When you are travelling, it is very important that you take rest and eat proper food and therefore it is vital that you choose a hotel where you get not only these but many more facilities that are required in the modern world. That’s why hotels try to offer the best possible service for the price they charge and try to offer something special to their customers.

However, there are some hotels where the hotels themselves are places to travel and experience. These are some of the most unique hotels in the world which challenge the concept of a hotel itself.

1. Kakslauttanen Hotel in Finland

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The Northern Lights are wonderful to watch, and if you want to experience the full extent of it, then the Kakslauttanen Hotel in Finland is just for you. Add to the fact that you get to watch the northern lights from inside a glass igloo! It would make for a truly romantic experience in the silence of the night. Make sure that you visit during the northern lights season to have this magical experience.

For those who want to feel the actual experience of sleeping inside an ice igloo, the hotel provides them with traditional log cabins or ice igloos where they can still be warm in their sleepy bags and yet get the experience of being in an ice igloo.

2. The Liberty Hotel in Boston

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Sometimes, travellers are looking for unique experiences, and this one is exactly made for them. This hotel was previously the Charles Street jail where some really famous prisoners were kept like Malcolm X for example. Although converted from a real prison, the hotel looks stunning.

The great thing about this luxury hotel is that they have prison-themed names for their rooms and lounge areas. The hotel's cocktail bar is famous and is named ‘The Alibi’, and the on-site restaurant is known as ‘The Clink’. They also provide amenities like air conditioning, minibar, complimentary overnight shoeshines, in-room safes, and even an on-site concierge.

3. Free Spirit Spheres in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia

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This hotel, located on Vancouver Island, is famous for its different quality that this is available for adults only. You get a unique experience as you sleep inside wooden spheres that are literally dangling from the trees. You can imagine the peace and quiet that you get to experience in a lush green forest in this tree house resort that is open all year long. The wooden spheres even have their own names according to their sizes, and they are, Eve, Eryn and Melody.

If you think that you will have to make do without the modern day facilities that any hotel provides, you would be wrong, because this hotel provides all of them like fresh linens, complimentary snacks, galley kitchen and yes, even wifi. There are also bathrooms with compost toilets. If you are in some mood for a barbecue, well, you get that too!

4. Hilton Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Resort in Maldives

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The Hilton Conrad Maldives, Rangali Island resort, is one of the most luxurious and spectacular places in Maldives which is located in the middle of the Indian Ocean. This hotel provides spacious private bungalows with very beautiful glass floors, and these floors give you a feeling like your feet are deep in the ocean. But if you want to feel the nature and want to sleep beneath the surface of the ocean, the hotel also provides underwater rooms as well and a restaurant which is located on the ocean side.

5. The Aurora Express in Alaska

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If you like trains and want to stay in a hotel that is literally a train, then you should surely check out The Aurora Express in Alaska. This bead and breakfast is a converted Alaska Railroad train with absolutely gorgeous views of the Alaska Mountain Range, the Tanana Valley and of the greater Fairbanks.

If you are in for a bit of luxury, you also have options to stay in luxurious train cars that are specially named Golden Nellie, National Emblem, Gold Mine and Bordello.