The ice hotel in Lapland has opened its doors again. Located in the village of Jukkasjärvi and carved and erected anew every year, the 2015/16 season also offers 19 unique suites designed by a host of different artists and designers. The snow and ice hotel has been welcoming guests since December 11, 2015 and will remain until it melts.
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Bookworms, this is the hostel for you! Book and Bed Tokyo is basically a cute bookstore with an interesting design where you can spend the night. For all those who love to read and travel, there is no better place to stay in the world. And although it seems to be something from the fantasy world, Book and Bed Tokyo is somehow real and a great alternative to the classic range of hostels. It is located in the Japanese capital (Ikebukuro area) and will open its doors on November 5, 2015.
The Belgian pop-up hotel Sleeping Around, made of shipping containers, is constantly moving around Antwerp, offering its guests an ever-new fascinating view.
The Baumhotel Robins Nest is a charming hotel among the treetops located in the German state of Hessen. The architectural feat in the embrace of unspoilt nature offers visitors a unique experience and complete disconnection from the outside world (no Wi-Fi access). Together with his friends, it was built in half a year by Peter Becker, who decided to move to the forest after years of running a bar and gallery in Berlin and offer people the ultimate escape from the hectic world and genuine contact with nature.
The Warsaw graphic studio Mamastudio has transformed its premises into a beautiful conceptual hotel, Hotel Autor Rooms, which is an excellent backdrop for displaying art objects and designer furniture by young Polish artists.
The Space Suite at the Hotel Kameha Grand Zürich gives guests a taste of what life is like on a space station. The hotel room was transformed into a virtual space station by the German artist, adventurer and future astronaut Michael Najjar. He decorated the walls, floor, and ceiling with space motifs captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, rocket propulsion inspired the ceiling lighting, and the artist filled the living room with space travel-themed books, movies, and audiobooks.
For all those who have always wanted to live in a magical world made of sand and diligently build fairytale sand castles on the beach every summer, the first sand hotels in the world were built as part of the Zand Hotel project in the Dutch cities of Oss and Sneek.
In the south-east of Spain, in the Guadalest Valley, which is considered one of Spain's greatest tourist pearls, the luxury Vivood Landscape Resort recently opened its doors to visitors, discreetly nestling in the surrounding hills and offering a picturesque view of the rugged surroundings. It consists of 25 apartments, bungalows, each measuring 27 square meters, and the complex also includes a panoramic swimming pool, a terrace with a jacuzzi, a bar and a restaurant.
If you've always wanted to stay in a hotel that was completely different from the usual hotels, Hotel Not Hotel is what you've been looking for all along, but didn't know actually existed. The Amsterdam hotel offers unique rooms that are not just rooms, but - with different themes, stories and identity - are real works of art.
Sillian is probably not the first place that comes to mind when you think of a vacation destination or trip. But this small town in East Tyrol in Austria should be high on the list of those looking for a place for an active vacation, be it in spring, summer, autumn, and especially in winter. Namely, Sillian is a paradise for all those who are not so much into sitting down and lying down, but more into jumping into hills, cycling trips, skiing, cross-country skiing, etc.
Luxury is still a term that not only expresses the price of something, but also those intangible qualities of exclusivity, uniqueness and pure pleasure that come from experiencing luxury. Everything from cosmetics to fashion, luxury has become a "value" that everyone has decided to pursue. The same applies to catering, both for gastronomy and for accommodation. Although there are many unique accommodation options in the world, there are only six where luxury is awarded with seven stars. Here are the only six hotels in the world that have seven stars.
Villa TreVille is one of those dreamy boutique hotels that we've been able to spot in the flood of fashion elite destinations on Instagram this summer. The trendsetters who flooded Italy this summer, in addition to the ever-popular Tuscany, also visited the romantic Amalfi Coast, with the beautiful town of Positano, in which we find Villa TreVille, leading the way. Check out what it's like to vacation in a boutique hotel that the fashion elite swear by...