Posts Tagged 'Hotels unusual'

The Natural Park of the Monasterio de Piedra.

Friday, April 15, 2011
 

Tucked between the rugged mountains of the Iberian System, located in the municipality of Nuévalos, in the province of Zaragoza, the Natural Park of the Monasterio de Piedra offers one of the most rewarding experiences you can find in the world, a distance of two hours for unusual garden around water and its movement through waterfalls and caves. The Monasterio de Piedra Natural Park, home to dense riparian forest, one of the most biologically rich ecosystems, where many species of animals and a variety of giant trees.
The landscape of the Monasterio de Piedra, consists of rocks formed in the bottom of the sea and are eroded by the force of water. The river has shaped the rock stone forming lakes, caves and waterfalls, offering beautiful landscapes as "Mirror Lake" or the cascade of "Cola de Caballo", an impressive jump of 50 meters in height which conceals a spectacular cave natural.
According to the magazine "Fraser's Magazine", the effect of the setting sun seen through a cataract from inside the cave of the Cola de Caballo and feelings aroused by the spectacle can not be described.
We must not miss the guided tour of the monastery with its cloister and a twelfth century Cistercian of the few "Calefactorios" kept in monasteries today. The calefactory, is the room where the monks were heated in winter and is provided at the bottom of a glory where he mixed straw, wood, etc. .. with fire to warm the soil. A modern heating system copied from the ancient Roman baths.
Another peculiarity of the Monasterio de Piedra is the alabaster, since all the windows facing the outside were covered in this mineral that diffuses light and sends it in all directions, with the advantage that protects from the cold, white light passes ( Cister celestial light) but can not see the outside, avoiding the monks curious to know what happens outside.
But if we also want to rest or spend a romantic weekend with your partner, we should not miss the opportunity to stay at the hotel-monastery and sleep in the former cells of the monks of the abbey, which have been completely refurbished and equipped with the comforts of today. The hotel has 61 rooms overlooking the cloister or the park in which insurance will have a weekend to remember ...

Accommodation unusual: Westpoint Lighthouse in Prince Edward Island.

Monday, October 11, 2010

In the section on unusual hotels, I present a very special

This is the Westpoint Lighthouse located on the Prince Edward Island, one of Canada's Maritime Provinces, which was attached to the North American continent by the Confederation Bridge.

The lighthouse, which is located in a beautiful and wild beach is very special as it is painted white and black instead of the usual red. Get permission to paint it that color cost the keeper two years of bureaucracy, but it has been lovely.

It is the ideal place to unwind, relax, walk on the beach, enjoy a good book and magnificent sunsets.

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Documentation / Canadian Tourism Commission

The neighborhood of Santa Cruz in Seville, Become hotel.

Monday, August 30, 2010

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The hotel "The houses of the Jewry" and t is located in the old quarter of Santa Cruz (Sevilla) and we are told on the website of the establishment, through the doors of this hotel is immersed in a Seville unknown to many.

The Houses of the Jewish cause the phrase "a city within a city" come all meaning, since the hotel is made ​​up of 27 old houses in the Jewish quarter (almost a whole block) that have been linked through yards and corridors.

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Unusual Hotels: sleep in a circus wagon.

Monday, August 30, 2010

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Are you passionate about the circus?

Have nomadic traveler's soul?

Have you always wanted to know what life is like under a tent?

Do you have children and want to live an exciting adventure with them?

The Hotel Raluy, is possibly the only hotel traveling the world, offering circus lovers a fantastic opportunity to observe the daily life of the circus artists from within but without giving up the comfort of staying in a hotel.

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An authentic wagon built in 1939 has been completely restored maintaining the charm of the coaches of the time and adapted to provide guests with every comfort. (more ...)

Unusual Hotels: Staying in a bullring.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

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The Plaza de Toros de Almaden is a modern hotel equipped with every comfort, locatd in a place with more than 250 years of history. It is located in the town of Almadén in Ciudad Real, locatd in a unique building has been declared a Historic-Artistic Monument, a bullring hexagonal unique in the world.

The hotel has 23 rooms decorated exclusively in wrought iron and wood, with the original construction of the building in stone and wood, creating a magical atmosphere. Each room has its own identity and are completely different.

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Inside the hotel is the restaurant "Plaza Nueva", where you can taste exquisite dishes Cooking & Castilian-La Mancha.

We can use the hotel stay "bullring" to make a visit to Almaden Mining Park , where we visit the interior of the mine at the hands of former miners.

More information / Hotel Plaza de Toros.

Assuming you like the bulls ...

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A hotel of recycled paper.

Monday, May 25, 2009

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Eve's Garden Hotel located in the Texas town of Marathon, is a green hotel, in addition to an organic garden has an art gallery. But the greatest feature of this hotel is the material that is made:

Ecology is fashionable and sustainable architecture constantly surprises us with new techniques.

The latter is called papercrete, a mixture of recycled paper pulp (50 to 80 percent) and cement quite light, resistant and insulating.

This paste is formed plates, which are bored to let the pipes and wiring and stacked to build the walls. (more ...)

Unusual hotels. Staying on top of a tree II

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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If you previously talked about the simple and original accommodations Forest Lapland in Finland, now it's the turn of the Green Magic Nature Resort, a hotel located in North Kerala (India), where we can fulfill our childhood dream of sleeping in a house in the crown of a tree and not missing any details.

Among the branches of trees in the middle of 500 acres of tropical forest and 30 meters high, rise little houses built by tribes in the area in the traditional natural materials, but covering all the basic needs and not as' basic travelers. (more ...)

Unusual hotels. Staying on top of a tree

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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For some time it is possible in some parts of the world stay in wooden huts built on trees, but Britta and Kent Lindvall wanted to be a little more innovative and have settled in the woods of Lapland (Finland) some curious ideal accommodation for adventurers who do not suffer from vertigo and dream of spending a few days in contact with nature.

The simple and colorful rooms are actually aluminum boxes that seem almost suspended in the air and that can only be accessed via a rope ladders for not everyone is able to climb.

Another of the peculiarities of the place is that the outside of the rooms has been completely covered with mirrors, making the tops of the trees are reflected in them and cause the carrier pass completely unnoticed.

This way they have achieved the least possible impact to the environment and preserve the harmony and beauty.

What do you think this original proposal?

Via / Sixth Star

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

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The Salar de Uyuni is located in Potosi (Bolivia) and is with its 12,000 square miles the largest salt desert in the world. Only the surface crust is about 10 meters deep, but is estimated to contain 10,000 million tons of salt, which is composed of about 11 layers with a expesor ranging from 2 to 11 meters.

But despite the inhospitable place during the month of November nest and breed in it three species of flamingos, and the largest islet in the center of the salar, we can find cactus up to 10 meters high.

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The Salar de Uyuni, is considered one of the most spectacular places on Earth and is one of the main tourist destinations in Bolivia. (more ...)