Original Hotels

The Puerta de América Hotel is located near the centre of Madrid, in Spain. The hotel was designed by numerous architects, designers and artists. The hotel’s façade is painted in a variety of bright colours with words in many languages written across the balconies. The fusion of a classy decoration and an unexpected mixture of colours and languages creates a most interesting effect.

This five star hotel is a fusion of several different art and design currents. The merger of several very diverse atmospheres, designs, materials and colours creates a rather comfortable unique space.

The hotel has twelve floors, each floor designed by a different team of designers and architects. Designers from more than nineteen different studios have worked on this project, and some of the most famous names include Teresa Sapey, Victorio&Lucchino, Norman Foster, Kathryn Findlay and Arata Isozaki, amongst many others.

There are several different types of rooms. There are several double rooms, deluxe rooms, junior, senior and executive suites, as well as two luxurious presidential suites. Price per night varies depending on the type of room and the season. A standard double room costs around 100€ a night, while most of the deluxe rooms cost between 200 and 350€ a night. The cost of staying in one of the exclusive suites varies between 800 and 3424€ per night.

The hotel has 315 double rooms, as well as 30 rooms adapted for people with reduced mobility, and 12 suites. All the rooms have a comfortable double bed, their own private bathroom and magnificent views towards the city. The style of each room varies greatly and follows the design set by the decoration of each floor. Most rooms are full of bright colours, with a minimalist touch and curved furniture.

Each one of the double or deluxe rooms has a safe, a television set, Internet access, a mini bar and a stereo set. The floor designed by Ron Arad has rooms with round double beds, while the one designed by Richard Gluckman has a variety of minimalist designs in light colours. The floor designed by Arata Isozaki is full of oriental décor belonging to a traditional Japanese interior, with dark lacquered colours in the rooms and light wooden decorations in the bathrooms.

The executive suites were designed by Jean Nouvel. Each suite has an area of 60 squared metres full of all kinds of luxuries. Each suite has its own hall, a master bedroom, a living room, a complete bathroom and a large walk in wardrobe. Enormous windows decorate the walls, and a multi use remote control controls the intensity of the lights and the window shutters. This remote control also controls the wooden panels that can be moved according to the guests’ desires, allowing each guest to design and divide their room the way they want to see it.

The two exclusive presidential suites are 140 squared metres each, and have two dormitories, two bathrooms, a hall, two walk in wardrobes, a living room and a dining room. One of the bedrooms has large, curved windows that stretch out from the floor to the ceiling, allowing guests to enjoy enviable views of the city. Guests can choose whether they want to stay at the black or the white suite.

The Puerta de America has several restaurants as well as a bar in the attic. The restaurants, found on the ground and top floors of the hotel, have magnificent views towards the vast city. The attic of this hotel is the ideal relaxation zone, with a funky bar which offers its guests a large variety of cocktails, and floors made of glass supported by great metal pylons which allow visitors to watch the bustling city right below their feet. In the attic guests will also be able to find the curious swimming pool decorated with black tiles.

This hotel also has a lobby where events can be organized. The 950 metre squared lobby has five different halls. This floor was designed by John Pawson. Several halls can be used for each event, and all halls have the best technological and audiovisual material and very high ceilings.

On the other floors of the hotel guests can also organize a variety of events, reunions, business meetings and celebrations. The fifth floor has 11 conference rooms designed by Victorio&Lucchino. Two of these rooms, V&L Black and V&L Silver, have a more elegant, dark design, making them the ideal locations for a party or a festival. The Parking Space floor was designed by Teresa Spacey, and is the most used location where numerous runway  and fashion shows have taken place. If visitors want to organize a conference or an event in a more stylish, avant-garde room with breathtaking views towards the city and the mountains, they can rent the hall on the thirteenth floor, which was also designed by Jean Nouvel.

The Hotel Crazy Bear in Oxford, England, is certainly one of the most original hotels in the country. The hotel is located in the English countryside, near the center of Oxford.

The Crazy Bear Hotel is certainly an extravagant hotel with an unique design and several details designed to make their visitors’ stay as enjoyable as they can. The design of this hotel, where the reception is decorated as a classical red double decker bus, shines amongst the nature of the English midlands.

The hotel has a large garden full of tropical trees and a maze of paths that zigzag along all the territory. There are also several fountains, waterfalls, terraces and even a forest.

The building where this hotel is located dates from the XVI Century, and has seventeen rooms, a bar and several restaurants. The dwellings at this hotel have been recently refurbished and remodeled, and the bar now carries the traits of both the more classic and traditional British style and the idiosyncratic decorations, such as a 2.40 metre tall bear.

