The ugliest hotel 6 - Museumotel, France

Thanks to my mate Kirka, I have another contender for the ugliest hotel in the world. Thanks!

Museumotel in the region of Vosges, France is a group of bubble like shaped houses, which were lately renovated and now reopened to public.
Built in late 1960, the Museumotel was designed by Pascal Hausermann, whose ambition was to create practical, cheap residences, very different from the big grey concrete city districts.

Complex offers 6 small and 3 large bubble houses, all with shower rooms and internet access for an average price of €60.

While I can applaud the enthusiasts who restored the hotel to its former glory, I still cannot believe how the Museumotel managed to get into “The 1000 most beautiful hotels in Europe”… maybe it is some hobbit conspiracy (?!)

The ugliest hotel 5 - Bad Blumau , Austria

Straight from the Gaudi - Klimt nightmare comes out my next contender to the honourable name of the ugliest hotel in the world.

The designer spa Rogner Bad Blumau Hotel near Graz in Austria was designed by Austrian sculptor and painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who is famous for calling straight lines “the devil’s tools”.

The hotel claims to be the world's largest habitable work of art and offers 290 rooms, some underground in few differently themed areas. The spa is at the centre of the complex and provides a variety of saunas and health facilities and offers a number of wellness programmes. The hotel is also home to Europe's leading holistic health centre.

According to the hotel’s philosophy ‘The absence of kitsch makes our life unbearable, you can’t do without romance.’ Can someone explain to me how kitsch is related to romance?

The ugliest hotel 4 - Idaho, U.S.

After a glorious weekend I have another nominee for the quest to find the ugliest hotel in the world.

Welcome to the Dog Bark Park Inn in Idaho, U.S. Established in 1997, it boasts to be a home to the biggest beagle in the world; Toby, a 12-foot tall beagle statue and Sweet Willy, the bed & breakfast guesthouse.

The Dog Bark Park Inn ‘s guests enter the body of the beagle from a private second story deck. Inside, they will find twenty-six carved dogs on the queen headboard, a loft room in the dog’s head, an alcove in the muzzle and dog-shaped cookies on the pillow.

Even if one can get over this barking mad idea, honestly… it is not pretty, is it?

The ugliest hotel 3 - Ottensheim, Austria

dasparkhotel in Ottensheim in Austria is my next candidate for The Ugliest Hotel.

The hotel offers three rooms (yes three, not three dozens nor three hundred), all detached (that’s not a phrase used often when talking about hotel rooms), weights 9.5 tons and is constructed from reclaimed drain pipes.

The dasparkhotel boasts an unexpectedly comfortable interior - full headroom, double bed, storage, light, power, woolly blanket and light cotton sleeping bag. All other facilities: toilets, showers, minibar, cafe, etc are supplied by the surrounding public space.

At a "pay as you wish" pricing system customers leave a Euro amount that they can afford and with which they wish to support dasparkhotel. It is probably the best value for money hotel in the world.

You know what I am going to say – the idea is down the drain - literally.

The ugliest hotel - 2

Thanks to Paul from AardvarkTravel , I have a great new contender for ‘The ugliest hotel’ ranking.

Ladies and gentlemen I present you Hotel Marqués de Riscal, created by Frank O. Gehry, the renowned architect famed for the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.

Hotel Marqués de Riscal belongs to Starwood Hotels & Resort’s The Luxury Collection - a group of unique hotels and resorts offering exceptional service to an elite clientele. The Luxury Collection hotels and resorts are distinguished by magnificent décor, spectacular settings, impeccable service and the latest in modern conveniences and amenities.

Hotel Marqués de Riscal is located in the heart of the Rioja wine region of Spain and is supposedly ideal for a relaxed holiday. According to brochure it offers “43 guest rooms, including 11 suites, feature a modern, comfortable atmosphere and unique design”.

Unique design… you can say that again.

The ugliest hotel - project

I am trying to compile the ugliest hotel list. While searching the net I came across this… building.

It supposed to be Son of Heaven Hotel in The Son of Heaven Hotel in Yanjiao Economic-Technological Development Zone, Langfang, in Hebei Province in China, only 20 minutes from World Trade Centre in Beijing. The hotel allegedly is in a shape of Chinese Gods; Fu, Lu and Shou.

I would love to hear more about it!