Unusual accommodation

Task 16. Hotels, guest houses, villas, and campsites are all standard types of accommodation. But what about the unusual?

a. Look at the hotel descriptions below. Which hotel is the most unusual?

b. Which hotel would you like to stay in? Why?

c. If you can, go to the websites for the hotels and find out more about them.

d. Work with a partner. Think about your local area. Discuss buildings or natural structures (e.g. caves) that you could convert into 'unusual' accommodation. You might like to consider the following points:

· type - details of type + natural or made structure

· location - urban or rural

· serviced or self-catering

· luxury or budget

· large or small (number of rooms - how many doubles, singles, etc.)

· details of the rooms, facilities, and services.

Mammut Snow Hotel with its arctic surroundings is a unique place. It is an excellent way to experience the coldness of an arctic night. The temperature in the hotel rooms is approximately -5°C, but guests will have a good night's sleep in a warm Ajungilak sleeping bag. In Mammut Snow Hotel there are 30 double rooms, 2 group rooms for five persons, and a suite

Gamirasu is the name of an exquisitely restored eighteen-room cave house, in Ayvali Village near Urgup in the heart of Cappadocia, Turkey. In former times housing the cells of a prison, this ancient monastery is steeped in history. A luxurious cave accommodation in a traditional Cappadocian village.

EXAMPLE

We have decided to make our unusual accommodation from [name of structure]. This is a natural / built structure in an urban / rural setting. We are going to make serviced / self-catering accommodation and it's going to be...

(taken from Robin Walker and Keith Harding Oxford English for Careers. Tourism 1. Student ‘s book, p. 65)

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