Each one of the seventeen rooms spread out across the hotel has its own individual style. While all rooms have a similar structure, with a double bed, a bathroom and luxurious furniture, they each have their own style. All rooms have a TV set, a CD player and CD library, robes, complimentary newspapers and wireless Internet access. Each room also has its own name, and the name of the room is a small introduction to the decorations that one will be able to find inside the room. Several rooms are connected rooms, ideal for families or groups of people travelling together. Price per night varies depending on the type of room and season, though the mean price is between 200 and 385€ per night.

The Punch room is decorated with several colourful baubles on the walls, while the Ramón Allones room has a more curved design. The Bolivar room reminds the visitors of the influence of the XIX Century politician, while the Romeo and Juliet room is one of the most spacious and most romantic rooms named after the famous Cuban cigars. Other rooms at this hotel, such as the rooms Black, Peppermint, White or Silver have a much more classic style and are decorated in the colour of the room’s name, and have inspiring decorations.

This hotel also offers its visitors the possibility to enjoy a delicious meal at an exclusive Thai restaurant located just below the hotel. The luxurious restaurant has a large collection of wines in its cellar, a ceiling covered with mirrors and masks of faces that cover the velvet covered walls. The English restaurant at this hotel is also an interesting place to dine, with wine bottles hanging from the ceiling, strange animal footprints on the floor, walls covered in leather and mirrors, and several chandeliers which only add to the restaurant’s charm.

Other buildings on the hotel’s territory include a lavishly decorated log cabin and an enormous Moroccan themed glasshouse full of vivid colours and its own copse. For guests who would like to celebrate their wedding or another important event, the hotel has a special Oak Room, a large hall ideal for great parties, weddings, reunions or conferences.

The hotel is only 20 minutes away from Oxford, and has an enormous, 60 acre, territory. One of the most original and endearing aspects of this hotel is its small farm that can be found on its territory, full of several different species of farm animals. This hotel also has its own food shop that sells agricultural products and organic meat, and all of the goods can be savoured at the hotel restaurant.

The visitors of this hotel will be able to visit the charming and historic city of Oxford, the world renown Oxford University, the Blenheim Palace, various shops, theatres and museums, the Dorchester Abbey and many other historic places. The hotel will be able to organize all kinds of fun activities such as hot balloon trips, helicopter excursions, long rides on horseback, shopping sprees, quad circuits, fishing trips, walks in the countryside, golf, bicycle rent and hundreds of other fascinating activities.

The Chelsea Hotel is a hotel located in Manhattan, New York, in the state of New York in the United States. This curious hotel is renown for its famous guests throughout the XXth Century, since many exceptional people from the world of art, literature or cinema have stayed during long periods of time at this hotel.

The building dates from 1883, when it still formed part of the Theatre District, during the time it was a neighbour to the best performance arts theatres. By 1905, the building was transformed into a hotel, and almost since the beginning it attracted many known names in the art, literature and theatre industries.

Later on, and during almost a century, world known celebrities such as Mark Twain, O Henry, Jane Fonda, Stanley Kubrick, Sid Vicious, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, Uma Thurman, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Frida Kahlo or Diego de Rivera, amongst many others, stayed at this peculiar hotel. Many of them rented their rooms for rather long periods of time. However, right now the maximum amount of days guests can stay at this hotel are 21.

This hotel has also proved itself to be an inspiring place for many authors. For instance, here Arthur C. Clarke wrote his famous book “2001, Space Odyssey”, while Jack Kerouac wrote his master novel “On the Road” during his stay at this hotel. During a period longer than 35 years, the artist and painter Alphaeus Philemon Cole lived here.

Several songs have been written at this hotel, while it has been honoured in many others. For instance, “Chelsea Morning” is a song by Joni Mitchell about this hotel. Several movies have also been shot on its premises, and it appears in several films such as Leon or a film produced by Andy Warhol. Several survivors of the Titanic stayed at this hotel, since it is close enough to Pier 54.

The Chelsea Hotel has several different options of accommodation, such as double rooms, studios or suites. All the rooms have enormous windows that cover the space between the floor and the ceiling, allowing its guests to enjoy a lot of natural sunlight as well as breathtaking views. All the walls at this hotel are painted in bright colours, and guests can find themselves in pink, blue, red or yellow rooms. The design and decorations of the rooms are quite eclectic and modern, with a great fusion of styles, making it this the favourite haunt of many artists. All rooms have air conditioning, a bathroom, a double bed and a television.

The studios have their own kitchen, and are larger and therefore more spacious rooms. Some of the rooms also have cosy chimneys, while others have two double beds. All the suites have two rooms and a small living room near the entrance. Normally, in most suites guests will be able to find a large table with several chairs, several armchairs, flat screen televisions and many pictures on the walls.

