The Unusual Newsletter - May 2009                     We are Unusual and Unique Hotels of the world. ...where your stay is a story itself ! Welcome to the Unusual Hotels of the World newsletter, highlighting News and offers from Properties we've secured on behalf of GoUnusual Club members. As always we'd appreciate your feedback and welcome suggestions of material to include in future editions. Sid Lalwani, Steve Dobson and Simon Penn Unusual Hotels of the World.   Meet our Sponsor:         Avantoure magazine www.avantoure.com is an exclusively digital international lifestyle publication based on the concept "Life is a Game!"

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Aberporth Express  Aberporth, West Wales    Caban Casita  Cenarth Waterfalls, West Wales                       This former Great Western Railway sleeping carriage has been relocated alongside a foot path in Wales with Panoramic views of the Ceredigion Heritage Coast. Called Wendy after the character in Peter Pan, which was published the year before the carriage was built in 1905, it travelled the length and breadth of the Great Western line...more   Caban Casita is sister cabin to Caban Cariad, "The Loveshack", which won the 2007 Top 5 UK Log Cabins award. Clad in pine along Scandinavian lines in a woodland setting, genuine designer pieces have been mixed with modern conveniences...more

New Properties:                    The Henry Jones Art Hotel  Hobart, Tasmania, Australia    True North Ashore  Eagle Bay, WA6281, Australia                               Former 1820 IXL Jam Factory has been transformed into Australia's first and only dedicated art hotel. The building dates back to 1825 but the real story begins with a young boy called Henry Jones, born in Hobart in 1862...more   The vivid, earthy colours of Western Australia’s far north so inspired True North boutique cruise operator Mark Stothard that he had 120 tonnes of rock from the Kimberley region trucked more than 3000km...more                Martello Tower  Folkestone, Kent, UK    West Usk Lighthouse  Newport, Gwent, UK                               Napoleonic Round Coastal Defence Tower converted to comfortable self catering accommodation set in own grounds. The Martello Tower was part of a chain of 74 built along the South Coast around 1806 to prevent invasion by Napoleon and the French. Each circular Martello was designed with a high entrance door...more   Lighthouse on River Severn estuary A few miles from Newport, this accessible lighthouse at the junction of the Severn and Usk estuaries has views far out into the Bristol Channel. Built in 1821 on an island where the Severn and Usk run into the sea it has a unique design. Not tall like most lighthouses, and considerably bigger in circumference...more                Pousada Favelinha  Rio de Janerio, RJ, Brazil                                 Brazil's first favela hostel, great views and culture, "away from it all" in the middle of the city. The greatest view and the quietest environment you can imagine! The Hostel 'Pousada Favelinha' is located on a small mountain in the heart of Rio de Janeiro, between the district of Laranjeiras and the hip Santa Teresa. It is situated inside a small 'Favela', one of the many 'poor' districts...more

Go Unusual - Two New books

RRP:£13.99 Pay:£12.49 Save:£1.50   Unusual Hotels UK & Ireland by Steve Dobson Sleep somewhere with a story to share - There is more to somewhere to sleep than just a bed for the night. “Unusual Hotels of the UK and Ireland” looks beyond the boring bedrooms of most chain hotels to find hotels, bed and breakfast properties as well as holiday lets that provide value-for-money memories that will last long after the bill has been paid. Selected from the award-winning online guide, this selection of properties offers unusual and unique accommodation choices for all budgets from £25 for singles to suites costing more than £550 a night...more                       RRP:£10.99 Pay:£10.50 Save:£0.49   Secret London by Rachel Howard and Bill Nash Mingle with the most extravagant handlebar moustaches in the country, pay your respects at the dog's cemetery in Hyde Park, visit a masonic temple, go to the circus take trapeze lessons in a former power station, pray in a floating church, sail on a disused reservoir, discover the stone from which Arthur was able to draw his sword Excalibur, transfix yourself in front of admire the sacred penis of a pharaoh, have a game on the City's last bowling green, examine a rare cucumber straightener, or remarkable private collections where you can see a stuffed mermaid or a cow's heart, go stargazing at Greenwich Observatory...more                         Buy Secret London & Unusual Hotels UK & Ireland For just £22.99 Free UK shipping

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