Discover the strangest and most surreal hotels in the world

If you are looking for a surreal experience or a special overnight stay, this article is just for you!

 

  • MOUNTAIN MAGIC LODGE. We are in Chile, in the reserve of Huilo Huilo, one of the purest and wildest areas of the area. This hotel was created to represent the symbol of the purity of water. The entire building is made of sustainable materials and is covered with dense vegetation, it has been worked entirely in detail by local artisans with the use of local wood. Seen from outside you will have the impression of being in front of a mountain strewn with windows or an elf house, the choice is yours! You will be greeted with a waterfall descending from the green cone-shaped roof, you will cross a wooden bridge supported by sturdy ropes, which will lead you to the structure. Inside you will find hot tubs, saunas, bar and restaurant, each room bears the name of a local bird while in the outdoor area there are hot tubs cut from the trunks of trees, to live an experience of pure relaxation in unspoiled nature.
  • TREEHOTEL: THE UFO. Passionate about X-Files? Do you dream of sleeping in an alien spaceship? In Swedish Lapland, the TreeHotel designed and created the flying saucer-shaped structure, the most unexpected thing to see in the forest. Inside the UFO you are brought into space with a starry sky in the ceiling and an interior structured on the same theme. You enter the UFO using a folding electric ladder through a hatch in the floor. The room has small windows that let in the light and allow you to look out. Born from the idea of Kent Lindvall and Britta Jonsson-Lindvall and in 2010, in addition to the UFO, were inaugurated four other structures each with a particular design located between 4 and 6 meters above ground: The Bird’s Nest – The Blue Cone – The Cabin – The Mirrorcube. Each room consists of separate living and sleeping area, eco-friendly toilets, toilet and sink. In addition, all units have free access to the wood-fired saunas, located among the pine trees.
  • CAPSULE HOTEL ANSHIN OYADO, KYOTO. In the heart of Shimogyo Ward, Japan, you will find the Capsule Hotel, if you are claustrophobic maybe this is not the right experience for you. Yes, because the rooms are like niches containing a single person. The sleeping capsule is equipped with a tablet PC. Facilities also include a nebulized sauna and vending machines for snacks and drinks. The hotel accepts only male guests and is within walking distance of Shinjuku Station.
  • KAROSTA PRISON, LATVIA. Have you ever thought about sleeping in a cell in an old prison with the chance to live the experience as a prisoner? The Karosta Prison is a hostel housed in a former Latvian jail, which has remained the same over time. The rooms are located inside the cells and all have a shared bathroom. The structure offers various types of experiences: you can live 24 hours of imprisonment, where all the typical rites of Russian imprisonment during the Cold War, there is the escape from Karosta, a test for prisoners of cunning and skill in which they will have to compete to those who manage to escape from the old prison and there are also packages for stag/hen parties, weddings and honeymoons.
    In addition, the staff of the exercise is dressed in the uniforms of the police and military of the time and were exposed and preserved all the findings of the prison, which can be viewed through the guided tour of the prison.
  • SEAVENTURES DIVE RESORT, PALAU SIPADAN MALAYSIA. If you love diving and watching underwater landscapes, this hotel is perfect for you. Built in stilt style on the water, it is a diving station surrounded by the beautiful coral reef, led by professional instructors. The property is not totally a five-star resort, but it offers functional and clean rooms, hearty breakfast and you will feel like you are on a big cruise boat. The friendly staff will be ready to tell you the best experience or course to do and if you need to move to Mabul.                                                                The formula is this: Eat. Sleep. Diving. Repeat.
  • LIBRARY HOTEL, NEW YORK. Located next to the Grand Central Terminal and Bryant Park, this boutique hotel has 10 floors and is housed in an old American bookstore. In fact each floor is dedicated to a reading topic:
    ° Social sciences
    ° Literature
    ° Languages
    ° History
    ° Mathematics & Sciences
    ° General culture
    ° Technology
    ° Philosophy
    ° The Arts
    ° Religion
    Inside the rooms you will find works of art and books related to the subject. Also inside you will find an elegant restaurant and a cocktail bar, the Poetry Garden, known for its literary-inspired cocktails overlooking the city. 
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Japan & Superstition

Japan is a concentration of modern and ancient wonders that create memorable landscapes and urban scenarios.

