Hotel

:This article discusses the residential establishment. For other uses of the term "hotel", see Hotel (disambiguation).

Unusual hotels

Treehouse hotels

Some hotels, such as the Costa Rica Tree House in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, or Treetops Hotel in Aberdares National Park, Kenya, are built with living trees as structural elements, making them treehouses.

Related Topics:
Costa Rica Tree House - Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge - Costa Rica - Treetops Hotel - Aberdares National Park - Kenya - Treehouses

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Cave hotels

Desert Cave Hotel in Coober Pedy, South Australia and the Cuevas Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (named after the author) in Guadix, Spain, as well as several hotels in Cappadocia, Turkey, are notable for being built into natural cave formations, some with rooms underground.

Related Topics:
Desert Cave Hotel - Coober Pedy, South Australia - Cuevas Pedro Antonio de Alarcón - Author - Guadix - Cappadocia - Cave

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Ice hotels

Main article: Ice hotel

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Ice hotels, such as the canonical Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, melt every spring and are rebuilt out of ice and snow every winter.

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Underwater hotels

As of 2005, the only hotel with an underwater room that can be reached without Scuba diving is Utter Inn in Lake Mälaren, Sweden. It only has one room, however, and Jules' Undersea Lodge in Key Largo, Florida, which requires scuba diving, is not much bigger.

Related Topics:
As of 2005 - Scuba diving - Utter Inn - Lake Mälaren - Jules' Undersea Lodge - Key Largo

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Hydropolis is an ambitious project to build a luxury hotel in Dubai, UAE, with 220 suites, all on the bottom of the Persian Gulf, 20 meters (66 feet) below the surface. Its architecture will feature two domes that break the surface and an underwater train tunnel, all made of transparent materials such as glass and acrylic.

Related Topics:
Hydropolis - Dubai - UAE - Persian Gulf - Acrylic

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Other unusual hotels

The Library Hotel in New York City is unique in that its ten floors are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal System.

Related Topics:
Library Hotel - New York City - Dewey Decimal System

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