| Going on a vacation is truly an adventure, but what if | | | | extreme vacation. |
| you stayed in a unique hotel while you were away. | | | | Kokopelli's Cave Bed & Breakfast, New Mexico |
| Perhaps you find yourself riding an elevator up 60 | | | | At Kokopelli's you'll have the opportunity to |
| feet, stepping into your room, only to find that you | | | | experience life as a mountain man might have years |
| have an entire panoramic view of Holland's Wadden | | | | ago. This wonderful setting is accesed by a cliff-face |
| Sea. Inside the room, you are met with a | | | | trail cut into the side of a 65 million year old |
| touch-screen lighting system, a shower for two, and | | | | sandstone formation. Once you are inside the cave |
| an outdoor terrace, but what truly makes this room | | | | you'll have amenities like a cascading waterafall |
| unique lies in the corner of the room. Here, there are | | | | shower, a flagstone hot tub, 1,650 square feet of |
| controls that let you turn the room in any direction | | | | living, southwestern-style furnishings, a full kitchen, |
| you like. Who would have guessed that you would | | | | and washer and dryer. Probably the best amenity |
| be staying in a 143,000 pound steel crane! | | | | that the cave has to offer is the beautiful sunsets |
| Sometimes we get bored of the same old hotel, | | | | and stargazing opportunities you'll be able to view |
| furnished with a rectangular bed, a stocked mini-bar, | | | | while you are on the balcony or on the cliff tops. |
| and a courteous staff. Sometimes we want | | | | The Kakslauttanen Hotel, Finland |
| something different, and some of us want something | | | | When you visit Finland and find yourself lodging at |
| very different. Fortunately for us adventurers, hotels | | | | the Kakslauttanen Hotel, the indoor space isn't what |
| around the world are really stepping up their game to | | | | you will be necessarily attracted to, it will be the |
| provide a unique experience for each of its guests. | | | | outdoor space. Each dome is just 161 square feet |
| For a long time, hotels have tried to attract guests | | | | and has one small toilet. But, because of the |
| with unique themes like tepees and train cars. One | | | | panoramic thermoglass casing that acts as a roof, |
| hotel in particular has even gone to the extreme of | | | | you'll be able to take in the night sky's right from the |
| providing you a night's stay in a real jail cell. In Latvia | | | | comfortable adjustable double beds. These domes |
| at Karostas Cietums, which is an infamous Soviet-era | | | | especially become popular during the Northern Lights. |
| military jail, for $10 a night, you can receive the full | | | | Imagine yourself and your travel companion enjoying |
| experience of staying in an old cell on a threadbare | | | | the spectacular show that the Northern Lights puts |
| mattress. | | | | on as you lay in your bed. This is definitely a |
| Fortunately, not all of these unique hotels offer such | | | | must-see experience. |
| great amenities as this old jail, but you will experience | | | | Marmara Antalya, Turkey |
| a once in a lifetime stay at one of these hotels. | | | | The marmar Antalya is a hotel that rotates. It is |
| Harlingen Harbour Crane, Netherlands | | | | aided by six enormous electric motors and makes a |
| At this former timber hauling derrick you will find a | | | | complete revolution every seven hours. The great |
| repurposed bi-level room that is 60 feet high in the | | | | Mediterranean views can be enjoyed from every |
| sky. Located along the banks of the Wadden Sea | | | | angle as you stay in this ultra modern hotel. The hotel |
| off of the Dutch coast, you can enjoy the panoramic | | | | features 24 rooms that all offer great views of the |
| aquatic view from inside your luxuriously equipped | | | | surrounding landscape, and you'll be able to see all of |
| room. You'll be surrounded by electronical advances | | | | it because your view will change. As part of the |
| like touch lighting and you can rotate which way your | | | | hotel, there is another building behind it that offers |
| room faces just by a touch of a button. | | | | lodging for guests, but if you want the experience of |
| Giraffe Manor, Kenya | | | | revolution, you'll want to book a room in the first |
| In Kenya, you can stay on land owned by the | | | | building, as this one doesn't move. |
| Langata Giraffe Centre, which is a wildlife | | | | Jules' Undersea Lodge, Florida |
| conservancy, sanctuary, and reserve. Girafffe Manor | | | | Located 21 feet below the water's surface is an old |
| is an estate decorated with 19th century furnishings. | | | | 70's era research lab that has been turned into a two |
| The rooms themselves are not necessarily done up in | | | | bedroom capsule in Key Largo that can |
| any unusual way, but it's what's outside that will really | | | | accommodate six guests. To get to the capsule, |
| catch your eye. Why not go for an afternoon stroll | | | | guests have to scuba dive down to the entrance. |
| around the grounds while you interact with giant | | | | The capsule is 600 square feet and includes all the |
| giraffe's nearby? Guests even get the opportunity to | | | | regular amenities that you would find inside a hotel |
| interact with these animals during meal time as well. | | | | room. The amenities include a spacious living area with |
| Sometimes giraffe's will poke their heads through the | | | | a TV ans stereo along with a furnished dining room. |
| windows and eat right out of your hand. Where else | | | | In each bedroom, the lodge makes full use of its |
| can you interact with wild animals like this in such | | | | unique location with its 42 inch circular windows that |
| close quarters? | | | | offer a view of passing sea life. Who knows, you |
| Dasparkhotel, Austria | | | | just might see a shark or a sea turtle swim by. |
| Who would have ever thought that a concrete | | | | It seems that wherever you travel to there will be |
| drainpipe would one day be a hotel room? Along the | | | | something unique to see and experience. In this case, |
| banks of the Danube in Ottensheim, Austria you'll find | | | | hotels are not an exception. It's amazing to see how |
| concrete drainpipes used as hotel rooms that have | | | | far advanced our world has become and how |
| an electronically secured entrance. You will be | | | | creative people are getting. There's even been talk |
| surrounded by a leafy green park with nature | | | | about hotels in space by 2012! Our knowledge of |
| surrounding you. If you are claustrophobic, however, | | | | how hotels are run is definitely changing. There will |
| this may not be the place for you. Each drainpipe is | | | | certainly be more unusual hotels to add to this list in |
| furnished with a comfortable mattress, a lamp, and | | | | the future, but for now these top the list. |
| one tiny skylight. This is truly for those who want an | | | | |