Girl About the Globe
New feature by Lisa Eldridge, travel journalist specialising in solo female travel.
www.girlabouttheglobe.com
Something different?
Don’t fancy travelling your usual style? Here’s some unique experiences to give your trip that added edge...
Somewhere Diff erent to Stay...
Stay in an underwater hotel, a converted jumbo jet, an old prison or an old-fashioned tree house. Although most of these aren’t budget, they will be an experience you will never forget.
The Husky Lodge Experience: A husky tour at this cosy lodge in Karasjok, complete with a heated sauna for those cold Norwegian nights.
The Old Mount Gambier Gaol: A closed Australia prison that off ers backpacker and boutique accommodation within its prison cells.
Back to Nature... Sala Silvermine Underground Suite : Sleep 155 metres underground in one of the world’s most preserved mines. It also includes a guide to tell you the history of your unusual setting.
The Salt Hotel: Yes, this is a hotel made purely from salt! Everything from the walls, ceilings, tables and chairs are made from the world’s largest salt fl ats in Bolivia.
Wigwam Hotel Experience: Live as a Native America Indian in a night in a wigwam along the Route 66.
Planes, trains... Woodlyn Park: With a choice of unusual accommodation, this park in New Zealand
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has it all. Choose from a plane, train or even hobbit rooms in your own contained unit.
Rail Holiday: Sleep in converted railway carriages in two unique sites in Cornwall in the UK.
Costa Verde: Experience fi rst class without even taking off in this Boeing 727 which jets out from the jungle canopy of Costa Rica.
Wildlife Watching Hippo Point Wildlife Sanctuary: Spot the animals without leaving your room in this 360 degree viewing tower on Kenyan shores.
Tropical Tree Houses: Experience the
nostalgia of your childhood memories in this tree house in Northern Sweden.
Underwater Hotels... Utter Inn: Fancy a room with a sea view? This fl oating, underwater island comes complete with a Swedish red house and your very own island just for one!
Jules Undersea Lodge: Here you can literally sleep with the fi sh but fi rst you have to dive 21 feet to enter...
Ice Hotels... Ice Hotel: The original Ice Hotel in Sweden and the largest ever is re-built each year. Stay warm with the reindeer skins and a shot of vodka in the famous Ice bar.
Engelberg Igloo Hotel: Forget ice hotels, how about your very own igloo made of glistening snow crystals?
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