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Underwater
Hotels
in Fiji and the Maldives
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Poseidon
Underwater Resort,
Fiji
This is considered to be one of the most famous
underwater hotels in the world. It has been built
on a remote island and is surrounded by a
5,000-acre lagoon. The hotel is 70% acrylic glass,
so it is probably the closest you can get to
sleeping in a giant aquarium. You just need
$15,000-$30,000 to book your reservation. With this
amount, you can enjoy six nights at Poseidon
Mystery Island. The officials of the hotels
will pick you up in a company airplane and fly you
out there to Fiji. The package also includes a
four-night stay in a beachfront room and two nights
in an underwater room, gourmet meals and access to
other water sports, lectures and wine
tasting.
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Conrad
Hilton, Maldives
This beautiful hotel is located in the Maldives
near India, and is also considered as one of the
most extraordinary underwater hotels of the world.
Visitors can enjoy the panoramic view of the water
all around. Sometimes it happens that a huge fish
comes by swimming around the dining area and this
moment takes anyones breath away.
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Airplane
Hotel in Costa Rica
and Igloos in Canada
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Airplane
Hotel, Costa Rica
If you have fantasies of living like the Swiss
Family Robinson or even the characters in Lost,
this rainforest resort near Quepos, Costa Rica may
be just the ticket. Situated on the edge of the
Manuel Antonio National Park, the Costa Verde
Resort features an incredible hotel suite set
inside a 1965 Boeing 727 airplane. In its former
life, the airplane transported globetrotters on
South Africa Air and Avianca Airlines, and it now
serves as a two-bedroom suite perched on the edge
of the rainforest overlooking the beach and
ocean.
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Ice
Hotel, Canada
Just in case anybody living in warmer climates was
wondering, most Canadians don't live in igloos! But
at the Ice Hotel in Quebec, Canada, they do. It is
absolutely amazing what you can do with walls and
furniture when you aren't relegated to materials
like drywall and plaster. The construction of the
Ice Hotel changes each year, and is truly art.
Everything is made of ice. Located at only 10
minutes from downtown Québec City, the
Hôtel de Glace is a must-see attraction to
discover every winter.
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Cave
Hotels
in Turkey
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Cappadocia
Cave Hotel, Turkey
Ever dreamed of staying in a cave hotel with all
modern conveniences? Well, now's your chance to
make those dreams come true.
Cappadocia is
one of the most fascinating travel destinations in
Turkey. Up until two million years ago, the region
was literally a sea of lava over 150 meters (500
feet) deep. After the volcanoes that surround
Cappadocia stopped erupting, that sea of lava
turned to rock, relatively soft rock that's easily
eroded and dug into. As a result, the region today
is rife with otherworldly rock formations,
underground cities, and cave hotels. There are
maybe two dozen cave hotels in the greater
Cappadocia region.
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Kelebek
Cave Hotel, Turkey
The
gorgeous Kelebek Hotel is perhaps Goreme's most
popular place. Kelebek has a wonderful location,
right in the heart of Goreme's historic old
village, with spectacular views looking out towards
Uchisar and Cavusin. Today Kelebek
the Butterfly in English
has 36 rooms, some of them in the fairy chimneys,
some in caves and some of them in the traditional
arched rooms where families used to live. Suites
have spacious cave bedrooms with hand-carved
furnishings and locally-made fabrics, marble-walled
bathrooms with their own hamam basins,
power-showers and bathtubs.
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Cliffside
Guest Houses
in the Alps
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Cliffside
Mountain Camping,
Italy
This mountain-top hut with a sweeping panoramic
view of the Julian Alps in Italy is free to stay
for anyone who knocks on its door. The catch?
You'll have to hike 8,300 feet up Foronon del Buinz
Mountain to get to it. Commissioned by the family
of the late mountain climber Luca Vuerich, who died
in an avalanche in 2010, this unusual prefab wood
cabin by architect Giovanni Pesamosca is located on
the Ceria-Merlone trail and has been offering a
safe refuge for hiking nature lovers since it
opened in September 2012.
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