Most unusual hotels
If you want to know what it’s like to live like a hamster, than look no further than La Villa
Hamster. Tucked away down an unremarkable side-street near the centre of the western
French city, La Villa Hamster offers guests the "unique" opportunity to live the life of a rodent.The hotel has all basic amenities essential for a rodent such as containers of organic grain, a metal water spigot activating by pushing a giant lever with your foot, and a double bed accessible only by a step ladder and a crawl space, a bathroom with a giant vat of wood chips, a giant troth for a sink and a working human-sized hamster wheel. Villa guests are also given hamster masks to wear during their stay.
La Villa Hamster is the brainchild of 42-year-old scenographer Yann Falquerho and Frédéric
Tabary, the interior designer with whom he works. "We wanted to create a place that was a real gîte - a place where you could sleep and be comfortable - but also where you could have a real experience," he explained. "We wanted it to be eccentric and we decided that the funniest experience would be to become an animal."
Since opening in 2009, the Villa has been submerged with requests for visits from both inquisitive media and paying guests.
The duo are now looking for properties in Paris and in London with the intention of expanding the experience across the channel.
The Poseidon Undersea Resort from Fiji is the world’s first seafloor resort and the only place where you can spend a couple of days 40 feet under water in a luxurious environment. The resort is located in the crystal clear water of a 5,000 acre Fiji lagoon and it’s accessed by elevator. There are three types of luxurious accommodations that each guest could experience here: one above ground with a private beach, one over the water and one below the ocean’s surface, on the ocean floor. The accommodation units consist of 24 spectacular suites and one luxury apartment located at 12 meters under the sea, and 48
Hamster. Tucked away down an unremarkable side-street near the centre of the western
French city, La Villa Hamster offers guests the "unique" opportunity to live the life of a rodent.The hotel has all basic amenities essential for a rodent such as containers of organic grain, a metal water spigot activating by pushing a giant lever with your foot, and a double bed accessible only by a step ladder and a crawl space, a bathroom with a giant vat of wood chips, a giant troth for a sink and a working human-sized hamster wheel. Villa guests are also given hamster masks to wear during their stay.
La Villa Hamster is the brainchild of 42-year-old scenographer Yann Falquerho and Frédéric
Tabary, the interior designer with whom he works. "We wanted to create a place that was a real gîte - a place where you could sleep and be comfortable - but also where you could have a real experience," he explained. "We wanted it to be eccentric and we decided that the funniest experience would be to become an animal."
Since opening in 2009, the Villa has been submerged with requests for visits from both inquisitive media and paying guests.
The duo are now looking for properties in Paris and in London with the intention of expanding the experience across the channel.
The Poseidon Undersea Resort from Fiji is the world’s first seafloor resort and the only place where you can spend a couple of days 40 feet under water in a luxurious environment. The resort is located in the crystal clear water of a 5,000 acre Fiji lagoon and it’s accessed by elevator. There are three types of luxurious accommodations that each guest could experience here: one above ground with a private beach, one over the water and one below the ocean’s surface, on the ocean floor. The accommodation units consist of 24 spectacular suites and one luxury apartment located at 12 meters under the sea, and 48