Extreme Hotels (English, Dutch and French Edition) [Hardcover]

BIRGIT KROLS (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 26, 2011

Imagine spending the night in a hotel that looks like a giant dog. Or would you rather enjoy the view from an enchanting jungle tree house? Extreme Hotels takes you on an amazing journey along the world's most bizarre hotels and bed and breakfasts, from a survival capsule via a hobbit house lodging and a wine barrel hotel to an underwater resort.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: TECTUM PUBLISHERS; Mul edition (April 26, 2011)
• Language: English, Dutch, French
• ISBN-10: 9076886334
• ISBN-13: 978-9076886398
• ASIN: 9076886393
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 9.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,288,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Birgit Krols (Antwerp, Belgium) worked as a journalist for 10 years before venturing into the wonderful world of books with the title Extreme Hotels. As a film journalist she earned a living interviewing movie stars, until she was asked to help found a city magazine of which she later became editor-in-chief. In 2006 she started writing books for Tectum Publishers.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spend The Night In A Lighthouse, Treehouse, Hobbit Hole, Or Sewer Pipe, May 28, 2008

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This review is from: Extreme Hotels (English, Dutch and French Edition) (Hardcover)

"Extreme Hotels" is a great coffee table book to look at and ponder future travel destinations. The book is translated into multiple languages (including English), so the amount of text contained in the book is actually quite small. The book has excellent photographs of some of the most amazing hotels in the world ranging from ultra-luxurious hotels on stilts above the ocean in the Maldives, to overnight accommodations inside a sewer pipe in a park in Austria.

For my money the most interesting group of hotels by country is in the Netherlands: I particularly liked the Euromast tower suites in Rotterdam and the Harbor Crane Bed and Breakfast which looks out over the Waddenzee (a coastal mud flat is rich in wildlife) and a harbor. For sleekness, nothing beats the Design Hotel in Madrid, while the Library Hotel in New York caters to those who love books, and has rooms arranged by the Dewey decimal system.

The oddest collective of hotels seems to reside in New Zealand, where at Waitomo World Unique Motels you can stay in a Vietnam-era military cargo plane, a World War Two patrol boat, a train, or a hobbit house.

This book is short on commentary, but more than makes up for it on the virtues of its photographs. Full contact information is listed for each of the hotels, which is a good thing: I've already made plans to visit two of these destinations. If you want a glossy, beautiful book of unusual hotels, this book is for you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting Book!, February 8, 2010

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This review is from: Extreme Hotels (English, Dutch and French Edition) (Hardcover)

I ordered this book for my grandson as he loves the extreme and make believe world. WOW! This brought some of the things we could only imagine to life! He loved it!