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If you’re looking for something a bit different for your next holiday, why not stay in one of these eight incredible
hotels from around the world?

1. Palacio de Sal, Bolivia 5. Giraffe Manor, Kenya
Do you know how most hotels are built using bricks? If you’re an animal lover, you might be interested in
Well, this one is made of salt. And if you stay in one taking a trip to this Kenyan hotel. Be careful though,
of the hotel’s 42 rooms, you’ll even sleep on a bed as the friendly giraffes who live on-site might pop
made of salt. But don’t worry, the linen is real! their heads through an open window to steal a bite
2. Icehotel, Sweden of your buffet breakfast!
If you thought a hotel made of salt was crazy, how 6. The Open Book, Scotland
about spending a night in a room made entirely of Some people love to just spend their holidays
ice? The hotel also has normal, warm rooms if a night reading. If you book a stay at this apartment, you’ll
in the cold doesn’t take your fancy. Alternatively, if have plenty of time to do just that while managing
you don’t want to stay at the hotel, you can just take the bookshop downstairs. This new concept is
a guided tour of the area. Contact the frozen front incredibly popular, though, and there are hardly any
desk for more details. vacancies for the next two years!
3. Quinta Real Zacatecas, Mexico 7. Taj Lake Palace, India
From hotels built of strange materials to a hotel All the guests and staff, including the housekeeping
which has been transformed from its former life as team and chefs, need to take a short boat ride to
a bullring, this luxury hotel in Zacatecas has all the get to this luxurious hotel. It has 65 rooms and 18
amenities you’d expect from a luxury hotel, including suites, with a variety of restaurants offering traditional
a swimming pool, gym and à la carte restaurant. Indian cuisine as well as more dishes from around
4. Ariaú Amazon Towers, Brazil the world.
From the moment you check in, you’re surrounded 8. JumboStay, Sweden
by nature. The rooms are built above ground level, If all our ideas so far feel a little out of your price
each with a balcony, so you can enjoy the exotic range, why not spend the night in this hostel – a
birds of the rainforest. You can also eat a delicious converted Boeing 747-200 plane? There are private
meal among the treetops or take a dip in the treetop rooms available, but also dorms for people who are
swimming pool. travelling on a budget.

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