | | | | meters) one-bedroom cave home carved from a |
| house as the top floating part and an aquarium as the | | | | 65-million year old sandstone formation. |
| bedroom. | | | | The view is incredible here: there is a 280 feet drop |
| Guests are taken by boat to the hotel, given | | | | down to the La Plata River, to the west the Shiprock |
| instructions and then left alone. If they choose the | | | | and Chuska mountains in the Navajo Reservation, to |
| deluxe package they will also get a dinner delivered by | | | | the northwest the Ute Mountains, and to the north La |
| boat. | | | | Plata and San Juan Mountains. |
| How much for a night? $350 US, but the experience | | | | All this for only around $280 US per night - a real |
| will be worth much, much more! | | | | bargain if you ask me! |
| 3. Dog Bark Park Inn (Indiana, USA) | | | | 7. Propeller Island City Lodge (Berlin, Germany) |
| Do you love beagles? Well have I found the perfect | | | | This is the perfect place if you favor art and well, |
| hotel for you! The Dog Bark Park Inn is a bed & | | | | weird decors. Taking a look at the room selection you'll |
| breakfast guesthouse inside the world's biggest | | | | surely find at least one that you love and at least one |
| Beagle. | | | | that you hate. |
| And they aren't kidding - it's a 2 story building that has | | | | Some of the rooms are brightly painted, others have |
| most of the amenities you need: queen bed, full bath, | | | | patterns that will make you dizzy, others are simple |
| fridge, microwave, coffee maker, hair dryer, books, | | | | and serene and some are just plain weird. |
| games and puzzles. Unfortunately there's no phone or | | | | Do you want to experience sleeping in a prison cell, a |
| TV. | | | | coffin or even lion cages? You can have it all, one |
| 4. Ice Hotel (Quebec, Canada) | | | | night at a time of course, in the same hotel! And prices |
| Although ice hotels aren't exactly a new concept, the | | | | are around only $150 US! |
| one in Quebec is a unique structure in Canada and | | | | As you can see these are all great destinations, |
| considering the fact that it exists only between | | | | almost guaranteed to give you an unforgettable |
| January 5th and April 1st makes it even more | | | | vacation. |