This retired Soviet aircraft carrier “Kiev” was completely transformed into a luxury hotel in China. Now families can relax in this hunk of steel while checking out all of its weaponry and entertaining capture the pirate water show.

If you are a fan of Hello Kitty then you are going to want to book your stay at the Maison 140 hotel in Beverly Hills. Chalk full of Hello Kitty memorabilia and decor, this suite might be too cute to handle.

The Ice Hotel is built each year near Quebec City in Canada. It takes about a month and a half to build it. 60 workers, 15,000 tons of snow, 500,000 tons of ice and $350,000 help to make it real.

Hotel de Glace has about 80 beds, all made of ice. Only the bathrooms are heated. They are located in a separate insulated structure. Tourists pay about $200 per night to stay here.

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This Japanese hotel was left for dead in 2005, but still looks as if people were just occupying it. Considering how much furniture and other items are still inside, it’s a surprise that no one has looted the hotel yet.

A selection of luxury hotels with beautiful and breathtaking views. These places are perfect for a dreamy vacation and memorable holidays.

Coco Palm Bodu Hithi hotel is situated on the private island in the Maldives. Its contemporary design, 100 pool villas and restaurants create an atmosphere of a relaxing holiday.

Located in Patagonia, Chile and right smack in the middle of the Huilo-Huilo biological reserve, this Magic Mountain hotel has stunning architecture that will blow any other hotel out of the water. Boasting a waterfall cascading down the side of this uniquely shaped hotel and a narrow swinging wooden bridge high in the air, this Middle Earth like lodge will have most visitors feeling like they have been transported into another time.

These are the ruins of an abandoned hotel in Greece. It is located at a place that resembles a paradise overlooking the ocean but has been vacant for several years and will unlikely have any visitors in the near future.

If I’d ever travel to Oregon, I would definitely stay at the Hotel Monaco Portland. Why? The answer is inside this post.

This is the most horrible and dirtiest hotel I have ever seen. I wouldn’t stay here even if I were paid money for this.

It is not that easy to get a key to one of these rooms with bullet-proof windows, marble floors and amazing views of the city. The most expensive hotels in the world are waiting to be discovered by you.

10th place: Imperial Suite, Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome

A hotel for the dead is now open in Japan.

The Anantara Kihavah Villas are situated in the Maldives Islands and boast some of the most beautiful scenery of any hotel on the planet. Aside from the gorgeous ocean views, infinity pools and relaxing atmosphere there is also the world’s only underwater restaurant.

Literally called “TuboHotel,” this unique Tepoztlán Mexico hotel offers massive cement pipes with beds stuck inside of them. While space is at a premium, these interesting beds will at least have you sleeping soundly in a concrete cocoon.

Imagine floating in space inside of your own space hotel and looking down on the Earth and all of those land dwellers.

This hotel is one of the many abandoned in Japan. It was closed in 1995-1996. The hotel has seven floors including a large dining room, with an adjacent kitchen. It had accommodations for 200 guests and 40 rooms, which have a strong spirit of the 80s.

If you have a pet and you need to go on vacation this maybe a solution. This is a 23,000 square foot hotel and spa for pets: dogs, cats, birds and exotics.

What an interesting book in the drawer. Let’s read it.

This is the beautiful and luxurious Santorini Grace hotel, which is located in Greece on the island of Santorini. The hotel has more than twenty rooms. It is a little slice of heaven right here on earth and would make a wonderful place to stay while on vacation.

This is a tree hotel that is located in Sweden. The Mirrorcube is accessed by a rope bridge; accommodates two people and has a roof terrace; a living room, a bath, a small kitchenette, and a large bed; the interior has a 360 degree vies and is made from plywood; its exterior represents a camouflaged refuge; the mirror box is 4m X 4m X4m; it is built around a tree trunk, and; it’s made from light weight aluminum.

Bert Kreischer is an American stand-up comedian who knows how to surprise a hotel maid. He always creates something funny and unusual using bedsheets and clothes before he leaves his hotel room. Look how funny the results are!

With its doors swung wide open for business this week, the 1,600-foot architectural masterpiece houses 312 hotel rooms starting on the 102nd floor. With the most amazing views imaginable and six different restaurants to choose from, who will ever want to descend to the ground?

People do love their pets, and are willing to pay large amounts of money (as evidenced by the rates here) for their cats to be pampered and cared for while they're off on vacation, or business trips. The cats at this hotel can have a private suite, meals server 'a la cat', and are pampered with a special eco-friendly kitty litter that removes odor in seconds. If you have several cats, they can be housed in the 'chalet' together.

Now we have seen it all, a hotel for chickens.

Funny and creepy :)

Crystal-clear water, white sand, good weather, beautiful scenery, what to wish more for a calm and resting vacation…

These pictures are of luxury Diva Resort hotel on the Maldives.

This makes me dream of so awaited vacations.

Most resorts show myth pictures at their official web sites as they are trying to attract more tourists. But photographers from Oyster decided to visit different hotels undercover and see the reality. They took many pictures and finally compared their results to photos found on hotels’ sites. Some comparisons are funny.

D.R. Photo Fakeout: The myth of mega resort serenity

Enjoy the pictures from the 15th Cat Fashion Show in New York. The show, taking place in Algonguin Hotel, also celebrated the host cat Matilda's birthday. The participants looked posh and glamorous. 

If you happen to be an automobile enthusiast, you will love the V8 Hotel in the Meilenwerk Stuttgart. It has beds made from cars, race cars in the restaurant, and coffee tables made from engine blocks in the lobby. It is the perfect hotel for people who are car crazy.