http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T12:16:43Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Unusual%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/17/92251/157 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/HAMSTER_1524575c.jpg" class="top"><p> And we though <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fursuit">Furries</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plushophile">Plushies</a> were bad but it turns out there might be a whole other subculture of people who want to live like <b>hamsters</b>. Yes, hamsters. Your fourth grade class pet. At least that's what two architects in France, Frederic Tabary (pictured as a hamster) and Yann Falquerho, are hoping. <p>The duo who run a company that rents out "unusual venues to adventure-seekers" have created a "hotel room" inside an 18th century building that resembles the inside of a hamster's cage, complete with a giant hamster wheel. You sleep in hay stacks and feast on hamster grain and when you get bored you can go for a run.<p>The cost is 99 Euros juliana 2009-11-17T09:26:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/23/6716/6054 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Rotating_Hotel_Croatia.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>You know how they charge a bit more for the rooms with a good view? There's one way to solve this dilemma and get no complaints about it, although it's a pretty hi-tech solution: build a <b>rotating hotel</b>. That's exactly what they're planning in Croatia where some spinning accommodation will be built on <b>&#138;olta Island</b>, near the city of Split.<p>But don't worry, it's not turning at a rate likely to make you dizzy. The design has it rotating 1.3 times per day, barely fast enough to notice at all, and at the right pace so that if you stay a few days, you'll get a different view at all times of day. It will be just a amandak 2009-10-23T09:03:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/31/6525/07470 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/salaminesuite.jpg" class="top"><p>Beginning in the Middle Ages and for centuries afterward, the <b>Sala Silvermine</b> produced copious amounts of silver for Sweden and its monarchs. Those monarchs, in turn, paid miners to dig ever deeper, until today the mine is a cavern of shafts and alcoves and pristine underground lakes. So naturally it was only a matter of time before someone tried to convert the entire thing into an <a href="http://www.salasilvergruva.se/english/accommodation/"><b>underground hotel.</b></a> <p>The Sala Silvermine Company that maintains the mine has two types of accommodations, which they manage in addition to their regular tours and events. The standard option is the above-ground <b>Gruvfruns Bed and Breakfast</b>, a hostel with 15 single and double rooms and shared bathrooms. Prices are 400 SEK Omri 2009-09-02T09:45:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/12/92833/4967 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/snuggles2.jpg" class="top"><p> Here at HotelChatter, we're always interested in what future trends are on the horizon for hotels--whether it be sleek-looking <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/5/143316/9538/hotels/Jenga_More_Photos_of_Edition_Hotel_Bangkok_Revealed">Jenga-esuqe buildings</a> or keyless doors or eco-technology. We also like to see what sort of unusual hotel lodgings are trying to get built out there like underwater hotels, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/6/155725/6226/hotels/The_Death_Star_Hotel_Not_Being_Built_By_Emperor_Palpatine">Death Star Hotel</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/13/94146/5169/hotels/And_Now_Introducing_The_Egg_Hotel">Egg Hotel</a>. But this one has thrown us for a loop--<b>The Hamster Tunnel Hotel.</b> <p><a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/08/10/snuggles-stay-in-a-modular-hamster-tunnel-hotel/">Inhabitat.com</a> reports: <blockquote><p>This modular, mobile Snuggles hotel allows you to shack up in pods for an artsy camping experience <b>not dissimilar to staying in oversized hamster cage tunnels</b>. The project crosses the boundaries of temporary architecture and public art with its linkable framework, configurable platforms, and juliana 2009-08-12T09:54:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/13/1605/86164 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/lagraciosa.jpg" class="top"> <p>In our inbox, we received a press release that started with, "Imagine an island, just a few hours from the U.S. eastern seaboard, with windmills, hot springs, a mild year-round climate..." and, as we read through it, we prepared ourselves for some sort of a reality show pitch a la "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here" (the Heidi and Spencer disaster that we have yet to successfully wipe from memory) or "30 Rock"'s "MILF Island." <p>But, alas, this is actually a "lost"(ish) island, and now it has a hotel. And no reality show &#151; as far as we can tell. <p>The teensy island of <b>Graciosa</b>, one of the Azorean islands (and one of the smaller Jenna 2009-07-13T16:26:29-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/