{"id":98883373,"date":"2016-03-16T14:26:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/?p=98883373"},"modified":"2018-11-08T09:40:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T14:40:43","slug":"strange-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/strange-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Strange Hotels: No Standard Rooms Please!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are crazy hotel experiences and then there are CRAZY hotel experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point\u2014Polar Park\u2019s Wolf Lodge in Norway. It opened late last year and is already getting a ton of attention. Why? Because it\u2019s a hotel in a wolf preserve that&#8217;s why! Guests can get up close and personal with the lupine residents (who were bred in captivity and are accustomed to humans) and can actually be licked on the face by one of the wolves.<\/p>\n<p>Reading about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/03\/14\/travel\/norway-wolf-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf Lodge<\/a> got us thinking about other insane, yet really awesome hotel experiences. Here are seven of the best.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>1.) Icehotel, Sweden<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_98882294\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98882294\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98882294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IceHotel-Sweden.jpg\" alt=\"Ruurd Jellema \/ Shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IceHotel-Sweden.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IceHotel-Sweden-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IceHotel-Sweden-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IceHotel-Sweden-810x538.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98882294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruurd Jellema \/ Shutterstock<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s more than one hotel made of ice in the world, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/sweden-se-deals\" target=\"_blank\">Sweden&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icehotel.com\/about-icehotel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Icehotel <\/a>was the first in 1989. Every year since, it\u2019s been rebuilt with the wall, floors, and ceilings, all carved by artists out of the natural ice and snow harvested from a wild river, 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2.) The Marmara Antalya, Turkey<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883374\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883374\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98883374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Falez-Cliffs-Turkey.jpg\" alt=\"muratart \/ Shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Falez-Cliffs-Turkey.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Falez-Cliffs-Turkey-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Falez-Cliffs-Turkey-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Falez-Cliffs-Turkey-810x540.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">muratart \/ Shutterstock<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You won\u2019t miss a single fantastic view of the world-famous Falez cliffs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/turkey-tr-deals\" target=\"_blank\">Turkey <\/a>when you stay at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarmarahotels.com\/the-marmara-antalya-hotel.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">the Marmara Antalya<\/a>. That\u2019s because it\u2019s the world\u2019s first (and only that we know of) rotating luxury hotel! <em>(Whee&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3.) Palacio de Sal, Bolivia <\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883385\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883385\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98883385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Palace-of-Salt-Bolivia.jpg\" alt=\"Alberto Loyo \/ Shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Palace-of-Salt-Bolivia.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Palace-of-Salt-Bolivia-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Palace-of-Salt-Bolivia-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Palace-of-Salt-Bolivia-810x538.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alberto Loyo \/ Shutterstock<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s a major twist to staying at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/bolivia-bo-deals\" target=\"_blank\">Bolivia\u2019s<\/a> Palacio de Sal\u2014pretty much everything is made of salt. The floor, walls, ceiling, and even parts of the furniture are built from salt blocks. It makes more sense when you realize that the hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, the world\u2019s largest salt flat.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>4.) Giraffe Manor, Kenya<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883381\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98883381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Giraffe-manor-Kenya.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;IMG_2906&quot; by Jake is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Giraffe-manor-Kenya.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Giraffe-manor-Kenya-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Giraffe-manor-Kenya-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Giraffe-manor-Kenya-810x608.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gooseballpictures\/2793368203\/in\/photolist-5zfvv2-5zff1X-BmifB-7HnsRN-5fV5Jm-6mvMjd-5fQK3K-5fQGht-5fV4Tw-PA2dd-PA1Kh-PABYK-PACje-PACng-PAC3k-PA1V7-PABWT-5fV88d-PA2g3-PABCD-PABEr-PA2ah-5fQFgn-PA1yN-PABW4-PABvx-PA1Pu-PA1Uf-PA1Ro-PA2pm-PABu8-PA1EE-PA1GN-PA21u-PA2jS\" target=\"_blank\">IMG_2906<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gooseballpictures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jake<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/CC BY-ND 2.0\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY-ND 2.0<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The picturesque hotel known as<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesafaricollection.com\/properties\/giraffe-manor\" target=\"_blank\"> Giraffe Manor<\/a> in a suburb of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/nairobi-nbo-kenya-deals\" target=\"_blank\">Nairobi<\/a>, is known for one thing and it\u2019s in the name\u2014giraffes. A herd of the animals live on the estate and often come right up to, and into, your\u00a0window, sticking their heads in for possible treats.