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HTR’s-Not so Cookie cutter hotels
Safariland Treehouse Resort
Tamilnadu, India.
Family home of big game expert and National champion with Rustic bamboo Treehouses
This treehouse resort is part of a well maintained base for groups wishing to visit the region with it’s amazing wildlife viewing opportunities. Owned by one of India’s top National Rifle champions – and recently famous tiger tracker Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, this property is his family summer retreat, away from the heat of his home in Hyderabad. With plenty of shady trees it is a peaceful, back-to-nature location. It will add a special memory to your stay in the region and offers a choice of 6 different treehouse options.
Nearby are world renowned game reserves, where wild elephants roam. Check out the elephant rehabilitation sanctuary and elephant nursery where you will often see orphaned baby elephants being cared for.
Contact:
4/78K,Bokkapuram,
Masinagudi-643 223,
Nilgiri District,
Tamilnadu, India.
Phone:91-0423-2526937,2526194
Mobile:09787592381,094432 15097
www.safarilandresorts.com
Email: info@safarilandresorts.com
safariland@dataone.in
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The Boot Bed’n’Breakfast
Tasman, New Zealand
A giant boot that couples can sleep in
When Steve and partner Judy first created The Boot in 2001 they were considered slightly crazy, but after several years history of happy visitors they are rightly taking their place as local celebrities and contributing to the tapestry of attractions and folklore of this inspiring region.
Creating a giant boot guesthouse on a 6 acre property is perhaps the genius of an eccentric, and rather than convert an existing building, Steve Richards designed The Boot from scratch.
With curved walls and ceilings, everything had to be custom fitted into carefully planned spaces. The result is an unusual, romantic hideaway – in the shape of a giant boot
Contact:
Jester House
Coastal Highway
Tasman, New Zealand
Telephone: +64 (0)3 526 6742
Facsimile: +64 (0)3 526 6742
www.theboot.co.nz
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Cappadocia Cave Resort & SPA
NEVŞEHİR / TURKEY
With a luxurious spa built right into the mountain, Cappadocia Cave Resort & Spa in Nevsehir offers a spectacular panoramic view over the dramatic jagged landscape of Cappadocia. This region in Anatolia, known for its cave structures, is a UNESCO world heritage site. However, not only are the surroundings breathtaking, this 5 property does its utmost to pamper each guest from top to bottom.
Well designed rooms and suites with their romantic cave atmosphere let you enjoy every modern comfort including a digital juke box and massage tub. The combination of raw cave walls, fine woods and high quality natural stone is unique. Accessories such as embroidered pillows and carpets add Oriental accents.
Unforgettable dining experiences combine with cozy, intimate accommodation and a very exclusive, cave-built private spa to create memories that will last a lifetime.
Contact
Tekelli Mah. Göreme Cad. Divanlı Sokak No: 83 50240
Uçhisar – NEVŞEHİR / TURKEY
+90 384 219 31 94 – 95
info@ccr-hotels.com
http://www.ccr-hotels.com/eng/default.aspx
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Ice Hotel
Sweeden
The original ICEHOTEL
“Imagine a hotel built from thousands of tons of snow and ice, and re-built every winter” – that is ICEHOTEL in the little village of Jukkasjârvi in northern Lapland, Sweden.
History
This is the original ICEHOTEL, first created in the early 1990’s. It has become the global ambassador for this genre and now licenses ICEBARs around the world too. With 80+ rooms and suites, the property is a huge undertaking to be rebuilt every year, and their expertise inspired other similar properties in North America (Hotel du Glace Quebec) and elsewhere.
The ICEHOTEL offers two types of accommodation: bedrooms or suites. In both cases you sleep on a bed made of ice covered with an insulating sheet and reindeer skins. The ambient temperature is minus 5 degrees celcius – so it’s chilly inside, but much warmer than outside, where temperatures drop to minus 15 or more. Inside the room is a warm sleeping bag, however heed the advice of what to wear in bed closely.
Many guests keep on too many clothes in bed, get too hot(!), perspire! and spend the rest of the night in a cold, soggy sleeping bag.
Facilities
The hotel offers the famous and indispensable ABSOLUT ICEBAR JUKKASJÄRVI, open to non-residents, as well as an ice chapel sought out by some couples as a likely venue to get married. Of the two restaurants near the hotel, we strongly recommend the one furthest away: It is in a much more charming setting and the walk (15 mins) is very pleasant.
