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Berlin’s Propeller Island City Lodge may be the most bizarre example of the artist-designed hotel trend. Each of the 30 rooms is radically different in its decor, its theme, and its presuppositions, and each may delight or appall you with its quirks. This innovative and unique hotel made up of 30 themed rooms is the brilliant work of German artist Lars Stroschen from the Distorted Room, where the floor steeply slopes and nothing is quite right to the Dwarves Room, only 1.4 m high and full of small woodland people, from the Forest room, where your mattress floats on a series of logs surrounded by red walls through to the Gruft room, where your two separate beds are white coffins. Therapie is an all-white, minimalist room whose mood changes with the color of the lighting, which you can adjust at will. “The main idea behind Propeller Island,” explains Stroschen “was to try out my fantasies, to see if they could work.”
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Knysna’s 5-star multi award winning lodge offers the ultimate in pampering and service. Luxurious individually decorated log chalets and family suites have every conceivable comfort. Six units have air conditioner, Jacuzzi and fireplace and the Executive Chalet has a private spa for the ultimate in pampering. Knysna Tonquani Lodge offers luxurious, individually decorated log cabins and en suite double and family suites all with fully stocked mini bar, complimentary port and chocolates, tea, coffee and biscuits. Guests can look forward to enjoying a full and varied breakfast with freshly baked scones, muffins and pancakes. On request all meals can be served in your unit. A light lunch menu is offered and cake is served every afternoon.

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This Central American country lies between Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. Costa Rica is an exotic vacation destination that has secluded white sand beaches. On the tour, you get to visit the lush rain forests and pristine beaches. While on a trip to Costa Rica, you can either go in for a rain forest canopy tour, whitewater rafting or can just relax at the beach. The Tortuguero National Park is 51,870 acres and one of the last large areas of tropical rain forest in Central America. Monkeys, storks, and river otters can often be seen along the water in addition to more than 300 species of birds.

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