Santos Express Train Lodge: A Hotel in a Real Train

Santos Express Train Lodge: A Hotel in a Real Train

Photo credit: Santos Express Train Lodge

An old train parked on Santos beach in the harbor town of Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape of South Africa has been converted into a pretty little hotel. Called the “The Santos Express Train Lodge” or simply “Train”, the lodge sits on a pair of abandoned rails roughly 30 meters from the sea.

Amazing Portraits at Germany's Incredible Ice Hotel

Amazing Portraits at Germany's Incredible Ice HotelgluLodge is an ice hotel located on the Nebelhorn, a high mountain in the Allgäu Alps near Oberstdorf, Germany. The venue offers a unique experience for visitors looking for a wintry getaway with eye-catching design featuring the sculptural and architectural work of local artists. Owner Matthias Lenz insists, "The interior design makes our guests speechless over and over again."

MINI Evolution Icehotel Deluxe Suite Evokes Ancient Caves

MINI Evolution Icehotel Deluxe Suite Evokes Ancient CavesTogether with peter koerbler, tom allemeier from BMW groupworks, viktor tsarski and wouter biegelaar, icehotel in jukkasjärvi and car manufacturer MINI have created a deluxe suite for the 2013/14 winter season. ‘MINI evolution’, is an upscale hotel room and design experience evoking an ancient cave aesthetic. the suite measures 445 sq. ft.

Icehotel Suite by Les Ateliers De Germaine Recreates the Rooftops of Paris

Icehotel Suite by Les Ateliers De Germaine Recreates the Rooftops of Paris Luc Voisin and Mathieu Brison of Paris-based Les Ateliers de Germaine designed this one of a kind room for Icehotel to represent "a postcard from France." Specifically, the room is based on the Montmartre neighborhood, one of Paris' most famous and recognizable areas.

Wonderful Chile's Stargazing Hotel Marvels

Wonderful Chile's Stargazing Hotel Marvels Elqui Domos is a hotel strategically located in the heart of the Elqui Valley in central Chile. Surrounded by the Andes Mountains, the unique destination provides visitors with a spectacular stargazing experience in an area best known for its 300 nights of incredibly clear skies per year.

Pinpin Studio Freezes it's Alive! Art Suite for Swedish Icehotel

Pinpin Studio Freezes it's Alive! Art Suite for Swedish Icehotel
Situated 200 km north of the arctic circle in sweden, the jukkasjärvi ice hotel features a 
frankenstein styled art suite called, ‘it’s alive!’. designed by christian strömqvist and
 karl-johan ekeroth from pinpin studio, the room is constructed entirely out of snow and ice. 

PLaT architects develop Lotus Hotel in Chinese Desert,Places,Hotels,Amazing,Travel,Tourisim,Informative,Wonder

PLaT architects develop Lotus Hotel in Chinese Desert
the hotel blends into its environment, forming another dune in the vast expanse of desert. the design uses prefabricated load-bearing panels, reducing the amount of pressure applied to its foundations: a lightweight solution without the need for concrete or water. the replicated triangular framework further strengthens the hotel’s form and is repeated throughout the scheme.

First World Hotel Genting in Malaysia

First World Hotel Genting in Malaysia

Hotel First World - Las Vegas is Asia. First World Hotel is a three-star hotel with more than 6,118-rooms, making it the fourth-largest hotel in the world by number of rooms, in two colorful towers. It was the largest hotel in the world until The Palazzo, an expansion of The Venetian in Las Vegas.

HASSELL finalize plans for Mountain Top Wawu Shan Resort

HASSELL finalize plans for Mountain Top Wawu Shan Resort
Designs for a sustainable mountain-top retreat located in central china have been unveiled by international practice HASSELL. the brief for ‘wawu shan resort and hotel’ called for the construction of an eighty-room complex set amid the region’s scenic forests and waterfalls, without adversely affecting the site’s natural heritage.

New underwater room unveiled off remote African island

New underwater room unveiled off remote African island
The phrase ‘sleeping with the fishes’ takes on a whole new meaning at a newly opened hotel on the little known island of Pemba, off the mainland of Tanzania and Zanzibar.

The newly opened ‘Manta Underwater Room’ - 13 feet (four metres) under the India Ocean - allows travellers to observe shoals of fish drifting past during the day, watch squid and octopus at night, and perhaps even spot rarer underwater creatures lurking in the coral which is developing around the base of the room and its anchoring lines.