If you’ve never been, know that things to see and do are endless, from majestic skyscrapers to age-old temples, from the skyline of the capital to the natural parks that line the mountains.

The country of the Rising Sun, in addition to this, has the peculiarity of following a series of rules of common sense, to avoid attracting bad luck.


In this article we list some:

  1. NEVER READ THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER! – In Italy, 17 is considered the bearer of bad luck, while in Japan it is 4 and 9 to carry it. This is because reading them together, respectively shi and ku, in Japanese means painful death. 
  2. HINAMATSURI, THE FESTIVAL OF DOLLS. – Dedicated to girls, is celebrated every year on March 3 and passed this day is mandatory to remove all the dolls inherent in the festivities because you run the risk that the youngest of the house will not marry.
  3. IF YOU SEE HIM IN THE MORNING, SMILE! – We are accustomed that the spider brings gain, but not in Japan. If you see him in the evening it is bad luck, but if you notice him in the morning it is forbidden to kill him, because it brings good news!
  4. THE NAP COULD BECOME A LITTLE AGRICULTURAL! – According to popular belief, if you fall asleep immediately after eating you run the risk of turning into a cow!
  5. ATTENTION TO HOW YOU USE CHOPSTICKS – They should never be put directly into rice because this practice is used only during funerals to remember the deceased. This misfortune increases dramatically if these break during the meal. Before eating, make sure to use the chopsticks in the correct way!
  6. A GOOD TEA FLOATS! – It is an extremely rare event, when pouring the tea into the cup remains a piece of leaf that floats vertically it is said to bring a lot of luck.
  7. CHECK THE GETA! – The geta (下 駄) are traditional Japanese sandals halfway between the hooves and flip-flops. If by chance, inadvertently, you break the strap of Japanese sandals is an omen of imminent bad luck!

 

 

Now you have some more information for your trip to Japan!

Good luck! が ん ば っ て!

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Wanderlust – the traveler’s syndrome

Wanderlust is a psychological concept that refers to the desire to go elsewhere or to travel. It indicates the desire to go elsewhere, to seek something else, to go beyond one’s own world.

The word originates from wandern or wander and lust or desire.

It can refer to an intense desire for personal self-development through the discovery of the unknown, unforeseen challenges and knowing new cultures. Or it can refer to the desire to escape and leave behind negative feelings.

 

The symptoms of this syndrome can be:

  • Nostalgia for past trips – Do you get lost during the day in the memory of that trip that made you feel alive and gave you happiness? When you are with friends many of your stories are about past trips? Do you remember all the words you learned around the world? This is the first symptom of Wanderlust.

 

  • Are you really happy, only when you travel – Your life seems faded in the routine, but when you travel it becomes a thousand colors and shades? If you feel like you’re only really alive when you’re on the road, you have the second symptom of Wanderlust!

 

  • When you are at home you never feel fully satisfied – The constant impatience that grips you while you are at home, monotonous and boring days, which only fade away when you find your head in the clouds fantasizing about distant places to explore.

The “sick” of Wanderlust have a visceral need to discover new places, meet new people, travel and experience unusual.

If you had one of these symptoms, you have Wanderlust syndrome!

If you are looking for the cure, there is only one: TRAVEL!

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Sustainable Tourism – The Green Choice

Sustainable tourism is a philosophy inspired by sustainable development and includes all forms of environmentally friendly tourism and attention to the well-being of the host populations.


Responsible tourism meet certain requirements, such as:

  • Make optimum use of environmental resources by preserving essential ecological processes and contributing to the conservation of natural resources and biodiversity.
  • Respect the socio-cultural authenticity of the host communities, preserve and contribute to intercultural tolerance and understanding.
  • Ensure long-term sustainable economic activities by providing equitable socio-economic benefits, including stable employment and income opportunities, social services for host communities and contributing to the fight against poverty.
  • Allow the tourist to live interesting experiences, while raising awareness of the impact that his trip has on the places visited.

 

The sustainable development of tourism has as its objective not only the fight against waste and the use of polluting materials, but proactive actions that create well-being and opportunities for the territory and requires constant control of the impact that travelers have on the local population and environment.

There are various types of sustainable tourism:

  • Community tourism: It is a form of tourism in which hospitality is entirely managed by the local population.

  • Slow Tourism: It consists in discovering a destination at your own pace. This movement is a real lifestyle.

