Have you ever thought what it would be like to stay in a hotel where you're welcomed by a fleet of hotel staff dressed as pandas. Or do you instead fancy a stay in a hotel which has furniture made of salt.
Trust your ears when we say the above mentioned because, we bring to you a list of unusual hotels from round the world that will amuse and shock you:
An employee dressed in a panda costume poses for a photo during the soft opening of a panda-themed hotel at the foot of Emei Mountain, Southwest China's Sichuan province, February 25, 2013. According to local media, the hotel is the first panda-themed hotel in the world and will officially open in May with room rates from 300 to 500 yuan ($48 to $80) per night.
A couple snugs inside a sleeping bag during a photo opportunity at an ice hotel at Alpha Resort Tomamu's ice village in Shimukappu town, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido February 6, 2008. Only one pair can spend the night at the ice hotel for 15,000 yen (about $140), including dinner served on an ice table.
Tables and chairs made from blocks of salt are seen at the salt hotel on Uyuni salt lake, which holds the world's largest reserve of lithium, about 500 km (311 miles), south of La Paz, November 28, 2010. Bolivia plans to build a plant to produce up to 30,000 tonnes a year of lithium carbonate from the Uyuni salt lake. Bolivia does not currently mine lithium, the main component of the rechargeable batteries that power products ranging from laptops to cameras.
The Cabin is seen under construction on the site of Treehotel in the Swedish village of Harads, July 5, 2010. A lofty new hotel concept is set to open in a remote village in northern Sweden, which aims to elevate the simple treehouse into a world-class destination for design-conscious travellers. The Treehotel is located in Harads about 60 km south of the Arctic Circle.
Pieces of garbage hang from the walls of the Corona Save the Beach Hotel, an unusual hotel built with garbage, in central Madrid January 20, 2011. The hotel, designed by German eco-artist H.A. Schult, has no intentions of competing with The Ritz or any luxury hotel: it's built using 12 tonnes of garbage collected from the beaches of Spain, Italy, France and Belgium, rubbish dumps and flea markets. The goal of Schult's installation is to raise awareness of the damage consumerism has on the world beaches.
A caravan turned into sleeping accommodations is pictured in the indoor camping hotel Huettenpalast in Berlin, May 5, 2011. A 200 square metre production hall of a small vacuum-cleaner factory was used to create an indoor garden where guests can sleep in old caravans and wooden huts. A night in Huettenpalast hotel located in Berlin's Neukoelln district will cost from 30 euros per person.
A general view shows the Base Camp Bonn Young Hostel, the world's first camping trailer and Pullman coach hostel, at night in Bonn September 20, 2013. The hostel was opened in August this year in a former storage facility, consists of 15 various camping caravans in vintage style, two former railway Pullman coaches and four U.S. Airstream trailers all with shared washrooms. The prices of the 120 beds in the 1600 square meter indoor complex range from 22 to 69 euros per night. Each trailer was individually designed by film and TV outfitter Marion Seul.
German designer Karl Lagerfeld poses as he unveils his hotel suite creation made of chocolate, part of a campaign by a leading ice cream brand, at a hotel in Paris April 28, 2011.
A model poses in a room of the Alcatraz hotel in the southwestern German city of Kaiserslautern September 19, 2008. The hotel, built in a former prison from 1867 today offers a total of 57 rooms, with original carceral beds, lattice bars and pass-throughs in the heavy steel doors. Guests can sleep in convict uniform pyjamas and enjoy their drinks in the 'Behind Bars'
'Dasparkhotel' hotel rooms are pictured in a public park in the Upper Austrian town of Ottensheim April 29, 2014. The rooms are constructed from repurposed concrete drain pipes and can be booked anonymously on the internet. Owner Andreas Strauss says the hotel is a hospitality project on a "pay as you wish" basis, a system where customers pay what they can afford.
Courtesy: Reuters
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