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Paimio Sanatorium - Cutting-Edge Functionalist Architecture from the 1930s Finland

In the remote town of Paimio, in the middle of a pine forest, is one of the most internationally significant buildings representing functionalist architecture. Functionalism emerged after World War I as part of modernism. With a strict focus on functionality, it became the dominant philosophy. This movement was also closely …

Pater Noster - A Night at Sweden's Most Isolated Hotel

On a scrap of windswept rock in the Swedish archipelago, where the Baltic meets the North Sea, stands what might be the world's most improbable hotel. Pater Noster sits on Hamneskär island, five nautical miles from anywhere you'd recognize as civilization, crowned by a 32-meter lighthouse that has been guiding …

Hotel AWA - Eco-Lux Hideaway in Patagonia

Located on the southern slope of Lake Llanquihue, with a direct view of the Osorno Volcano, Hotel AWA is a tribute to the nature of the Patagonian region of Chile. Every mountain lover's bucket list includes Patagonia as one of the must-visit destinations. For most of the world, it means …

Sunborn Gibraltar - The World's Only Five-Star Floating Hotel Is Moored in Gibraltar

You cross an active airport runway to get there. The building you're sleeping in was built in Malaysia and transported across the ocean on a ship. Barbary macaque monkeys live on the limestone rock looming outside your window. And you're permanently at sea - except you're not, because the vessel …

Ofland Escalante - Desert Dreams and Drive-In Nostalgia

In the middle of Utah's red rock country, where the landscape looks like Mars had a particularly good day, sits Ofland Escalante - a place that makes you wonder why anyone ever thought camping had to involve sleeping on the ground and eating beans from a can. This isn't your …

Wickaninnish Inn - Where Pacific Storms Meet Ancient Cedars

At the edge of the world, where ancient cedars meet crashing Pacific waves, sits a hotel that makes no apologies for its dramatic setting. The Wickaninnish Inn perches on a rocky headland at Chesterman Beach, five kilometers from the surfing town of Tofino on Vancouver Island's wild west coast. This …

Gibbon Experience - Sleep in the World's Highest Treehouses in Northern Laos

One of the most hyped backpacker's adventures is the Gibbon Experience, which takes place in the Northernmost region of Laos, in the Nam Kan National Park. This project made ziplining through dense rainforests a form of wildlife protection. In the mid-90s, French entrepreneur Jean Francois Reumaux came up with a …

HOSHINOYA Tokyo - Luxurious Ryokan Tower

Hoshino Resorts is one of Japan's famous hotel chains with 53 national and international locations of Japanese inns (ryokan) since 1904. Their flagship brand, HOSHINOYA, specializes in high-class traditional design and hospitality mixed with modern comforts. They have eight properties (six in Japan, one in Bali, Indonesia, and one in …

Tivoli Mofarrej - Brutalist Luxury in the Heart of São Paulo

When most people think of Brazil, São Paulo doesn't immediately spring to mind. The financial powerhouse, sprawling and intense, gets overshadowed by visions of Rio's beaches and the Amazon's wild expanses. But the city itself is a revelation. Its world-class dining scene, bold architecture, and vibrant yet somehow relaxed atmosphere …

Hotel Belvédère Rhonegletscher - The Iconic Building On The Furka Pass Road

The iconic Alpine hotel of the 19th century has seen better days. Back in the early times, at the peak of its operation, tourists flocked to see Rhône Glacier's breathtaking. Hotel Belvédère is located on a majestic curvy mountain road. The Furka Pass is a road-trippers paradise in the high …

Grandhotel Giessbach - Turrets, Waterfalls and Three Million Francs: A Swiss Fairy Tale

High above Lake Brienz, where waterfalls crash down mountainsides and the sound of rushing water mingles with the rattle of Europe's oldest funicular railway, sits a hotel that nearly became a car park. Well, not quite a car park, but something almost as tragic: a concrete "jumbo chalet" complex that …

Ostrich Inn - Serial Killers At England's Third Oldest Inn

In 1215, King John allegedly stopped for the night at a small hospice on the road to Runnymede, where he would sign the Magna Carta the following day. Eight centuries later, you can sleep in the same building - give or take several reconstructions - order a pint at the …

Maralto Cabins - Floating Above the Pacific in Chile's Clifftop Cabins

If you've ever wanted to feel like you're floating above the ocean while still having solid ground beneath your feet, Chile's Maralto Cabins might be exactly what you're looking for. These twin wooden structures cling to a steep hillside on the country's wild Pacific coast, offering an unfiltered connection to …

Victorian Mansion at Los Alamos - Sleep in a Cadillac, Wake Up in Wonderland

In the tiny wine country town of Los Alamos, population barely 2,000, sits a hotel so wonderfully eccentric it makes the Madonna Inn look restrained. From the outside, the Victorian Mansion looks like any other stately 19th-century home. Step inside, and you'll find yourself tumbling down a rabbit hole of …

The Aldenberg Hotel - Sleeping Above the Vault in Versailles's Reborn Bank

A historic bank building in downtown Versailles has been transformed into a 29-room boutique hotel with its own craft distillery, a steakhouse that channels 1950s glamour, and a rooftop bar on the way. The former Woodford Bank and Trust Company now offers clawfoot tubs, equestrian-inspired design, and the kind of …

Lost Lindenberg - High Among the Palms: Bali's Vegan Treehouse Sanctuary

The first clue that Lost Lindenberg isn't your typical Balinese retreat comes at the entrance - a playful art installation by German artist Tobias Rehberger that deliberately contrasts with the serene world beyond. Step through the hidden door, and suddenly you're Alice tumbling down a very zen rabbit hole. What …

Oasyhotel - 1,000 Hectares, 17 Lodges and a Pack of Wolves

Wolves in the woods, art by Kengo Kuma, and a lake you can actually swim in. Oasyhotel sits inside 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) of protected Apennine wilderness in Tuscany - Italy's first WWF-affiliated nature reserve - and it is doing something uniquely different with the place. Somewhere between Florence and …

Domaine du Château des Pères - A Gorilla, a Michelin Star, and a Hotel in a Tree

There's a giant gorilla watching over the grounds. A wolf, frozen mid-sprint, tears through the woodland. And somewhere above the kitchen garden, suspended nearly 28 meters (92 feet) off the ground in a pod that looks like it belongs in a 1970s science fiction paperback, someone is waking up to …

Hollandiahütte - The Alpine Hut at 3,238 Meters (10,623 ft) Feet That the Dutch Paid For

There are mountain huts, and then there are mountain huts that require crampons, a rope, an ice axe, and a solid six hours of glacier travel just to reach the front door. The Hollandia Hut in the Swiss canton of Valais sits firmly in the second category. At 3,238 meters …

Aito Igloo & Spa Resort - Sleep in a Treehouse, Plunge Into a Frozen Lake

Half an hour from Rovaniemi, down a winding forest road that makes you wonder if you've taken a wrong turn, sits a resort that manages to be both deeply luxurious and authentically Finnish. Aito Igloo & Spa Resort offers panoramic treehouse accommodation overlooking a frozen lake, a proper wellness center …