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Art Hotels
Hotels that live with a real collection on their walls and in their rooms. Paintings, prints and sculpture share space with the bed and the breakfast table.
Open art hotelsHotel index · four categories
Eleven hotels, cut down to what makes each one different.
Art, capsule, casino and ice hotels, each described in plain prose with nothing to book and nothing to sell.
The four categories
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Capsule Hotels
Pod and cabin hotels that trade floor space for a good mattress and a central address. Bathrooms and lounges are usually shared.
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Casino Hotels
Resort hotels with guest rooms, restaurants and theatres, plus a gaming floor on site. Each is described as a place to stay first.
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Ice Hotels
A hotel made of ice and snow that melts back into the river every spring. Artists redesign the suites for each new season.
Open ice hotelsHow the index works
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Selection
Each category holds only hotels that fit it clearly. A capsule hotel sells pods or cabins; an art hotel shows a genuine collection. Borderline cases stay out.
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Verification
Descriptions stick to features that are part of each hotel's lasting character: its setting, its building, the way rooms are arranged. Prices and offers are left out, since they move too fast.
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Scope
Eleven hotels, four categories, several countries. The list is short on purpose. It will grow slowly, and only when a new entry earns its place.