The world’s 9 weirdest hotels

i like the caves

I devour lists like this! The Forest Hut Hotel makes me want to be an Ewok. One to add to the list: The Crazy House in Dalat, Vietnam. It's insane.

Wow!! Incredible list. Is Sweden the coolest country in the world or what?

insanely wonderful! i don't know which one to visit first.

Oh, man… I know! I saw that one and was sorry I couldn't find photos to use. It's like a Vietnamese Winchester House!

How about a wodden barrel cottage? Check this out. ” target=”_blank”>http://www.hyperreality.cz/194552-prodej-rekreacn…

I stayed at the cave hotel. It was the most amazing hotel I've EVER stayed at!

fabulous list! but what about the salt hotel in bolivia??

the first few just look fukin cold

Here is another interesting hotel in Switzerland – a former fallout shelter converted to a "zero-star hotel": ” target=”_blank”>http://www.null-stern-hotel.ch/index.asp?l=en

This list has been done numerous times in other blogs. Is the author that banal or a plagiarizer?

did you stay in the ones at Cappadocia or somewhere else? i know there are some cave hotels in Arizona and even a few hotels modified from vacant opal or silver mines in… Australia, methinks.

i'm seeing more and more art installations being turned into hotels! interesting how our perspectives on 'space' can change.

Plagiarism's a serious charge. I'd suggest you provide links if you're going to go there.

cave hotel is so wonderful! i hope someday go one of this places! thanks for sharing this!

What a neat site! I love looking at all these unique ways to live.

you should know the Santa Cecilia Castle, in Guanajuato México, amaizin and mystical old castle.

I'd love to stay in the caves at Cappadocia.

These are some pretty cool places!! thumbs up!!

you should see the salt hotels in Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia.

Wow !! now i say these are certainly some amazing captures. The Pictures are truly Awesome !!

Awesome…Forwarded the page to my friends.

I stayed in the Oxford Castle when it was a prison. Cell 23. 4 years.

Cool list! Weirdest place I've ever spent the night is in the Roman Amphitheater /Mamluk fortress in Bosra, Syria.

Very cool list! I must stay in all of them!

Whoa. Well done! What a great and intriguing bunch of places! +Jessie a.k.a. The Hungry Mouse

Very cool list. the strangest place that I ever stayed was in the Blue Room at the Propeller Island Hotel in Berlin (” target=”_blank”>http://www.propeller-island.com/rooms_neu/room_de… Out of all of the rooms this would have to be one of the tamer ones. Highly recommended if you're ever in Berlin.

You can add Palacio del Sal, entirely made out of salt in Bolivia to the list: ” target=”_blank”>http://blog.rtd13.com/?s=palacio

This post is interesting, but I actually just wanted to wish Robyn luck in her endeavors. I'm up really late, and I'm sort of delirious. It often occurs to me to be randomly kind, in this state. I admire people who try to do what they really want to do, Robyn. So, keep up the good work. Life is beautiful.

What a great list! I've stayed in an igloo atop the Zugspitze, the tallest mountain in Germany, two years ago and that peaked my interest in unique hotels. There are just so many to choose from!

in Australia its Cooper Pedy, an opal mining town. But its not really like a normal cave because they're all actually underground to escape the heat

Awesome, awesome, awesome! I am interested in the climate of the ice hotels. Simply love the cave hotel of Turkey, Seems so cozy and the perfect place for contemplation. And I thought my hotel room in Japan was small… sheesh! Thank you for the postings, do you always speak of yourself in the 3rd person or is it merely professionalism? Just pullin yer leg!

would you recommend it?

I was there ten years ago, it was nice and cute, the breakfast outstanding : excellent bread, black olives, tomatoes, cucumber and feta chesse, still remembering. I recommend it.

Stellar list! I'd love to stay in the Igloo!

cool

wow! Those were great… would love to visit the ice ones… Thanks for the post!!

it's called Coober Pedy.they've converted alot of the old mines into residences, as well as underground campsites.

Great pics and a provocative topic but most of all… I enjoyed your profile blurb at the end of the blog. You've got a great sense of humor, which added to the fun of reading this. Thanks!

nice one

WOW, this is really COOL

I was in Cappadocia this summer and saw the caves. It's a really cool place. Star Wars was filmed there.

about the ice hotel in quebec, ironicly i don't leave far from it and i never been there, evrything inside is made from ice including dishes, it just an one night experience, by the way its rebuild evry year because of oviously of the ending of winter season. and for the sewer hotel it not something you would boast about " hey guy, i've sleep in a sewer pipe" peww

stayed at the cave hotels in cappadocia. nice place, i highly recommend.

very interesting and rare hotels. like to visit one of those soon

This list surely beats the sofa-surfing I've always done in the past. One could not even leave the hotel and have an absolutely unique travel experience. I've always been enamored of the fairy caves in Turkey but had no idea you could actually stay there!

hehe really nice list ;]

I'd say the sewage pipe hotel is about the same size as my apartment… id feel right at home;D

Hey those ice accommodation blocks look truly amazing to someone in a very mild climatic area. All very interesting indeed

Fantastic article

I don't know, I slept in a pipe once, it was so random and fun. It was in a children's playground and was extremely cold, but definitely an experience.

wao whats a nice picture

I was in Capadoccia last summer, it is amazing place, very beautiful land.

