Discover and dream your way through our selection of stunning unusual and exciting hotels in locations all over the world revealed in High Definition.
Mountain Hotels
Glacier View Lodge - Ice Cool PanoramaGlacier View  
Lodge
Nestled within the stunning natural beauty of the Canadian Rockies, Glacier View Lodge offers breathtaking views and a little pampering. At the foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains, you can see the highest peaks of Mount Athabasca and Andromeda. But the Glacier View Lodge offers something more than most mountain …
Accommodation types: Mountain
Location: Sunwapta  Canada  North America
Hotel Belvédère Rhonegletscher - The Iconic Building On The Furka Pass RoadHotel Belvedere  
Rhonegletscher
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 …
Accommodation types: Heritage   Mountain
Location: Obergoms  Switzerland  West Europe
Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort - Paradise On A Small Caribbean IslandSugar Beach  
Saint Lucia is an Eastern Caribbean island nation with a population of 185,000 and is known for its breathtaking beauty. This island is also home to Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort, a luxury resort & hotel complete with a world-class Rainforest Spa, an entire professional dive facility, and waterfront restaurants. …
Accommodation types: Beach   Jungle   Luxury
Location: Soufriere  St. Lucia  Central America
Post Hotel And Spa - Lake Louise Mountain LodgePost Hotel  
The Post Hotel is the epitome of what you would imagine to be the idyllic Canadian mountain lodge. Nestled in the picturesque Banff National Park in the small village of Lake Louise, the Post Hotel offers guests pristine natural beauty and unspoiled wilderness only two hours outside of Calgary. The …
Accommodation types: Mountain   Nature
Location: Lake Louise  Canada  North America
Hotel Arbez - A Hotel With Half In Switzerland And Half In FranceHotel Arbez  
Hotel Arbez is an unusual place – half is in France and half in Switzerland. When a new border between the two countries was drawn in 1862, it happened to run down the middle of a field owned by one Mr. Ponthus. He built a shop that straddled the border, …
Accommodation types: Traditional
Location: Les Rousses  France  West Europe
Storfjord Hotel - Traditional Scandi-Style Architecture With Sod (Grass!) RoofStorfjord  
Hotel
This hotel is a Lafta building. Lafta is an ancient way of building houses in Norway. Timber is dried for two years, specially cut and slotted into place like a magnificent jigsaw. Lambswool is used for insulation. The result is a cozy, environmentally friendly place to stay. And what a …
Accommodation types: Nature   Traditional
Location: Skodje  Norway  West Europe
Snow Village - Ice And Magic In LaplandSnow Village  
Lapland
Palaces of ice have long been a mainstay of story and myth in European culture. From the frost giants of Norse mythology through Hans Christian Andersen’s classic recounting of the “The Snow Queen” to modern-day America with its legend of Superman living in a huge ice-palace known as the “fortress …
Accommodation types: Ice
Location: Kittilä  Finland  East Europe
Prince Noir - A Thousand Year-Old Castle B&BPrince  
Noir
If you were a French Celt living in the 2nd Century AD under threat from the Romans you would want to in Les Baux-de-Provence. Set high in the Alpilles mountains on a rocky outcrop with a view of the surrounding plateau, the location has been inhabited for thousands of years. …
Accommodation types: Castle   Cave   Traditional
Location: Les Baux-de-Provence  France  West Europe
Alila Ubud – Jungle Mansions With The Coolest PoolAlila Ubud  
Forbes Magazine has called this one of the top 20 coolest hotels in the world. The hotel also has the most photographed swimming pool, like, ever. The rooms are thatched huts on the outside and luxurious on the inside and the hotel lies secluded away in a secret location by …
Accommodation types: Jungle   Luxury   Nature
Location: Tegallalang  Indonesia  Oceania
Murtoli - A Figa – Corsican GrandeurMurtoli  
A Figa