  • Fair tourism: Inspired by fair trade that allows a fairer remuneration of local communities.

  • Participatory tourism: Reinvents hospitality by actively involving the traveller in local life.

  • Ecotourism: It respects the environment and the well-being of people, is practiced exclusively in the natural environment and must be a source of sustainable funding for the host communities.

  • Solidarity tourism: It creates a bond of solidarity between the traveller and the populations. A financial contribution from the traveller or tour operator is donated to local development projects.

  • Agrotourism: This is sustainable tourism in agricultural environments. Its objective is to facilitate the meeting with the producer and to perpetuate the activity allowing him to diversify between visits, tastings and recreational activities.

  • Humanitarian tourism: ethical and sustainable stay, which contributes to the improvement of the living conditions of local populations. Conveying knowledge and contributing to local development are all tasks that tourists are encouraged to participate in.


The aim of traveling and promoting a green choice is to limit air pollution, gas emissions, enhance the resources of the territory, protect the flora and fauna of the place.

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Accessible Tourism – Tourism for All.

The holiday is the moment of recreation and relaxation par excellence, but for those who experience a situation of disability or temporary discomfort that limits it in mobility may face more than one obstacle that makes the “Inaccessible Tourism“.

 

“I dream of seeing people with disabilities travel and move freely around the world, find every tourist destination accessible […] enter a travel agency, ask for a holiday to any destination and receive as an answer: sorry, but all accessible rooms are already booked for the coming months! Maybe I can’t go on vacation but I would be happy because we will finally have a Tourism For All”.

Roberto Romeo – President ANGLAT (Associazione Nazionale Guida Legislazione Andicappati Trasporti)

 

Accessible Tourism can be defined as the set of products and services of the entire tourist service chain that are designed for everyone and without barriers, allowing customers with special access requests, including mobility, sight, hearing and cognitive dimension, to enjoy the holiday and free time without difficulties or obstacles independently and with equity and dignity through the availability of products, services and tourist environments universally studied.

 

Also known as Tourism for All, Inclusive Tourism and Tourism without barriers is enterprise and not social assistance, because the person with disabilities is a tourist, a customer and a guest just like others.

In the World more than 1 billion people live with a disability.

The United Nations estimates that the figure is 2 billion, including family members and assistants.

To meet the demands of tourists with special needs, in addition to eliminating architectural barriers in individual structures, it is necessary to design a hospitable system that allows you to live a complete holiday experience.

What does a service or facility need to be accessible?

  • When the relevant information is accessible, it is therefore easily available, understandable and effective.
  • When they are easily accessible and fully usable once reached.
  • When the staff working there is prepared to respond to various types of needs.
  • When they are inserted in an accessible “net” (hotels, means of transport, restaurants, places of interest in the surroundings).

The goal of Tourism for All is to allow all people to live a travel experience as independently as possible and with the opportunity to know new realities.

It aims to remove any cultural, architectural and communication barriers and to offer superior experiences for the entire society.

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Boscolo Gift: the perfect gift.

Gift ideas to suit all tastes and all emotions.

In this article we propose some of the boxes that Boscolo Gift offers:

 

 

  • TRUFFLE HUNTING IN ALBA – An extraordinary experience in search of truffles: a precious treasure, all to be enjoyed. Thanks to an expert truffle hunter and the infallible nose of his dog, you will be guided in the woods and hills of the Langhe to get there where white truffles are: finding one will be a unique emotion, impossible to forget.

 

  • ECO RETREATS – SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – You will love spending a weekend in one of the wonderful eco hotels in our country. Selected structures that focus on important issues and are committed to preserving the environment. Magical places, surrounded by nature and respectful of the Planet, where you can relax and enjoy every comfort.

 

  • BEER & SPIRITS – Get ready to discover the secrets and flavors of the best craft breweries and the most prestigious distilleries in Italy and Europe. A visit with tasting of beer or liqueur, which will become a fascinating journey among aromas, fragrances, fragrances and stories in the cult places of their production.

  • WELLNESS AMONG THE VINEYARDS -Discover the benefits of vinotherapy in a wellness weekend, in the main wine spas in Italy and Europe. Treat yourself to treatments with must-based cosmetics, but also real wine baths, far from stress, among the lush vineyards of Italy and Europe: Piedmont, Trentino, Veneto, but also Austria, France and Spain: Choose your destination for an original and regenerating stay.

