Harads TreeHotel What It Is: Harads, Sweden

Why It's Unique:

A lightweight aluminum 4 x 4 x 4–meter box suspended around a tree trunk and covered in mirrors.

Camouflaged within the tree canopy, the one-way mirrors provide a 360-degree view of the surroundings. To prevent birds from colliding with the reflective glass, an ultraviolet color visible only to birds is laminated onto the glass.

Dog Bark Park Inn Where It Is: Cottonwood, ID ,

United States Why It’s Unique : The Dog Bark Park Inn takes the

term ‘dog lover’ to a whole new level.

Owned by chainsaw artists, Dennis and Frances.

Canine carvings are a specialty although visitors are apt to find fish, feline, bear, moose and Lewis & Clark themed carvings as well. At Dog Bark Park the artists enjoy sharing dog, travel and life stories as well as assisting visitors in planning their vacations.

Desert Cave Hotel

Where It Is: Hutchison Street, Coober Pedy, Australia Why It’s Unique: This underground hotel allows guests to experience dugout

style living. In addition to hotel rooms at the Desert Cave Hotel, there are underground

shops, a cafe, bar and display areas all carved out of the sandstone. According to the owners, the rooms are quiet, cool, dark and airy, with many

visitors saying the experience is the best night’s sleep they have ever had.

Tianzi Hotel

• Where It Is: Hebei Province, China

• Why It's Unique: 10-story building depicts Fu, Lu and Shou—Chinese gods symbolizing good fortune, prosperity and longevity.

• The Tianzi Hotel is the largest image hotel in the world. Shou, on the left, is holding a peach that contains a suite. Enter the hotel through his right foot.

Kokopelli's Cave Bed and Breakfast

Where: Farmingon, New Mexico, U.S

Why It's Unique: • This one-bedroom cave

home was blasted out of a Cliffside in 1980, with three holes drilled for ventilation and electricity.

• At 100 feet underground, access this bed and breakfast by shimmying down a steep cliff and ladder. Guests must sign a liability waiver in order to stay.

Naries Namakwa Retreat

Where it is: Klienzee Road, Springbok 8240, South Africa

Why It’s Unique: If complete silence, 4 000

wild-flower species and world-class South African cuisine are not enough to convince you to relax in this countryside retreat in Africa, maybe this will: a luxury domed mountain suite – almost in the middle of nowhere.

Treehouse Hideaway Where It Is: Bandhavgarh,

Dist Umaria, India Why It’s Unique : 10 minutes drive from the Tala

gate of the national park. Guests benefit from the incredible location, outstanding hospitality and a naturalist team.

There are 5 Treehouses spread across a natural forest clearing in a dense jungle of 21 acres that merges into one of the last natural tiger reserves of the world.It is not uncommon to spot animals from the privacy of one’s balconies which overlook the tiger reserve and Bandhavgarh Fort.

Das Park Hotel

Where It Is: Linz, Austria

Why It’s Unique: Who would have thought

concrete could be comfy? These renovated sewage pipes are, thankfully, clean and functional and sit on the banks of the Danube, making them a perfect post-industrial bolt hole.

Capsulevalue Kanda

Where It Is: Tokyo, Japan

Why It’s Unique: Originating in Osaka, the

capsule hotel is a popular concept in Japan. Stacked side by side and on top of one another to maximize on space, you can expect to pay around £30 per night.

The idea has even travelled over to Europe – Helsinki airport will introduce their own sleeping pods.

The Hobbit Motel, New Zealand

Where it is: It’s two hours from Auckland.

Why it’s Unique: Put aside your

preconceptions of the soulless motel – these Lord of The Rings-inspired rooms invoke homely charms suitable for the most discerning of hobbits.

The Manta Resort

Where It Is: Psv-zanzibar estate, Tanzania

Why It’s Unique: Pemba Island, If you

can’t wait for Poseidon to open, then The Manta Resort in Tanzania has its very own Underwater Room.

The floating structure has three levels, including a roof which is perfect for launching off into the sea. Downstairs, is the below-sea level bedroom, where you’ll see friendly trumpet and bat fish, Spanish dancers, squid and octopus.

Bivacco Gervasutti

Where it is: Mont Blanc, Italy

Why It’s Unique: Named after the Turin-born

Alpine climber, the Bivacco Gervassutti capsule balances precariously on the edge of Mont Blanc.

It’s inaccessible to most: only those who climb the Val Ferret will be able to experience the capsule, which sleeps 12.

Entre Cielos

Where it is : Mendoza, Argentina

Why It’s Unique: In Mendoza, in a vineyard at

the foothill of the Andes, is modern, Swiss-run wellness hotel Entre Cielos.

The Vineyard Loft is a cocoon on stilts above the vines. There’s a bathtub on the terrace and a window in the roof that offers excellent views of the huge starry sky.