If you are looking for a truly distinctive experience, there are a handful of places to stay around the globe that offer something completely unique.
Radeka Downunder Dugout Motel and Backpacker Inn in Coober Pedy, Australia is entirely "downunder." Located in a central spot of the Australian Outback, being underground keeps the hostel cool in the summer and warm in the winter, which is also the hostel's motto. The area was formerly an opal mine, and is 34 steps below the surface. Staying at this hostel would allow you to experience the culture of Radeka, where 60% of the population lives underground.
For people who enjoy transportation vehicles, Jumbo Stay Hostel in Stockholm, Sweden and Railway Square in Sydney, Australia may be hotels you should look into. Jumbo Stay is actually a refurbished plane, and Railway Square is an old train sitting on the former Platform Zero.
Gyreum Ecolodge in Ireland will provide an opportunity to lower your carbon footprint while traveling. At this hostel they use solar panels, compost toilets, recycled rainwater, as well as wind turbines that power the geothermal heating, so basically, any electricity you use will be completely green. Also, if that all is not green enough, they have an organic vegetable garden in order to provide fresh veggies to their guests.
Zhangzhou Wei Qun Lou Inn in China is a hostel with very interesting architecture that is a true representation of the Hakka culture in that region. It has amazing views of the mountainous region of Zhangzhou surrounding the hostel.
Hostel Brumund in Norway is a hostel for those who are unaffected by cold and heights. The two huts sit on top of a 250-year-old pine tree 25 feet above ground. This hostel is the ultimate tree house sitting inside of the Brumunddal forest.
Hostel Celica in Ljubljana, Slovenia was formerly a military prison, but the twenty prison cells now serve as hotel rooms. The hostel is rated as one of the hippest hostels in the Balkans due to an intense makeover by local artists that occurred during its refurbishing process.
Why stay at a regular hotel, when you can have a unique lifetime experience instead!
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