不走尋常路的旅館們

A sewer pipe， a former prison， and a huge wooden horse？ Accommodation these days is as surprising as it is changed.

下水管？前監獄？巨型木馬？現代人的住宿選擇的變化著實讓人吃驚。

1. The Oxford Mal， England

英國，瑪拉瑪遜牛津酒店

Most prisons are the kind of place you’d be desperate to escape from. But this former Oxford prison has been converted into a boutique hotel by the fashionable Malmaison chain and offers the kind of luxurious living that former prisoners could only have dreamed of.

大部分的監獄都是人們拼命想要逃離的地方。不過這座前牛津監獄被時尚的瑪拉瑪遜酒店連鎖改建成了一座精品酒店，提供著豪華舒適的住宿環境，這應該是以前的那些犯人做夢也想不到的。

2. Jules’ Undersea Lodge， United States

美國，朱爾斯海底小屋

Originally a research laboratory， the world’s only underwater hotel sits at the bottom of the Emerald Lagoon in Florida， and can only be reached by scuba diving down six meters.

The real attraction are the fish. The lodge is like a goldfish bowl in reverse， where you sit and watch angelfish， parrotfish， barracuda and snappers peering in at you through the window.

這座小屋原來是一個研究實驗室，現在是世界上唯一一個水下酒店，位于美國佛羅里達州翡翠湖的湖底。而能進入這座酒店的唯一路線是潛到水下6米。

真正吸引眼球的地方是各種各樣的魚。小屋就像倒過來的金魚缸一樣，你在里面靜靜地坐著，且可以看到神仙魚、鸚嘴魚、梭魚和鯛魚透過窗戶偷窺你哦。

3. Das Park Hotel， Austria

奧地利，下水管旅館

The sewer pipes are two meters in diameter and two and a half meters long， with a porthole to look out of， a front door to close and a comfortable nest to snuggle into， which includes a mattress， a bedside lamp， a woolly blanket and a light sleeping bag.

And the best part is that you pay as much， or as little， as you want.

這些下水管直徑有2米，長2.5米，可以通過一個舷窗看到外面。有一個前門可以關上，還有一個舒適的窩可以蜷縮著躺進去。管道房間里還有床墊、床頭燈、羊毛毯和一個輕便的睡袋。

而最好的地方是，你想付多少錢就付多少錢，價格你說了算。

4. Hotel Kakslauttanen， Finland

芬蘭，玻璃小屋旅館

There is no more fine experience than being suffused by the Northern Lights. To do so in a glass igloo must surely be one of the more novel and comfortable ways of admiring one of nature’s most surprising phenomena.

Situated within the Arctic Circle， deep in the snowbound Saariselka area of northern Finland， the cabins are built from ice or glass； both are surprisingly warm and super stylish， but somewhat lacking in privacy.

再也沒有比沐浴在北極光的照射下更美好的經歷了。想要欣賞自然這一神奇絢爛的奇觀，住在玻璃屋旅館里肯定是更新奇安逸的方式。

這些小屋旅館坐落在北極圈里，位于芬蘭北部大雪覆蓋的薩利色爾卡深山里。小屋用冰或玻璃建造而成；小屋里都很暖和，也超級別致，不過稍微不好的就是缺乏隱私。

5. Utter Inn， Sweden

瑞典，阿特旅館

Created by a Swedish artist， the Utter Inn floats on Lake Malaren， an hour west of Stockholm.

The red room contains a bathroom and a hatch in the floor. Open the hatch and descend a metal ladder to find your bedroom—in a watertight chamber suspended in the water below the room.

漂浮在梅拉倫湖上的阿特旅館是瑞典藝術家的作品，這個旅館位于瑞典首都斯德哥爾摩市西邊。

這個外觀紅色的小屋里面有浴室還有船艙口。打開艙口順著金屬梯子下去可以找到你的臥室——位于小屋下方浮在水中的防水密室里。

6. The Ice Hotel， Sweden

瑞典，冰雪旅館

Thermal long johns are recommended for a stay at the Ice Hotel in Jukkasj?rvi where winter temperatures never rise above freezing—and can drop to minus 35℃.

As well as 59 bedrooms， there is a cinema， a sauna， an art gallery， a small church and an super-cool vodka bar. And sleeping on a mattress of ice is less cold than you might think， since the beds are covered with reindeer hides and guests are kitted out with super-warm sleeping bags.

