Fancy a Vacation Stay in a Tree House Hotel? How

If you are looking to get away for a week or three and can't decide on a destination, let's look at some alternative hotel accommodations that might spark your interest. People tired of the conventional or the ordinary can find fun and interesting lodgings around the world at any of the sites we found below:

Treehouse Hotels

As the name implies, these are 'up a tree' but on a rather grand scale. Want a 'different' honeymoon hotel, or just feel adventurous? Treehouses aren't just for kids anymore.The accommodations at the Cedar Creek Treehouse in Washington state are rather rustic but if your dream is to spend some time fifty feet up a giant cedar tree in a rainforest this will surely please you.Called a luxurious treehouse mansion, Lodge Kura Hulanda, Curacao offers a good nights sleep on a four poster bed overlooking Kalki Beach.

Treehouses bungalow style can be found near Port Antonio on Jamaica's northeast coast at Kanopi House.Costa Rica offers tree house lodgings in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wild Life Refuge. This Caribbean coast retreat offers relaxing hammocks and tours of the surrounding rainforest.Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge at Eureka Springs, Arkansas offers visitors a stay in the Tree House Bungalow among big cats prowling nearby and a great view from among the treetops.Winvian, Connecticut is where you'll find Litchfield Hills, a resort including a luxurious Treehouse that is a two story cottage located thirty five feet above the ground. Whirlpool, French doors, and fireplace included.

Cave Hotels

Southern Italy has sassi which is a city of cave houses in the Basilicata region. The sassi cave hotel is a fascinating place to visit and stay a while. The renovated caves have been modernized and include internet, air conditioning, and private baths for their guests.Built in 1965 Mammoth Cave Hotel at Mammoth Cave, KY is in the Mammoth Cave National Park and surrounded by natures wonders. Accommodations include air conditioning, TV with cable, and daily maid service. And pets are allowed.The Desert Cave Hotel at Coober Pedy, in South Australia has nineteen suites underground and another thirty one above ground. Amenities include spa, gym, pool, and sauna. Temperatures are a near constant seventy seven degrees year round. Go bushwalking in the Painted Desert while visiting there.

Underwater Hotels

If you are not yet a certified diver, be assured you will get a three hour crash course in the art of scuba diving before being allowed to stay in the Jules Undersea Lodge. Named after the famous author Jules Verne, this luxurious undersea hotel was built in the early 1970's as a research lab near Costa Rica then moved to Key Largo, Florida. At twenty one feet below the surface, this truly original concept has since been copied and several are in various stages of construction around the world.

Hotel accommodations need not be staid and stuffy any longer. If you wish something different for your vacation stay, check out the luxury state rooms on the Queen Mary at Long Beach, California or perhaps spend some time in a former prison or jail like the Jailhotel Lowengraben when in Lucerne, Switzerland or Liberty Hotel in Boston, Mass. (formerly the Charles Street Jail).