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Unusual Hotels – Semiramis Hotel, Athens

Darren Cronian — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:57:33 +0000

I’m going to keep out of trouble today, not be controversial and mention the Mr Blobby hotel, yes, you read that right. The Semiramis Hotel, located in Athens, Greece, is a 51 bedroom hotel, and all of the rooms have got Pink furniture, green walls and a purple mini bar. The hotel also features 5 [...]

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Unusual Hotels – Semiramis Hotel, Athens

Unusual Hotels – Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai

Darren Cronian — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:43:30 +0000

I think this has to be the most unusual hotel that I have covered so far – Dubai, is known for it’s unusual hotels, but the Hydropolis Underwater Hotel is something special. The hotel is not due to be completed until December 2007 and I understand that it will be the world’s first luxury underwater [...]

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Unusual Hotels – Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai

Unusual Hotels – Woodlyn Park, Otorohanga, NZ

Darren Cronian — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:36:11 +0000

This weeks featured unusual hotel is the Plane and Train Motel, located in Otorohanga, New Zealand. The plane motel is a 1950′s Bristol Freighter fully refurbished into 2 beautiful self contained motel units, whilst the train motel features a 1950′s rail car beautifully refurbished into a completely self contained motel unit. Both of these hotels [...]

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Unusual Hotels – Woodlyn Park, Otorohanga, NZ

Unusual Hotels – Capsule Inn Hotel, Akihabara, Japan

Darren Cronian — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:50:37 +0000

This week we visit Tokyo to view an unusual Capsule Inn hotel in Akihabara, Japan. The hotel is split into two sections; public space including bathing and the other is a private space where the capsules are arranged. The capsule unit is made of reinforced plastic and designed in the image of a jet airplane’s [...]

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Unusual Hotels – Capsule Inn Hotel, Akihabara, Japan

Unusual Hotels – Das Park Hotel, Linz, Austria

Darren Cronian — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:31:50 +0000

This is the first of a new section on Travel Rants, of Unusual Hotels, and I think this gets my vote for weirdest hotel in Europe – everyone goes on about the Ice hotel in Sweden (yes, I’m sure it’s Sweden and not Iceland) but the Park Hotel, located in Linz, Austria, consists of re-designed, [...]

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Unusual Hotels – Das Park Hotel, Linz, Austria