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| Hotels in India - Fortune Holidays |
One
of the most interesting observations about hotels is the fact that
they have existed from biblical times. After all, were not Mary and
Joseph turned away from an inn because it had no room? The history of
hotels makes for some very interesting reading indeed. In various
parts of the world, hotels can trace their roots to the seventeenth
century and probably even earlier. Of course, hotels have evolved
massively since then and today offer a range of features that only
enhance the unique charm of hotels.
Such
is the attraction of hotels that quite a large percentage of
travellers make their plans depending on the hotels that they can
stay in. So, if they have heard of a particularly interesting or a
comfortable hotel in a particular place, they are more likely to
visit that place. Places all over the world offer different types of
hotels that can take care of your requirements in terms of budgets,
size of rooms, the facilities that you require and so on. The most
popularly used category is the star rating that is given to a hotel.
If you were to look at the star rating system, then hotels can be
classified by a One Star going up to Seven Star. Apart from star
rating, hotels can also be categorized depending on their size or
number of rooms, the degree of luxury that they offer and even their
location.
Hotels
attract visitors for their uniqueness too. If you want to explore the
charm of hotels in greater depth, then you should look for boutique
hotels and even speciality hotels. For instance, did you know that
the world’s oldest hotel is in Japan? The Hoshi Ryokan was founded
in 717 and is continuing to delight people even today.
If
you are interested in such distinctive hotels, then you can also
think of visiting Guadix, Spain which is famous for its cave hotels.
If you want to take it a notch higher, literally, then head to
Harads, Sweden which is home to a hotel room which is actually built
into a cube of mirrors. It is also suspended on a tree.
Communing
with nature is a great way to enjoy a holiday. You can also enjoy the
history and culture of a location. Plenty of places have become
famous because they have converted historic buildings into amazing hotels.
The Quinta Real Zacatecas has become famous because it has converted
the San Pedro bullfighting ring in Mexico into a colonial style
hotel.
Hotel
rooms are not always above ground or in historic buildings! If you
visit Key Largo, Florida, then you can live in Jules’ Undersea
Lodge. As the name implies, this hotel actually requires its guests
to scuba dive around 20 feet beneath a mangrove lagoon and then take
up lodgings.
Finally,
no list of uniquely charming hotels is complete without mentioning
the Ice Hotel in Sweden. You can go back to this hotel multiple times
and find yourself living in a completely different building
altogether. This hotel melts and is rebuilt every single year.