 

  • GOURMET TASTINGS – From Cremona nougat to Modica chocolate, from Balsamic Vinegar to typical Sienese sweets: meet small and large producers of Italian excellence, in a weekend food and wine to discover the secrets and techniques that give life to the best flavors of Italy. Between tastings and tastings, will be the producers themselves to guide you to discover the true pillars of the food and wine tradition of Italy, which have always been the DNA of our country.                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

 

 

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Bologna and the PET world.

Appointment 15 to 17 May in Bologna with Zoomark International 2023, the most important and leading event in the PET sector in Europe, is the international showcase of reference for companies throughout the pet supply chain, feeding, care and comfort products for animals, raw materials for packaging, machinery and service logistics.

Important event to draw inspiration and project into the PET market of the future that for 20 editions launches and anticipates new trends, offers valuable meetings with international operators and useful moments for training and updating under the banner of innovation in a market that in Italy alone is about 4.5 billion euros in annual turnover.

The fair has become a stimulating and indispensable meeting place for the pet business community, with 27000 thousand buyers, 900 exhibitors and 500 new products from 48 different countries.
The thematic areas of Zoomark are:

  • PET FOOD;
  • PET CARE;
  • AQUARIUMS, TERRARIUMS AND PONDS;
  • PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT;
  • SUPPLIES AND SERVICES TO INDUSTRY.

The ability to interpret the needs of the market and to encourage its development thanks to dynamic solutions is the strong point of the fair, which has strengthened its leading role in the international exhibition scene in Bologna.

 

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The evolution of the tourist destinations of the future.

Let’s forget about places of departure, arrival or passage.

In the future we expect airports as tourist and entertainment destinations.

This evolution is carried out by three architects ( Terence Young, Andy Bell and Pat Askew) currently engaged in the conversion and transformation of some of the main airports in the USA.

According to them, in the next 20 years airports will become a place where people will want to stay rather than a place to travel.

The key is to recreate places of aggregation similar to historic centers.

Singapore Airport recently inaugurated a Zen area decorated with a recurring motif of an orchid representing the national symbol flower.

In Abu Dhabi, in addition to the roof that recalls the desert dunes, you will find an art gallery surrounded by luxury boutiques.

The Economist has defined all international airports and their population as the “Sixth Continent” as multi-ethnic, diverse, cosmopolitan and hyperconnected.

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Travel to United States with your Bau Bau

Do you want to travel to the USA with your dog?  There are some key points you need to know!

First, to travel from Italy to the United States with your dog, the Italian government requires a health certificate, comparable to a real passport associated with the dog. It is issued by the local health authority.

The health passport certificate must contain certain information:

  • Personal details of the owner.
  • Animal history: breed, date of birth if possible, gender, colour and characteristics.
  • Current condition of the animal: it must state that the animal has undergone a veterinary examination on the same day of issue and is in good health.
  • The status of vaccinations, especially rabies, which must be administered at least 20 days before departure to the United States and no later than 11 months after the issuance of the passport and departure. You also have the opportunity to get a certificate of good health, signed and dated by your trusted veterinarian, no more than 48 hours before your appointment at the ASL, since not all ASLs offer the possibility of on-site veterinary examination.

The health certificate issued by the ASL is valid for 6 days and will require a fee to obtain it. It has international value and must be shown, at check-in, to the customs officer of the departure airport.

Traveling in the USA with the dog is not complicated.

The US government body that deals with it is the CDC Center for Disease Control, carries out checks at the entrance to the USA and does not necessarily require a health certificate, but in some airlines it is required. Upon boarding, dogs will be inspected and if they show symptoms of some infectious disease, they may be denied entry to the USA. In case of suspected pathology at the boarding controls, the dog will undergo a veterinary examination and the cost will be borne by the owner. In addition, the dog must be accompanied by another certificate stating that the dog has been subjected to a rabies vaccination not earlier than 30 days from departure to the USA. The same applies to accompanying dogs for disabled people and guide dogs for the blind.

The puppies of dog, that is, under the age of three months and that because of their tender age can not be subjected to vaccination against rabies and therefore without the certificate. They can also leave provided that the owner signs an agreement with the CDC with which he undertakes to keep the puppy in isolation until the time that will allow its vaccination, followed by another 30 days of quarantine to allow the vaccine to take effect.

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