These themed hotels make every vacation an unforgettable experience, especially with a selection of fantasy backdrops.
There are innumerable artistic and interesting themed hotels in the world and it is impossible to list them all. The accommodation can be anything from a Charter Hotel Submarine – the world’s most expensive hotel for $ 240,000 a night to cave accommodation in the Ozarks. Then there is Giraffa Manor outside Nairobi, Kenya, where giraffes come in the morning, stick their heads through the windows and help themselves at breakfast.
Most of the big Las Vegas casinos are themed, but so are some of the other hotels like Tahiti Village – the Polynesian themed hotel with the lazy river. There is a hotel in Vietnam that the locals call “Crazy House”. Here are a few themed hotels that should be on your bucket list.
Walt Disney World Resort – Florida
Walt Disney World Resort is a huge Florida entertainment resort complex near Orlando. In addition to all of the theme parks for which it is internationally known, it has an impressive 27 themed resort hotels. At Walt Disney World Resort, you can relax and be surrounded by the art and magic of your favorite Walt Disney (and Pixar) films.
These are a great option for families and are sure to delight the kids and really build on creating family memories together. Some of their rooms are:
Little Mermaid Standard Room:
- Beds: 1 king bed or 2 queen beds
- Sleeping places: Up to 4 adults
The Lion King family suites:
- Bed: 1 queen bed and 1 large table bed and 1 large sofa bed
- Sleeping places: Up to 6 adults
Cars family suites:
- Beds: 1 queen bed and 1 large table bed and 1 large sofa bed
- Sleeping places: Up to 6 adults
Search for Nemo family suites:
- Beds: 1 queen bed and 1 large table bed and 1 large sofa bed
- Sleeping places: Up to 6 adults
Fantasyland Hotel
Travel to Alberta, Canada and you will find one of the largest shopping malls in the world – West Edmonton Mall. here Fantasyland Hotel offers a range of themed rooms to make your wildest dreams come true.
You have a whole range of rooms that recreate exotic environments. Have you ever thought of staying on a Polynesian island? Fantasyland has an entire floor devoted solely to creating these tropical island paradises (extra exotic when it’s freezing winter in Albertan).
Fantasyland Hotels describes itself as one of the most unique hotels in the world. It has 355 superior and executive suites as well as fantasy-themed rooms that have been designed to recreate an exotic travel destination or an era from history. They have Polynesian, Roman, Canadian cabins, luxury princess and space themed rooms.
The mall itself is more of a theme park than just a mall. Galaxyland with the largest indoor roller coaster in the world is located in the mall.
Roman themed room:
- Bed: A round king size bed
- Capacity: Up to 2 people
- Bonus: Luxurious whirlpool in the room
- Costs: $ 348 CAD ($ 280 USD)
Space family themed room:
- Bed: 3 bed types – 1 queen bed, 1 bunk beds in space pods
- Capacity: Up to 4 people
- Bonus: Luxurious whirlpool in the room
- Costs: $ 418 CAD ($ 336 USD)
TreeHotel in Sweden
the TreeHotel in Sweden is one of the most unique and interesting hotels in the world. They’re much more than tree houses – they’re infinitely more interesting. They each have seven rooms in the trees – their UFO room, the bird’s nest, the micro-cube, the 7th room, the dragonfly, the hut, the blue cone.
It is not possible to go through all of these rooms here, but each was designed by different architects. For example, the confusing UFO was purposely designed to be the most unexpected thing one can find in the Nordic forests. A UFO that hovers between the trees where you can spend the night without being kidnapped or experimented.
The room is made of high-strength composite material and the interior space is inspired by a starry sky in the ceiling. As it hangs in the trees, you can even feel the movement of the UFO.
- Beds: One double bed and three single beds
- Capacity: Five people (2 adults, the three single beds are small and better suited for children)
Recognitions
Another super weird themed accommodation in Sweden is staying in an old 747 jumbo jet at Stockholm Airport that has been converted into a hostel. Northern Sweden has its famous ice hotels, where you can stay in a hotel made of ice.
Another honorable mention is one of the famous salt pans in Bolivia, where you can stay in a luxury salt hotel – yes, the hotel is made of salt and it is forbidden to lick the walls. If you miss corn down in New Zealand, sleep in their silos at SiloStay that have become hotels.
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Aaron Spray
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Aaron is a firsthand traveler who has visited more than 70 countries around the world. He loves to travel and open the world to other intrepid explorers.