在尤卡斯亞維的冰雪旅館住一晚，保暖內衣褲絕對值得推薦。冬天的時候，那里的氣溫從來沒有零上過——有時候還會降到零下35攝氏度。

冰雪旅館里有59個臥室，還有電影院、桑拿室、美術館、小教堂和一個超酷的伏特加酒吧。睡在冰做的床墊上沒有你想得那么冰冷刺骨，因為床上鋪著馴鹿的皮，旅館還會為客人配備超級暖和的睡袋。

7. Sant’ Angelo Luxury Resort， Italy

意大利，天使古堡豪華度假村

“Four-star boutique cave-hotel” is the pride of the Sant’ Angelo in the city of Matera， which is famous for its sassi—houses dug into the rock.

Matera is the only place in the world where people can still live in the same houses as their ancestors did 9，000 years ago. The rooms have been fashioned from old sassi stables and workshops. There are two restaurants， a bar and an art gallery.

“四星級的精品洞穴酒店”是意大利馬泰拉市天使古堡引以為傲的名氣。它以sassi而聞名——它的房間都是在石頭里的挖成的。

馬泰拉是世界上唯一一個人們能住在9，000年前祖先們的房子的地方。古堡的房間都是用古老的馬廄和作坊改建成的，那里有兩個餐館，一個酒吧和一個美術館。

8. Milos windmill， Greece

希臘，米洛斯島風車磨坊旅館

This converted mill has two bedrooms. They are sparsely but tastefully decorated and furnished in typically Greek style： white-washed walls， wooden floors and furniture and blue shutters.

There is no pool but the mill does have air conditioning. There are also some nearby outhouses that can be rented to accommodate a larger group.

這個磨坊改造成的旅館有兩個臥室，臥室里裝飾和家具比較少，但是很有品位，是典型的希臘風格：刷白的墻，木質地板和家具，以及藍色百葉窗。

沒有泳池，但是磨坊旅館里有空調。附近還有一些外屋的附屬房間可以出租給大一點的旅行團。

9. La Balade Des Gnomes， Belgium

比利時，夢幻主題旅館

A truly out-of-this-world experience， this hotel makes you feel like you’re on the moon.

You can sleep in a moon buggy， bathe in a lunar capsule， and the walls and ceilings are covered in twinkling stars and planets.

Other themed rooms include a newly opened Trojan Horse， a Troll Forest， a South Seas sailing ship and a Wine Room.

這會是一次真正遠離世界的經歷。這個旅館會讓你覺得你是在月球上。

你可以睡在月球探險車里，在登月艙里洗澡，墻壁和天花板上都貼滿了閃閃的星星和各種神秘星球。

其他主題房間還包括新開發的特洛伊木馬、森林巨魔、南海帆船和酒窖。

10. The Dovecote， England

英格蘭，鴿舍旅館

Regarded as one of the most romantic hideaways in Britain， the Dovecote would certainly fit the bill for most lovebirds.

The former dovecote， which fell into disrepair in the early 20th century， has since been restored and converted into a comfortable self-catering love nest which can sleep up to four people， though would be ideal for two.

英國鴿舍旅館被譽為英國最浪漫的隱居地，這個旅館肯定符合很多戀愛中的情侶的要求。

這座旅館前身是鴿舍，在20世紀早些年因年久失修而破損。現在它已經被修復改造成一座舒適的愛巢，不過住客需要自供伙食自給自足。鴿舍旅館里可以睡下四個人，不過最理想的當然是一對情侶兩個人啦。

Vocabulary

desperate：不顧一切的；絕望的

convert：（使）轉變

boutique：精品店；時裝店

luxurious：奢侈的；豪華的

scuba diving：戴水肺的潛水，斯庫巴潛水

lodge：小屋，草屋

reverse：（使）反轉

sewer pipe：下水管；污水管

diameter 直徑

porthole：舷窗

snuggle：依偎；舒適地蜷伏

mattress：床墊

suffuse：彌漫于，布滿，充滿

igloo：雪塊堆成的圓頂小屋

cabin：小木屋；客艙

float：（使）漂浮；（使）浮動

hatch：艙口；艙門

descend：向下延伸

chamber：室，臥室

suspend：懸浮；暫停

recommend：推薦

sauna：桑拿

art gallery：藝術館

reindeer：馴鹿

stable：馬廄

mill：磨坊

rent：出租，租借

accommodate：容納，留宿

buggy：嬰兒車；童車

capsule：航天艙

ceiling：天花板

twinkling：閃爍的，閃亮的

themed：有特定主題的

dovecote：鴿房，鴿舍

self-catering：自理膳食的，自供伙食的