| Though hotels are all similar in that they all have beds | | | | hours during the day. |
| and other accommodations to make staying there | | | | There are several cave hotels throughout the world |
| much more homelike, there are some very unique | | | | in such places as Australia, Spain, Turkey, the United |
| hotels in various parts of the world that challenge the | | | | States and several other countries. Rooms in cave |
| concept of the traditional hotel. | | | | hotels typically have the entire walls or even two or |
| The unique treetop hotels in Costa Rica, Kenya and | | | | three walls made out of the mountain or other hard |
| other parts of the world where the hotels are built | | | | sediment formation that the hotel is built into. |
| with very large living trees making up a substantial | | | | For instance there is the cave hotel in Southern |
| part of the hotel structure. The treetop hotel in | | | | Australia, an Underground hotel and casino, in Coober |
| Kenya is built into the trees surrounding a watering | | | | Pedy. |
| hole for the many species of animals that forage | | | | The Desert Cave Hotel allows you to experience |
| there. When you leave the main dining room to go | | | | dug-out style living, underground shops, bar and opal |
| back to your room you are always accompanied by | | | | display areas. Sleeping underground is a very unique |
| a guard for protection from wild predators. The Ariau | | | | experience. Quiet, cool, dark and airy, the rooms |
| Towers in Brazil, near the city of Manaus is in the | | | | seem spacious with their high ceilings. |
| middle of the Amazon on the Rio Negro and is a | | | | The unique Desert Cave Hotel, famous as the only |
| similar type of living tree hotel. | | | | international rated underground hotel in the world, |
| Ariau Amazon Towers is another unique hotel, | | | | allows you to experience dug-out style living. It's the |
| located 35 miles from Manaus, Brazil where the Rio | | | | experience to enjoy if you are in the area. |
| Negro and Ariau Creek meet. Built entirely at the level | | | | They have all of the amenities, fine dining, a pool, a |
| of the Rainforest Canopy, Ariau's towers are linked | | | | beautiful spa and a well equipped gym. |
| together by 4 miles of strong wooden catwalks. This | | | | There is one underwater hotel in the entire world |
| architectural wonder affords visitors a unique | | | | that can be reached without the aid of scuba gear |
| communion with the regions teeming plant and animal | | | | which is really a unique hotel. The Utter Inn located in |
| life while leaving the fragile eco-system completely | | | | Lake Malaren, Sweden features one large room and |
| undisturbed. Bill gates invested in the hotel and had | | | | visitors can simply walk down into the hotel while |
| modern telephone / internet connections installed. | | | | viewing underwater. This same company also has an |
| Straight out of Neromancer, the Sci-Fi book by | | | | undersea lodge in Key Largo, Florida that does require |
| William Gibson, but only for the Japanese as of yet, | | | | scuba diving to reach. |
| the unique capsule hotels are an economy type of | | | | The Utter (Otter) Inn in Sweden is a small floating |
| hotel with extremely high occupancy capabilities. Most | | | | house with a deck for sunning. Its uniqueness is that |
| capsule hotel compartments are only about 6 ½ | | | | you descend the stairs into the lake. The bedroom is |
| feet by 4 feet by a little over 3 feet. These hotels | | | | like an aquarium but you are the fish. There is an |
| are not recommended for large or very tall people. | | | | inflatable boat so that you can visit a near by |
| This amount of space certainly gives one enough | | | | un-inhabited island to swim and sun. You will have to |
| room to read or sleep, but not much else. Of course | | | | buy the deluxe package to have dinner delivered to |
| if you've got wireless internet the possibilities are | | | | you (by boat, of course) in the evening. |
| considerably expanded. | | | | These are the few totally different and unique hotels |
| Capsule hotels are not necessarily frequented | | | | around the world. Be adventuresome and check one |
| primarily by lower income people, but are used by | | | | or two of the out. |
| many types of people for many different reasons. | | | | Copyright © Mary Hanna, All Rights Reserved. |
| For about $25-34 per night, a tired working person | | | | This article may be distributed freely on your website |
| who stayed out too late drinking and missed the last | | | | and in your ezines, as long as this entire article, |
| train can get a night's rest. There are often discount | | | | copyright notice, links and the resource box are |
| rates for those wishing to nap for only a couple of | | | | unchanged. |