5 Unusual Hotels Around the World
A colorful trip to places where you can sleep in a tree, a prison, a plane, a cave, or a crane!
Introduce the topic. Explain that each place is a real hotel with an unusual setting. Read the short subtitle aloud.
2. A Different Kind of Stay
Hotels can be more than beds and rooms.
Let’s visit five places with a surprising story.
Peru • Japan • South Africa • Türkiye • The Netherlands
Peru — Peru
Japan — Japan
South Africa — South Africa
Türkiye — Türkiye
The Netherlands — The Netherlands
Point to the five country names as a quick preview. Tell the audience they will see one hotel from each place.
3. 1. A Hotel in the Trees
TREEHOUSE LODGE
Peru
Sleep high above the rainforest.
Walkways connect rooms in the trees.
Treehouse Lodge is in the Peruvian Amazon. Its walkways let guests explore high above the forest floor. Invite students to imagine waking up among the trees.
4. 2. A Hotel in a Former Prison
HOSHINOYA NARA PRISON
Japan
A former prison building becomes a hotel.
Some rooms join several old cells together.
HOSHINOYA Nara Prison is in Japan. The rooms are made by combining multiple former cells in a historic prison building. Explain that the building’s past makes this stay unusual.
5. 3. A Hotel in a Plane
AEROTEL
South Africa
Sleep inside a retired airplane.
You can even see the original cockpit!
Aerotel in South Africa offers stays inside retired aircraft. Guests can also look inside the original cockpit. Explain that the plane is now on the ground, not flying.
6. 4. A Hotel in a Cave
SULTAN CAVE SUITES
Türkiye
Some rooms are carved into volcanic rock.
Watch hot-air balloons from the rooftop.
Sultan Cave Suites is in Cappadocia, Türkiye. Some rooms are carved into volcanic rock. From the rooftop, guests may see hot-air balloons over the valley.