Looking like something straight out of a fantasy movie, the Magic Mountain Lodge is a 13-room hotel in the private Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve in the Patagonia area of Northern Chile. Not only does this hotel look like it’s built into a moss- and ivy-covered hill, it’s also got a suspended rope bridge and its own waterfall that cascades down the side. In addition to the guest rooms, the hotel contains a bar, a restaurant and a sauna. There are even hot tubs made from hollowed-out tree stumps.
Thermal glass igloos with transparent dome ceilings give visitors to the Igloo Village of Hotel Kakslauttanen in Finland an incomparable view of the Auroroa Borealis, the ‘Northern Lights’. The igloos are located in a very dark, wild area of a national park, and each one is not only warm and cozy but treated with frost preventative so those precious views are never obscured by hazy glass.
(images via: huilohuilo.com)
Get unbelievable 360-degree views of the location of your choice by renting a portable Bubbletree ‘tent’, but be prepared to give up your privacy. Available in a variety of shapes and sizes, you can also choose a design that’s only half-transparent, preserving your modesty at least a little bit. Bubbletree even offers models like the Cristal Bubble, which can be brought right up to the water at the beach. There are even versions that can be suspended from trees.
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