Etiqueta: Peruvian Highlands
Top 10 of the World’s Most Unusual Hotels
Looking for somewhere different for your next getaway? If you are allergic to bland apartment hotels and Holiday Inns then there is no better time to spread your wings and stay somewhere slightly different.
How different? Well, this list of 10 of the world’s most unusual hotels includes a sewage drainage pipe (we kid you not), cave and a capsule slung over the side of a mountain. Unusual enough for you?
And you never know, the construction methods, design or materials in one of these buildings might just inspire you to include it in your next renovation, extension or new build.
9. Skylodge Adventure Suites, Peru
Address: Pista 224 km. Urubamba-Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru
Star rating: A billion or so
Average cost per night: US$ 435
Cusco: 10 experiencias diferentes que tienes que vivir
A más de 400 metros de altura y adheridas a las montañas, están las capsulas del Skylodge, un albergue diferente en el que podrás obtener las mejores vistas del Valle Sagrado. Se encuentra entre Urubamba y Ollantaytambo. (Foto:Sky Lodge)
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Reisen und Bilder, die uns 2016 besonders fasziniert haben
Vom Spreewald bis Peru: Wir blicken zurück auf Reisen und Bilder, die uns im Jahr 2016 besonders in Erinnerung blieben. Und zeigen Reiseideen, die uns zu neuen Erlebnissen inspiriert haben
7 unique sleeps in Latin America: Skylodge Adventure Suites
This is perhaps the most unique hotel we’ve ever come across and one that won’t be for everyone. Hanging from the side of a cliff in Peru’s beautiful Sacred Valley are several clear Perspex capsules called the Skylodge Adventure Suites. To access the pods, visitors must first climb up vertically up almost half a kilometre on iron rungs. Once your reach your home, settle in to what is a surprisingly comfortable space. Your guide will bring you a delicious dinner with wine, and you can look out over the views and starry sky. The following morning you return back to earth on zip line.
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10 of the most extreme places to stay in the world: Skylodge, Peru
Perched high above the Sacred Valley of Cuzco in Peru, you will find the Skylodge, a totally transparent capsule suspended nearly 400m above the valley floor. Getting to your bed is an adventure in itself. Climb the 400m via ferrata to the sleeping capsule which has its own private bathroom and dining room. You’ll be served a gourmet dinner on the side of the mountain (as well as breakfast the next day) before ziplining back down the mountain.
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