This isn’t a reality….yet! It is a concept / project by the French designer Jean Marie Massaud (of the Massaud Studio in partnership with ONERA – the centre for French aerospace research) and is allegedly planned for completion in 2020 – don’t hold your breath!
The concept is designed to carry some 40 paying (probably very rich) passengers / guests and 15 staff in reportedly between 20 and 60 bedrooms. It is also planned to have a spa, a gym, a library and obviously dining (restaurant) and drinking (bar) facilities. All of this will be provided in a couple of glass storeys hanging under a large (helium filled?) blimp providing unique panoramic views over the world from a height of 18,000 feet.
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This hotel is billed as a work of ‘living art’. All 30 rooms and objects have been created / custom made by a German artist called Lars Stroschen. Nothing has been bought. The intention is that each room has its own very unique ambience.
Not all bedrooms have private bathrooms so you may want to choose your room carefully.
The Blue Room
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Posted by Jackie Hewett on Wed 5th March 2008 at 01:05 AM, Filed in Unusual Hotels
This honeymooners favourite hotel takes themed bedrooms to new heights! With 110 varied rooms to choose from you are bound to find something that amuses, entertains, or perhaps fullfils a fantasy! Some are quite garish for my taste with very busy wallpaper and carpeting (I wouldn’t want to wake up in one of those with a hand-over!!), other rooms are opulent (such as the oriental fantasy) and many have rock built waterfall-like showers, fireplaces and even room décor. Even the steak house restaurant has a gold-rush theme.
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Opened in December 2003, this 5 star hotel in the centre of Berlin (5 minute walk from the central railway station) contains the world’s largest acrylic glass cylindrical aquarium in the world. Situated in the hotel lobby / atrium the aquarium is a centre-piece for the hotel, and some of the interior rooms and suites look out over the aquarium.
A glass elevator travels through the middle of the aquarium to a sightseeing point and restaurant under the glass roof (there is a 4 euro charge for this if you are not resident of the hotel).
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Posted by Jackie Hewett on Sun 27th January 2008 at 12:05 PM, Filed in Unusual Hotels
OK – so most of us have heard about the Ice Hotel in Norway, but here is something different – the Hotel de Sal Playa - a hotel made entirely of salt (even the beds), although the roof, some chairs and (fortunately bed coverings) are made of other materials!!
Salt Hotel Exterior
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