Would You Stay in This Crazy Rock Hotel?

Anyone who has ever attempted to travel through Europe on a budget has probably ended up staying in some fairly strange places. But nothing we’ve ever experienced can top this proposal for “Barcelona Rock,” Poland-based UGO Architecture‘s entry in an international competition to design a “bohemian hostel for backpackers.” While from the outside the building looks like a strange part of the natural landscape, the structure contains fifty rooms with windows, a swimming pool, spa, gym, cinema, pub, and a small climbing wall for beginners (advanced climbers are meant to scale the hostel’s exterior). Let us know in the comments what you think of the concept.

A typical room
I guess it’s not really good idea to take the rooms on top if you’re afraid of the heights.

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Luxurious Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona

In the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona a new luxurious hotel named Mandarin Oriental is built. This amazing building is work of a well-known and talented artist-designer Patricia Urquiola. Luxurious hotel for the famous and titled guests is located at the center of shopping and entertainment district of Barcelona on Passeig de Gràcia. The hotel includes 98 rooms, a spa, which occupies 1,000 square meters, some chic restaurants and a wide area on the roof of the hotel, where the huge pool is located.

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Yunak Evleri Hotel in Turkey

Yunak Evleri is a well known hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey. Here you can see the magical landscape of fairy chimneys, in the ancient village of Urgup, is a luxurious hotel carved into a mountain cliff, the Yunak Evleri. This hotel includes six cave houses, 30 rooms dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries and a 19th century Greek Mansion. Yunak Evleri is an inspiring hotel – an ideal base for exploring Cappadocia’s elaborate underground cities, hidden cavernous churches and enchanting rock terrain.

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