Cazu Zegers Arquitectura Naturally Shape Tierra Patagonia Hotel

Cazu Zegers Arquitectura Naturally Shape Tierra Patagonia HotelCazú zegers arquitectura have developed ‘tierra patagonia hotel’ a resort located at the entrance of chile’s torres del paine national park. the structure sits on the shore of lake sarmiento, which in turn provides a stage for the rugged paine massif mountain range behind.

Mesmerised by the magnificent Maldives: Dreaming away a week at Velassaru

Mesmerised by the magnificent Maldives: Dreaming away a week at Velassaru
 Velassaru also has lush natural gardens. You can wander around the whole island in under half an hour - so a few laps are needed to prepare for dinner.
The Mediterranean seafood restaurant is our favourite, but we are also taken by the Japanese eatery on stilts in the lagoon, where the chef attracts a rapt audience every night.Above photo link

Magic Restroom Cafe — America's First Bathroom Themed Restaurant

Magic Restroom Cafe — America's First Bathroom Themed Restaurant

Magic Restroom Cafe, America's first bathroom-themed eatery, soft opened October 11 in City of Industry, one day ahead of schedule. As soon as doors parted, the tomfoolery began. The cafe lobby is adorned with both urinals and toilets, and the prime tables have showerheads fitted on the adjoining wall. Restaurant staff encourages diners to pose with all bathroom facilities.

Top 10 Seven Star Hotels in the World

Top 10 Seven Star Hotels in the World
1. Burj Al Arab:

Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel that is located at the heart of Dubai city in United Arab Emirates. It was designed to imitate sail of the ship and is the second tallest hotel in the world.Burj Al Arab is considered as the number one seven star hotel in the world.

Hotel in the Heart of Namibia's Wildlife

Hotel in the Heart of Namibia's Wildlife

 Wolwedans Dunes Lodge Hotel is located in the heart of the private nature reserve area of 185.000 hectares NamibRand in Namibia.  Treat yourself to an unforgettable stay, surrounded by wild nature, not forgetting about the comfort and style.

Red Bull Co-Founder Dietrich Mateschitz's Laucala Island Resort

Red Bull Co-Founder Dietrich Mateschitz's Laucala Island Resort

Laucala island is a small, private oasis lying to the east of taveuni, fiji. just 5 km long, the island used to be owned until 2003 by the family of publishing magnate, malcolm forbes. its’ current owner, red bull co-founder dietrich mateschitz, contracted lynne hunt london and scape design associates to transform the island in fiji into his own exclusive resort.

Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai
With much of the construction on ‘the opus’ well underway, the developer omniyat has 

revealed a modified version of  property which will see zaha hadid engage further with the

 project. she will design the ‘ME by meliá’ hotel (the first in the middle east), and service 

apartments to be housed within the complex. 

Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort

Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort

Starwood Hotels and Resorts is looking to grow its Sheraton brand aggressively during 2013, with 30 planned openings, predominantly in the Asia Pacific region. — Sheraton will open 15 new hotels across China over the next 12 months, including the striking Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort (pictured below), moving Starwood closer to its target of 80 properties in China by the end of 2015.

Jested Liberec Hotel Tower in Czech Republic

Jested Liberec Hotel Tower in Czech Republic

Ješted mountain-top hotel and television transmitter are integrated into one tower structure. The tower stands on the mountain of the same name Ješted, which is the highest element of the Lužické hory, Lužické mountains massif in the northern part of the Czech Republic. The peak of the mountain 1012 m above sea level is approximately 6 kms from the centre of Liberec and forms a landmark in the wider vicinity. The monument is accessible by road and also by cable car from the foot of the mountain. Its design was developed during 1963-1966, construction itself took place from 1966-1973. The building's form of a revolving hyperboloid imaginatively combines the operation of a mountain-top hotel and a television transmitter in one.

Terrace Unkai – A Magical Place Above the Clouds

Terrace Unkai – A Magical Place Above the Clouds

Located in Japan’s Tomamu Resort,  on the island of Hokkaido, the Unkai Terrace is a unique scenic spot perched high atop a mountain peak that is often above the clouds, offering tourists breathtaking views of the white, fluffy sea beneath them.