Forget your usual standard room and continental breakfast, as we’re offering something unique for your next holiday getaway. From sleeping to fish to dining with giraffes, these accommodations are the destination themselves. We’ve looked around the globe to bring you the 10 coolest themed hotels that would add more fun to your vacation.
10. The Wigwam Motel (USA)
If you’re a fan of the golden age of American road trips, then you’ll want to book a stay at The Wigwam Motel. Located on Route 66 in San Bernardino, California, this historic hotel was built in 1949 with individual rooms shaped like towering teepees. The best part? It’s on the affordable side, so you can catch up on rest before the long drive the next day.
9. Attrap’Rêves (France)
This one’s for the nature lovers! The Attrap’Rêves has locations you can find in the French countryside with a view of the night sky. The most unique part is its rooms, which are in a transparent, eco-friendly bubble where you get a natural experience of the world outside while feeling comfortable. Each bubble is climate-controlled and gives you a panoramic view of the forest with the gentle sounds of nature. It’s a hotel room you can’t get elsewhere.
8. Library Hotel (USA)
Want to get lost in books? Then book your stay at the Library Hotel in New York City. It’s a boutique hotel organized as a library with 10 floors belonging to major categories of the Dewey Decimal System. You can enjoy exploring 6,000 books throughout the hotel, with each room featuring a curated collection of literature on a specific topic you can read. It’s just located in the heart of Manhattan for a quick weekend getaway with your book club buddy.
7. Free Spirit Spheres (Canada)
If you want to go back to your childhood treehouse, then the closest you can get to it is at Free Spirit Spheres, located on Vancouver Island in Canada. It’s a handcrafted spherical treehouse hotel in a coastal rainforest canopy. It’s perfect if you want to spend a vacation away from the stress of the city. You get to reconnect to nature in a secluded way!
6. Giraffe Manor (Kenya)
If you’re planning to head to Nairobi, Kenya, this holiday season, then you might want to book a stay at Giraffe Manor. It’s an exclusive boutique hotel that is famous for its herd of Rothschild’s giraffes that poke their long necks through windows to search for a treat. This 1930s manor house will allow you to experience living with the giraffes in a luxury setting, with the likes of a 5-star hotel.
5. Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort (Finland)
Located in the Finnish Lapland wilderness, the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort will bring you closer to the Northern Lights. The resort features a glass igloo that will let you watch the aurora borealis dance in the night sky from your bed. Don’t worry, the thermal glass roofs are designed to be frost-free for a crystal-clear view of the light show.
4. Icehotel (Sweden)
Located in the small village of Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, is the famous Icehotel. Since the Torne River freezes over the winter, artists from around the world gather to build the Icehotel. It’s a hotel and art exhibition in one made entirely of snow and ice. It was first built in 1989 as the world’s original ice hotel and rebuilt to a new design every year. Guests can sleep in their art suites on beds that are covered in reindeer hides while feeling cozy in a thermal sleeping bag.
3. Hotel Gracery Shinjuku (Japan)
In Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, you’ll find a hotel that’s a pure pop culture icon. The Hotel Gracery Shinjuku, known as the Godzilla Hotel, has a life-sized Godzilla head roaring at its 8th-floor terrace. You can choose to book a Godzilla View Room, which puts you face-to-face with the King of the Monsters. Meanwhile, the immersive Godzilla Room is filled with the film’s memorabilia and special effects. The entire hotel has a monstrous theme going on as they pay tribute to the Japanese monster.
2. Madonna Inn (USA)
Looking at the older hotels, experience this 1958 landmark of Madonna Inn located in San Luis Obispo, California. It features 110 guest rooms with their own extravagant theme. You can choose from their available rooms of the Caveman Room, Love Nest, and Just Heaven, which are decorated with ‘50s interior. It’s like stepping back in time!
1. The Manta Resort (Tanzania)
Now you may want to head over to Pemba Island in Tanzania and book a stay at The Manta Resort. The cool part? It’s a room in the ocean. Yup, the resort has an exclusive Underwater Room, which is a three-level floating suite in the Indian Ocean. There’s a bedroom four meters below the surface, as you’re surrounded by glass and watching the marine life swimming like in their natural habitat. At nighttime, underwater spotlights surround the water to attract nocturnal sea creatures.