The Australian Floating Hotel That Ended Up in North Korea
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 24, 2019
For little more than a year in the late 1980s, a seven-story five-star hotel floated over John Brewer Reef, about 70 km off the coast of Tow...
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Hotel Belvédère: The Iconic Swiss Hotel on The Edge of The Rhone Glacier
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 29, 2018
Located in one of the snowiest regions in Switzerland, the Furka Pass, connecting the cantons of Uri and Valais in the country’s south-centr...
Hotel Arbez Franco-Suisse, Located Half in Switzerland and Half in France
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 24, 2012
The Arbez Hotel is a small two star hotel located in the quite border town of La Cure, five miles north of Geneva. A nice, cozy little place...
4 Incredible Hanging Hotel Pools
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 17, 2012
Some hotel pools are more than a place to take a dip. They are designed to make a dramatic impression and heighten the sensations you experi...
The Squatters of Grande Hotel Beira
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2017
You might not know this, but Mozambique is one of the fastest growing tourist destination in the world. Its wild beauty and untamed nature h...
Watson’s Hotel: India’s Oldest Cast Iron Building
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2022
Early one morning In 1867, a traveler walking through the familiar streets of Kala Ghoda district in Bombay noticed something strange “like ...
Radisson Blu Iveria: A Luxury Hotel That Became a Refugee Camp
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2014
The Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel is located at the center of Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi. Built in 1967, it was Georgia’s finest hotel and a...
The Turkish Hotel Built Above an Ancient Ruin
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2020
In 2009, a construction crew digging the foundation for a new hotel in Antakya, Turkey, made an astonishing discovery. They uncovered a va...
V8 Car Themed Hotel in Stuttgart, Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2012
Located in Stuttgart, Germany - a German international hub for car dealers - the V8 Hotel is a paradise for car enthusiasts. The hotel featu...
Longcroft Luxury Hotel … for Cats
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 29, 2010
A luxurious hotel suite - complete with four-poster bed, state-of-the-art sound system and fine dining - for just £15 a night has opened up ...
Construction of an Amazing Underground Hotel in Songjiang Begins
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 26, 2012
Some years ago, a British engineering firm Atkins proposed an extravagant design for a five-star hotel located deep within a 100-meter, aba...
V8 Hotel for Car Lovers in Stuttgart
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 16, 2010
The V8 Hotel in Stuttgart, Germany is a paradise for auto enthusiasts. The hotel features themed rooms done with trendy details and many or...
Pop-up Sandcastle Hotels Open in the Netherlands
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 15, 2015
You may have heard about those temporary ice hotels that Sweden, Norway and some of those near-Arctic-circle countries put up during the win...
Rome Builds a Hotel From Beach Trash
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 14, 2010
Last week a hotel constructed from rubbish collected from beaches opened its doors in Rome, to highlight the growing problem of litter in Eu...
The Japanese Hotel Staffed By Robots
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2017
In the last few weeks, we have been hearing a lot about how robots have been replacing human workers across industries in developed countrie...
A Unique Tree Hotel in Sweden
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2010
In the remote sylvan village of Harads in northern Sweden, a unique hotel is set to open on July 17th, which aims to elevate the simple tre...
Hotel de Sal Playa – The salt hotel of Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2009
In the middle of Salar de Uyuni, a huge salt deposit in southwestern part of the Bolivia, is located a hotel made entirely of salt. It isn’...
Lastel- The Corpse Hotel in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2011
At a country where the death rate is 1.6 million per year, death is a booming market in Japan, and one Yokohama businessman named Hisayoshi ...
Boeing 747 Airplane Hotel in Costa Rica
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 12, 2010
What can you do with an old Boeing 727? You can sent it to a junkyard or you can rebuild it, refurbish and turn it into a hotel, like the Co...
Russia to Open Space Hotel by 2016
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2011
A Russian company by the name of Orbital Technologies plans to build the world's first space hotel as a commercial alternative to the I...
