Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Offbeat Accommodations: Capsule Hotel

By Kelly

capsulehotel
Image: role1943.
If you've ever wanted to stay in a spaceship, the Capsule Hotel in the Netherlands may let you live out your fantasy. Not a spaceship, but a recycled TEMPS (totally enclosed motor propelled survival craft) often used in offshore drilling. It offers a cosy and offbeat place to rest your weary bones while in the Netherlands.
inside capsule
Image: kristo.
The insides are sparse with a simple hammock to rest in the basic capsule for 70 euro per night. Upgrade to a toliet for 100 euro and the ultra-luxe capsule for 150 euro, complete with sheepskins, cushions, champagne, a DVD player with a complete collection of 007 films, and a disco ball. To find out how to rent one of these pods, check out their site. The website states that the pods are currently docked in the Hague for now. want to check and see if they'll be available for your next stop in the Netherlands.


Source: Travellious

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This hotel is really cool not an entirely new idea but still very unique I thought this was something different because of the look of the rooms themselves are not what is expected. They are nothing like the capsule hotel in Japan there seems to be a bit more room in these.  With the bright orange they look more like flying saucers in shape and also the idea of having them on the water as floating or on land if you want is intriguing. The inside contains a hammock not a bed also a surprising turn you think there would be a lot of swaying around in the water. The capsules hotels are more than interesting but is that enough to want to spend a night inside I wouldn’t want to they seem to be more of a novelty than a nice place to spend the night. Although some may enjoy a night in a pod sleeping on a hammock their own disco ball and DVD player and 7 movies to choose from for 150 euro a night.

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