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>5.) Montana Magica Lodge, Chile<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883380\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883380\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98883380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Montana-Magica-Lodge-Chile.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Entrada Lodge&quot; by Christian C\u00f3rdova is licensed under CC BY 2.0\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Montana-Magica-Lodge-Chile.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Montana-Magica-Lodge-Chile-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Montana-Magica-Lodge-Chile-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Montana-Magica-Lodge-Chile-810x608.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ccordova\/477917220\/in\/photolist-ne6xz7-Jes95-Jeqk8-Jeu3p-bT5Pk2-bT5Ptg-bT5PXX\" target=\"_blank\">Entrada Lodge<\/a>&#8221; by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ccordova\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Christian C\u00f3rdova<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like something out of a fairytale, <a href=\"http:\/\/huilohuilo.com\/our-accommodation\/lodge-montana-magica\/\" target=\"_blank\">Montana Magica Lodge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/chile-cl-deals\" target=\"_blank\">Chile<\/a>, is built in the shape of a volcano and sits in the middle of a 300,000 acre private nature preserve in the Chilean rainforest. Oh, and along with 13 rooms and a bar, there\u2019s also a working waterfall running down the side.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>6.) Jules Undersea Lodge,\u00a0Key Largo, FL<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883375\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98883375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Key-Largo-Florida.jpg\" alt=\"KGrif \/ Shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Key-Largo-Florida.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Key-Largo-Florida-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Key-Largo-Florida-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Key-Largo-Florida-810x540.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KGrif \/ Shutterstock<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If there\u2019s one place that\u2019s perfect to learn how to scuba diva, it\u2019s probably the Key Largo\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jules Undersea Lodge<\/a>\u00a0in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/florida-fl-united-states-deals\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a>, which is completely submerged underwater, and allows <em>residents<\/em> to stay from 3 to 24 hours!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>7.) Attrap Reves, France<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98883383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bubble-Hotel-France.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Attrap'r\u00eaves, dormez dans une bulle, la t\u00eate dans les \u00e9toiles&quot; by ADT 04 is licensed under CC BY 2.0\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bubble-Hotel-France.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bubble-Hotel-France-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bubble-Hotel-France-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bubble-Hotel-France-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bubble-Hotel-France-810x538.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bubble-Hotel-France-1140x757.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alpesdehauteprovence-tourisme\/19471013981\/in\/photolist-vEA36B-u9RoRX-vBVd7d-vnEpiu-tSg2dA-vnE55s-uHdq5o-uHdfC7-vEAC9g-uHoNct-uHe4z3-uHoFxB-vEBm5k-uHdMpY-uHoDhV-vEBsqX-vnE2GG-vEBfok-vnMbmx-u7uSgG-vnCnp1-tcZeFz-td1tcR-td1nMx-vEBjjB-vnDQm5-vEe7ht-vnMeWi-vEB3cB-vBVba7-vEBdiZ-vnMdkc-uHobDp-uHd7mh-vnLCtK-vEdNfB-vEdEi4-uHnyR2-vnDMQL-vnDApN-vDDL8J-vDDEtN-tSg5t3-ua16uF-tSfDuU-vnCw7y-tSoF1K-uHczjY-td178r-uHnPyD\" target=\"_blank\">Attrap&#8217;r\u00eaves, dormez dans une bulle, la t\u00eate dans les \u00e9toiles<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alpesdehauteprovence-tourisme\/\" target=\"_blank\">ADT 04<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wanted to sleep outside under the stars, without losing the comfort and luxury of a hotel, then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.attrap-reves.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Attrap Reves<\/a> (aka <em>Bubble Hotel<\/em>) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/france-fr-deals\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a>, is the place for you. The rooms are actually bubbles made from recycled clear material that sit secluded in the countryside, offering unique but comfortable views, with guaranteed privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Know of a crazy but cool hotel that\u2019s not on our list? Tell us about it in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are crazy hotel experiences and then there are CRAZY hotel experiences. Case in point\u2014Polar Park\u2019s Wolf Lodge in Norway. It opened late last year and is already getting a ton of attention. Why? Because it\u2019s a hotel in a wolf preserve that&#8217;s why! Guests can get up close and personal with the lupine residents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":98883386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[187,171,420,176,421,419,418,174],"class_list":["post-98883373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-inspiration","tag-bolivia","tag-chile","tag-crazy-hotels","tag-france","tag-kenya","tag-key-largo","tag-sweden","tag-turkey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98883373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98883373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98883373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98898614,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98883373\/revisions\/98898614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98883386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98883373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98883373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98883373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}