Have a quirky stay: the world's most unusual hotels

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For many travelers, accommodation is just a necessary part of their trip. But for others, hotels are the destination. If you're among the latter, these quirky hotels are for you.

 

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The Treehotel, Sweden - Located among the tall trees of Northern Sweden's pine forest, this hotel combines the peacefulness of unspoiled nature with contemporary design and architecture.

 

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The Treehotel, Sweden -

Address: Edeforsvägen 2A, 960 24 Harads

(Photo: Flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0)

 

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BaseCamp Young Hostel, Germany - This creative hostel is comprised of several vintage trailers, vans, motorhomes, and campers placed in a vacant warehouse.

 

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BaseCamp Young Hostel, Germany -

Address: In der Raste 1, 53129 Bonn

 

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The Panda Inn, China - Creepy or cute? You decide. This panda-themed hotel would not be complete without its panda-dressed staff. The rooms also display various themes, including 'Titanic' and 'Sailor Moon.'

 

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The Panda Inn, China -

Location: Mount Emei, Leshan, Sichuan

 

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LEGOLAND Hotel, USA - Located in California, this resort offers—you guessed it—a myriad of Lego-themed rooms.

 

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LEGOLAND Hotel, USA -

Address: 1 Legoland Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008

 

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Book and Bed, Japan - In this cozy hostel, guests sleep in tiny, snug cubicles hidden behind library shelves.

 

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Book and Bed, Japan -

Location: Nishiikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-0021

 

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Nine Hours, Japan - This capsule hotel was designed with practicality in mind. Its different locations are strategically placed near airports, train stations, and city centers to take the hassle out of traveling.

 

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Nine Hours, Japan -

Its first location opened in 2009, before opening a number of hotels across Japan.

 

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Alcatraz Hotel, Germany - The former 19th-century jail has been transformed into a guesthouse that maintains its former theme, albeit inspired by a different, more famous prison.

 

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Alcatraz Hotel, Germany -

Address: Morlauterer Str. 1, 67657 Kaiserslautern

 

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Dasparkhotel, Austria - Ever dreamed of sleeping in sections of sewer pipe? Look no further. The rooms of this environmentally conscious hotel consist of repurposed metropolitan drainage pipes.

 

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Dasparkhotel, Austria -

Address: Rodlstraße 21, 4100 Ottensheim

Prices per night are whatever guests wish to or can pay.

 

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Alpha Resort-Tomamu, Japan - For obvious reasons, this ice hotel only opens in the winter and offers icy beds, Arctic baths facing the white birch forest, and an ice lounge, among many other amenities made of ice.

 

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Alpha Resort-Tomamu, Japan -

Location: Tomamu Station, Shimukappu, Hokkaidō

 

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Salt hotels, Bolivia - Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, has a few hotels whose structures are made of salt.