Four categories · Sixteen hotels
Four kinds of hotel, described plainly.
We write about four narrow categories — art, capsule, casino and ice — in prose rather than specification tables. No ratings, no reviews, no booking engine, and no pretence of having stayed everywhere.
Art Hotels
Hotels where a collection, a commission or a single artist shapes the building itself.
- Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris
- The Silo Hotel
- Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amistà
- Hotel Arts Barcelona
Capsule Hotels
Compact sleeping units, shared facilities, and the particular discipline the format requires.
- First Cabin Haneda Terminal 1
- Nadeshiko Hotel Shibuya
- The Prime Pod Ginza Tokyo
- Book and Bed Tokyo Shinjuku
Casino Hotels
Four Canadian casino hotels, described first as hotels and then as everything else they contain.
- Montreal Casino & Hotel
- Fallsview Casino Resort
- River Rock Casino Resort
- Casino Rama Resort
Ice Hotels
Seasonal buildings made from snow and ice, rebuilt each winter and gone by spring.
- Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel
- Lainio Snow Village
- Snowman World Igloo Hotel
- Hotel of Ice, Bâlea Lac
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