We know that a lot of you like to read our articles while you’re at work (naughty, naughty pandas), so we’ve created a virtual vacation trip with amazing hotels around the world that you’d rather be sitting in right now.
These locations will take you from the icy forests of Finland to the jungles of Bali and from the streets of Paris to the turquoise Mediterranean waters of Greece. As diverse as they are, there’s one thing tying them together – each location is perfectly suited for you to take a breather and relax.
In their fight to attract adventurous (and often wealthy) visitors, hotels have often been at the forefront of creative structure and interior design, struggling to create ever more intriguing and attractive rooms in ever more exotic locales. That’s why you get hotels perched atop cliff faces, hotels built inside of sea caves, hotels with waterfalls, and other amazing feats of engineering. Some, like the Conrad Maldives shown here or the Manta resort in Zanzibar, even let their guests sleep underwater.
These places look good (though probably a bit pricey), but I wonder about some of the sleeping arrangements. I’m not sure if I’d like to sleep together with my significant other in a bed that anyone could see! Although I guess that’ll only be worth worrying about once I can afford a trip to one of these places.
If you could pick one of these places as your next vacation destination, which would it be?
1. Äscher Cliff, Switzerland
Website: myswitzerland.com
2. Hotel Kakslauttanen, Finland
Website: kakslauttanen.fi
3. Ladera Resort, St. Lucia
Website: ladera.com
4. The Manta Resort, Zanzibar
Image credits: Genberg Underwater Hotels
5. Rayavadee Krabi, Thailand
Website: rayavadee.com
6. Shangri La, Paris
Website: shangri-la.com
7. Hotel Ristorante Grotta Palazzese Polignano a Mare, Italy
Website: grottapalazzese.it
8. Conrad Maldives, Rangali Island
Website: conradhotels3.hilton.com
9. Panchoran Retreat, Bali
Website: panchoran-retreat.com
10. Hotel Ubud Hanging Gardens, Indonesia
Website: hanginggardensubud.com
11. Attrap Reves Hotel, France
Website: attrap-reves.com
12. Katikies Hotel-Oia, Greece
Website: katikies.com
13. Hotel Le Sirenuse, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Website: sirenuse.it
14. Ice Hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden
Website: icehotel.com
15. The Cambrian Hotel, Adelboden, Switzerland
Website: thecambrianadelboden.com
16. Dedon Island Resort
Website: dedonisland.com
17. Homestead Resort and Spa, Utah, USA
Website: homesteadresort.com
18. Villa Escudero, Philippines
Website: villaescudero.com
19. Hotel-Restaurant Öschinensee, Switzerland
Website: oeschinensee.ch
20. Astarte Suits Hotel, Greece
Website: astartesuites.gr
21. Hotel Le Moulin du Roc, France
Website: moulinduroc.com
22. Juvet Landscape Resort, Norway
Website: juvet.com
23. Montana Magica Lodge, Chile
Website: huilohuilo.com
24. Giraffe Manor, Kenya
Website: giraffemanor.com
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