The A Figa Villa in Corsica was built in the 17th Century and has been wonderfully maintained in that original style. It is the signature property in a portfolio of stunning buildings in beautiful landscapes around the Corsican coast. It houses seven people and is a traditional ‘tall house’ looking …
Accommodation types: Nature   Traditional   Villa
Location: Sartène  France  West Europe
Far Meadow – Vintage Trailers - Americana In A CanFar Meadow  
Vintage Trailers
The Vintage Trailor is one of a range of accommodation in the Sierra National Forest provided by the Far Meadow organization. As iconic as the VW Camper Van and as American as Mount Rushmore, the Silver Streak trailer was first manufactured in the 1950s and has gone through many redesigns …
Accommodation types: Nature   Remote   Trailer
Location: Yosemite National Park  USA  North America
Far Meadow - A Frame - American Forest Living With Big WindowsFar Meadow  
A Frame
The A-Frame is one of a range of accommodation in the Sierra National Forest provided by the Far Meadow organization. The woodland cabin is as American as apple pie (which was originally a British dish but hey, let’s not argue the toss). Traditionally, cabins were built in remote wooded areas …
Accommodation types: Nature   Remote
Location: Yosemite National Park  USA  North America
Amangiri Villas - Paleolithic Skyscrapers In A Constellation-Swirled SkyAmangiri  
Villas
‘The canyon wilderness, the hoodoo land of spire and pillar and pinnacle where no man lives’ is how transcendental anarchist author Edward Abbey described the landscape where Amangiri Villas sit; their sandstone walls blending perfectly into the desert setting. The architecture is simple and modern, with large glass windows drawing …
Accommodation types: Desert   Luxury   Nature
Location: Kanab  USA  North America
The Canvas Hotel – Shiny Bikes, Steep Hills And Cold LakesThe Canvas  
Hotel
You are balancing on a mountain bike at the top of a slither of rocky trail running steeply down a mountainside. Everything is focused on your next maneuver. Your behind hovers behind the saddle for balance, feet in firm contact with the pedals, white knuckles on the handlebars, you choose …
Accommodation types: Nature   Remote   Yurt
Location: Nissedal  Norway  West Europe
Museum Hotel Cappadocia - Luxurious Cave DwellingsMuseum Hotel  
Cappadocia
The ages have been kind to Cappadocia (Hittite for ‘land of beautiful horses’). Because of the particular mineral composition in the rock, mountains have been eroded into monoliths, valleys, and chimneys. People have lived there, amongst the caves and crannies, ever since mammoth skins were the latest must-have fashion accessory. …
Accommodation types: Cave   Luxury
Location: Uchisar  Turkey  Middle East
Juvet Landscape Hotel – Getaway Hotel From The Ex-Machina MovieJuvet  
Juvet is far away from the densely populated world, a 90-minute drive from the closest Norwegian city, Ålesund. In the Ex-Machina movie, this stunning remote getaway was the property of a tech billionaire who experimented on [human-like robots](https://www.uniqhotels.com/?q=robot). These rooms were designed to bring you as close to nature as …
Accommodation types: Luxury   Movie   Nature   Spa
Location: Sylte  Norway  West Europe
Ginzan Hot Spring Fujiya Inn - Traditional Japanese Bamboo OnsenGinzan  
Fujiya Inn
What makes this hotel so special is your host’s meticulous adherence to Japanese inn-keeping traditions. The aim is to anticipate and meet your needs before you are even aware of them yourself. Your hostess, Jeanie Fuji, is arguably the world’s best practitioner of the traditional Japanese art of hospitality. It …
Accommodation types: Spa   Traditional
Location: Ginzanshinbata  Japan  East Asia
Indigo Patagonia - Eco-Friendly Luxury At The Andes MountainsNOI Indigo  
Patagonia
The Indigo Hotel’s architecture was designed by master builder, Sebastián Irarrázaval using wood and lots of natural light to create a relaxing, eco-friendly experience where hammocks hang lazily on the landings. The restaurant, Mama Rosa, serves fresh crab straight from the Eberhard Fjord and sumptuous local beef. The excursions on …
Accommodation types: Nature   Spa
Location: Puerto Natales  Chile  South America
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