http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T09:35:53Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Salt%20Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/26/231522/848 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Salthotel.jpg" class="top"> <p>When it comes to hotels constructed of unique materials, ice hotels always steal the limelight. They are, however, old news compared with Bolivia's <b>Hotel Palacio de Sal</b>, a hotel completely made of--you guessed it--salt. Far out in an otherworldly terrain of the salt flats, some 220 miles south of Bolivia's capital La Paz, the Salt Hotel actually hosts guests for <b>$50 a night</b> and up, provided you refrain from licking the walls. <p>Built in 1995 out of 14x14-inch salt blocks chopped from the earth, the property features twenty four beds, a pool table, a dining room, a central courtyard, and even flush toilets. As always when you travel, the guidelines for enjoying your stay here are to JetSetCD 2009-01-27T09:15:55-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/