Address:
ICEHOTEL
981-91Jukkasjärvi
SWEDEN
Phone: +46(0)98066800
Fax: +46(0)98066890
Email: info@icehotel.com
www.icehotel.com/uk
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YOTEL
Amsterdam
Snooze space in airport offering rooms for as little as 4hrs
In this latest creation from entrepreneur Simon Woodroffe (of YO! Sushi fame), you’ll find everything you would expect from a luxury hotel in a small space tucked inside the Amsterdam Schiphol airport terminal building.
YOTEL is located within the secure transit area, minutes from the departure gates. Passengers with a long transit (during the daytime or overnight) can go directly to the hotel from their flight and simply go straight to their departure for their onward flight. For customers staying the night before an early morning flight, YOTEL is easily accessible with your passport, proof of travel for the next day and YOTEL booking confirmation.
You can choose between Premium (double bed) or Standard (large single bed) cabins with en suite bathrooms, flat screen TV’s, free WiFi and 24 hour in cabin service. Cabins come with organic hand made mattresses and luxury linen, monsoon rain showers and bespoke all over body wash. You can book just how many hours you need whenever you need it – from just a few hours day or night to 24 or more.
www.yotel.com
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Kokopelli’s Cave
Farminton, New Mexico
Wilderness cave dwelling, blasted out of mountain for spectacular views
Cave Bed and Breakfast, blasted out of rockface
This 1,650 square foot, one-bedroom cave home carved from a 65-million year old sandstone formation 280 feet above the La Plata River is furnished with plush carpeting, Southwestern style furniture and accents, hot and cold running water, a well-appointed kitchen including microwave and washer/dryer, cascading waterfall-style shower, and a flagstone hot tub.
http://www.bbonline.com/nm/kokopelli/
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Jumbo Hostel
Sweeden
This is the world’s first hostel in a 747 jumbo jet on the ground. With 25 rooms and 85 beds, this 1976 vintage plane guarantees a memorable night for guests.
The Jumbo Jet hotel – Bookings are NOW being taken **
This is a real c1976 Jumbo Jet, retired and converted to hostel and cockpit accommodation.
Choose between a budget dormitory, twin and three-bed combo rooms with shared shower and toilet in the corridor or the luxury suite in the converted cockpit with its panoramic view of the airport. At Jumbo Hostel you’re guaranteed a unique and outstanding experience for all traveler budgets.
Postal address
Jumbo Hostel
PO Box 160
SE-190 46 Stockholm Arlanda
SWEDEN
Phone +46 (0)8-593 604 00
Fax +46 (0)8-593 604 11
E-mail: info@jumbohostel.com
E-mail reservation: booking@jumbohostel.com
www.jumbohostel.com
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Aurora Express
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mountain-side railway with amazing location, with rolling stock man handled up hairpin bends as a fathers day present.
The Aurora-Express offers some of the most unique and delightful accommodations to be found in Alaska. Many of the railroad car rooms have been decorated with historical themes from the late 1800’s. Other cars have faithfully restored the romance of the great trains using the well-appointed sleeper cars.
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 80128
Fairbanks, AK 99708
E-mail: pullman@aurora-express.com
Phone: (800) 221-0073
www.fairbanksalaskabedandbreakfast.com
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Dog Bark Park Inn
Cottonwood, Idaho
The worlds largest Beagle, offering unique accommodation inside it’s 2 story body.
Sleep in a dog!
This whimsical B+B offers two fantastic connected rooms in a one-of- kind wooden dog. Even the toilet is disguised as a fire hydrant!!
With the two big dogs signaling your arrival to Dog Bark Park visitors may walk the grounds, browse the gift shop and artists’ studio featuring the whimsical chainsaw artwork of husband and wife artists Dennis and Frances. Canine carvings are a specialty although visitors are apt to find fish, feline, bear, moose and Lewis & Clark themed carvings as well. At Dog Bark Park the artists enjoy sharing dog, travel and life stories as well as assisting visitors in planning their vacations.
Dennis J. Sullivan, a self-taught chainsaw artist, has been carving for over twenty years. Frances joined him fifteen years ago and has also learned chainsaw carving. Their “big break” came in 1995 when carvings were sold on QVC television. They did nothing but carve wooden dogs for 18 months (their children barely remember seeing them during those days!). They made what seemed like a bundle of money, invested it all in developing and building Dog Bark Park where visitors most likely will find them happily creating art until, like the pine they use, life returns them to the earth.
At Dog Bark Park they specialize in creating folk-art style wooden canine carvings. Dennis and Frances create over 60 different breeds and poses of dogs and often work from customer’s photos to create carvings in the likeness of their canine companions.
Address
2421 Business Hwy 95 at the Dog
Cottonwood, ID 83522
Phone 208 962-3647 (Pacific Time)
e-mail frances@dogbarkparkinn.com
www.dogbarkparkinn.com
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