This is incredible. It makes me want to travel even more.

Very cool list of places to stay. Thanks for sharing…I'll go for the tree hut!

Which hostel did you stay at? I stayed at Shoestring…definitely the best in Goreme, according to what I heard through people.

Heard that was actually a myth when I was there. The tour guides use it as an extra stop, but the locals say it isn't true.

Weird and quirky hotels. Awesome!! but definitely fun looking hotel!! give a thumbs up on su!!

Great Pics buddy .. Its amazing.

here's a site to see some of the Crazy House in Vietnam….It looks awesome!!! ” target=”_blank”>http://www.hotels-in-vietnam.com/hotels/Dalat/cra…

If you want to spent your vacation in an interesting and different hotel, here's something for you.

I just heard a piece on NPR about a couple who were living in a Yurt then built a <500 sq ft house off the grid. Nice to see the photos.

anyone interested in staying in a Yurt? They are available in Chester Arkansas in the Boston Mountains. Absolutely beautiful. Cost is about $200.00 a night, but the experience is worth it.

I'm pretty tall and I'm not sure I would be able to fit in some of those cubes. The ice hotel is cool…i'm guessing it's cold though.

Wiked photos! I loved the content… Thanks for sharing

That last one looks alot like the sand people's domicile.

what was the room service like?

Not as a prison, no.

wow! there are very unqiue and out of world hotels here! If I could to choose one of these hotel, I prefer to chose Ice hotel enjoying antartic life like penguins.

Ice hotels , pipes too and just the whole list here: are surely the place to stay when one is looking for adventure, so I guess that the idea will catch on.

I saw those capsule hotels on the travel channel. I think mostly men stay there and all they have are radios and a bed. (and possibly a microwave.)

re: ice hotels: “After a day of adventure, nightfall approaches quickly. The outdoor temperature drops and when you step inside ICEHOTEL, you feel a rush of warm air. Inside, the temperature is never colder than -5 °C to -8 °C, regardless of how cold it may be outside. It will soon be time to climb into bed. Dress in warm thermal underwear, put on a hat and slip into the cozy sleeping bag. Share the whole surrealistic ice-night with someone special.” http://www.icehotel.com/Winter/Stay/Cold/

eep, i dunno about this!

It’s an amazing article with great photos and info. Thank you for posting.

I like the ice one. Just don’t know if it will be freezing cold while sleep…

Richard

Can’t imagine paying money to stay in a cave, but never thought they’d create a hotel out of prison, either.

Thanks for the information. I heard about the Capsule Hotel’s in Japan. I never heard of the Prison Hotel. All of these would be interesting to stay while on vacation or a trip around the world. You would definitely be able to write some great travel articles.

Thought I’d see Coober Pedy mentioned in Australia.
I stayed there at the IYH back in ’92.
No pics though sorry (was before digital cameras)

Heh, this is some weird stuff.

I like what they did with the prison hotel – I think the igloo and ice hotel would be too cold – but maybe not?

Loving the sewage pipe and pod hotels, great idea for a list bud

i’ve seen the ice hotel before but nearly all the rest were brand new to me–very cool! the sewage pipe hotel room is amazing, i’d love to see a larger system of pipes at different sizes and shapes functioning collectively as a community. love it!

thanks!

Oh, fab list. Some are plain nuts, most make want to up and go.

What a fun article. I will definitely have to look into some of these hotels. Very fun!

I slept in a pipe once but it was because I was homeless and out of money. There weren’t in beds, just pipe.

Here’s another – the 727 airplane hotel in Costa Rica.

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/13/costa-rican-hotel-suite-takes-flight/

I love the capsule and would love to see the interior.

You should see Kadir’s Treehouses in Olympos, Turkey

http://www.kadirstreehouses.com

Very interesting hotels.

Here a great one in an amazing island called Morro de Sao Paulo in Bahia, Brazil: http://pousadamorrosaopaulo.blogspot.com/2009/05/mais-fotos-da-pousada-em-morro-sp.html

The cave hotel looks really awesome, just like in a fairy tale. I tried the capsule hotel once, it’s totally understandable in Tokyo-Japan since many people lives outside Tokyo but they have to work in Tokyo, so the capsule hotel is the only choice. The traffic doesn’t allow them to go home at night and get back to the company in the morning.

Those actually look like they would be great places to travel to.

Why would anyone want to stay in a tree hut? I could throw that together for free in my back yard!! Why spend any money at all!? I like all the other hotels how do you stay warm in an ice hotel without heating, or do you have it?

Hi , anyone hearing about Crazy house hotels in Dalat , Vietnam . This hotel is like a world in fairy tale . http://www.vietnam-hotels.net/hotels/Crazy-House-Hotel

Built every winter only to melt in the spring, Icehotel in Sweden is constructed entirely from ice and snow; that includes the walls, fixtures, and furniture.

I’d probably do the ice and cave hotels and the yurt!

If you ask me I would vote for the forest hut hotel. The tranquility would be a great experience. Away from the urban hue and cry, and unique is what we should call all these, but probably I would suffocate in the capsule hotel for sure.:-)

Lived in Quebec City for a while, visited the Ice Hotel and would recommend checking it out. But don’t stay over night, cold, expensive and not worth it, just go to check it out, they charge you to walk around, but that’s all you’ll want to do. Maybe have a drink at the ice bar before you go.

this is so cool