Prices per room can vary greatly between 94 and 110€ per night. However, prices depend on the season and the type of room guests choose to stay in. It is widely recommended to take a tour around the hotel, which takes guests around the most interesting rooms and shows them the favourite places of many masters of art. music and theatre. Guests can also enjoy many on the master pieces that hang along the hotel’s walls.

The staircases at this hotel are painted in different colours and in various styles, and serve as a reminder that this hotel is dedicated to art.  Legend has it that several of the historic characters who have stayed at this hotel have decided to come back as more permanent, ghostly residents after their death. Many guests have reported seeing Dylan Thomas, Eugene O’Neill or Thomas Wolfe walking along the hotel’s hallways years after their deaths. Others say that the spirit of Sid Vicious’ girlfriend, who was stabbed at this hotel, still lives here and can be frequently seen in the elevator. Some people also say that Sid Vicious himself haunts the hotel.

Near the hotel guests will be able to find several galleries, coffee shops and restaurants full of actors, both known and unknown, who stop in the neighbourhood to grab a quick bite. A couple of minutes away guests who stay at this hotel will be able to visit several of New York’s most famous places, such as beautiful landmarks and historic buildings. Guests will be able to enjoy a full day of sightseeing and visiting places such as the Empire State Building or the famous Greenwich Village, the Jacob K. Javits and the Midtown.

The Tokyo Palace is located in an historic 1937 building in Paris. This building usually hosts a variety of cultural expositions and is located in the very heart of Paris. The Tokyo Palace was built specifically for the Universal Exposition and is near the Eiffel Tower and the Champs Elysées.

Inside, or rather on top of the Tokyo Palace, one can find the Everland Hotel, right on top of the roof. The hotel isn’t a commercial hotel, but is one dedicated to innovation and culture. Every single detail is designed by well known designers whos main objetive is to show that innovation and art blend in together.

From the hotel room the guests can enjoy spectacular views of Paris, and one can lie down and see the Eiffel Tower glowing in front of them, a headlight to the vast city that spreads before it’s feet. The interior of the hotel itself has been carefully designed by leading artists in contemporary art and interior design, as well as using the very best materials to complete this little masterpiece.

The Everland Hotel guests can stay in a room that definitely has the best views of the city. In the morning, the guests are served an exclusive breakfast at dawn. Even the bathroom itself is quite on the unusual side, since its innovative and even slightly futuristic design has managed to captivate the attention of every visitor. The panoramic landscpae of the city and an interesting, colourful and curved design make this curious hotel an irresistible place to stay at.

The Everland Hotel is a small nomadic hotel which is constantly moving around. Price per night at such a kingly hotel is around 444€. This hotel has previously been in other locations, such as Yverdon or Leipzig. The most curious thing of all is that one has to reserve the hotel with several months in advance, and the reservation page only appears at several different times in a day. Furthermore, the hotel moves every one or two years, and one has to pay a lot of attention and find out the exact dates that the hotel is in a particular city.

The Rogner Bad Blumau hotel is a modern style hotel which also happens to be one of the most environmentally friendly hotels in the world. The hotel is surrounded by hills, and in order to blend in with nature, the roof of the building is completely covered by grass.

This hotel was designed and built by the famous architect Hunderwasser, who opened the hotel in 2000. The hotel is located in the Bad Blumau region in Austria, and the architect’s curious design has been compared to Gaudi’s style.

Guests who stay at Bad Blumau can relax by enjoying thermal baths and treatments which are found right in the center of the hotel. Furthermore, the visitor can savour an excellent meal at the hotel restaurant, where thay can find many food varieties and new flavours for breakfast, lunch and supper.

The hotel has a total of 312 rooms, designed in a very original and interesting way. Eight of these rooms are not rooms, but more like small underground cottages, while thirteen other rooms are superior apartments which, when looked upon from the outside, look like the eyelashes of the building. All the rooms are painted in lively, bright colors, using basic shapes. Upon arrival, one might notice that no straight lines or edges can be found at the hotel.

Price per person per night varies between 120€ and 260€, though taxes have to be added. By paying at least one night at the hotel, one has an unlimited access of the thermal spa and can enjoy massages and water treatments. The spa also has various types of sauna, several different massages and diverse relaxation programmes.

Even from the outside, the hotel manages to surprise us. Its wavy lines, brilliant primary colours and non traditional designs inspire all the visitors. On the hotel grounds, one can find a thousand year old oak tree, and enjoy the surrounding paysage that uncovers before your feet as one sits in the shade.

Near the hotel, one can find the delicious Zotter chocolate factory, or visit the chocolate theater right next to it. Both of them can be found in Riegersburgabout, only 30 kilomentres from the hotel. One can learn all about the chocolate producing process, and try all the different types of chocolate and candy produced there.