Although not all of us can afford to travel and sightseeing this summer, dreaming is free and better destinations await us, so we have searched for some original trips for curious architects and restless from a perspective outside the everyday, that is not a journey of pure architecture .
From those vials that are only suitable for pockets full of Euros and Dollars, even those who do not need spend practically nothing for how cheap they are, only we need to apply imagination and coherence to live inspiring sensations this summer.
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of adventure, beauty and charm. There is no limit to the adventures we can have, as long as the let us look with our eyes wide open” . –Jawaharlal
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Today there are practically social networks for everything, including in the world of travel, and, furthermore, for everything type of travelers.
Sustainable tourism is gaining ground as a selection criteria in a good destination, a yes that we propose for architects, travel around Everybody working a bit, yeah I'm sorry, a bit of work in exchange for a real coexistence with native families, new experiences and a very original destination . We talk about portal Workaway . What can you go through? all of Europe or reach the end of the world.
The objective it pursues is to promote cultural understanding ; offer a chance to attend, learn and perceive all the advantages that experience brings to those who they travel on a limited budget; and encourage help between people who want to contribute to a cause, as an example, or just those who need help. It is also allowed in the portal the exchange of ideas between people of different nationalities.
An example would be to help out on a small island by Northern Norway… Take landscape photography, Who wants to go to a destination like the one in the photograph!… Possibly it will not be the « best hotels» that we can stay in the exchange, but seeing the beaches and the mountains, we believe that it can be a perfect place without being tied to the routine and hotel requirements.
Opportunities to help range from gardening to construction, going through the care of children, artistic projects, community help, education, languages... A different way of running the world, where the experience of living and eating the food of a local family can be very nice and different instead of the typical hotel.
This trip is only suitable for those who are in shape. We talked about going to the hotel Skylodge Adventure Suites (Located in the Sacred Valley of Cuzco - in Peru), and that offers an experience not suitable for people sensitive to heights.
Come on! sleeping literally suspended in the air at a height of 400 meters in a kind of dormitory capsule (it measures 7.5 meters long by 2.6 high) where I hope the door is well closed for those who are sleepwalkers. Some views and nice pictures of the valley!
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A different trip for athletic people! That It certainly brings a lot of life. There is also the possibility to get to the room through zip line (From the top of the mountain with a rope to download)
Here we go to the city of Liverpool to feel with emotion to The Beatles , when they sang who lived in a yellow submarine who was going to imagine that in your hometown we could sleep in a submarine inspired by the movie of Yellow Submarine, where the one who It is surely one of his most catchy songs.
And it is that one can sing the All we live in a yellow Submarine at Albert's Dock, the most famous dock in the city English.
A businessman purchased a barge that, by chance, had been used for the film “The Hunt for Red October” with Sean Connery playing the role of capital Marko Ramius, and became the cabin and place more "beatlemaniac" than we can imagine, one of the best destinations for music fans.
In this way, we found a hotel floating enabled for 8 people that is psychedelic pure and takes us directly to the end of the years sixty.
Micro apartments with pipes are also interesting of concrete. Great idea!
Unique houses and hotels are appearing in pairs, a example is the architecture of the artist Escher are embodied in the renovation of a hotel in China.
Now, it's time to see a unique house…
I guess it's not suitable for pockets short of «Money» but the idea excites us and the site is perfect. He concept… «Renting a house in the heart of London and precisely, relatively cheap” by
We already talked about this idea in the article floating house with a lot of style but it is worth rescuing it for the originality of the travel experience . That better than a video to explain the concept…
This unusual home can be rented in London. By if anyone is interested, you can also book from the hotel and flight search engine www.quehotelesbaratos.com/jetcost/ that there are always offers interesting for flights to London.
In addition, in winter they offer important offers and discounts Although I'm sure you'll get caught in the rain in London. I'm sorry!
Possibly one of the economical solutions cheapest to travel is to get involved in causes solidarity and at the same time help an NGO, here sustainable and aid awareness enters , with the aim of meet people and contribute wisdom and work to the community that needs sustainable development and sustainable suitable.
In Spanish, one of the main portals is the Fundación Make it Possible that without taking long-distance flights or the super summer offer we can live, enjoy a few days or weeks away from home and even on some paradisiacal coast, if it's our turn!.
If we like natural parks, nature or the beaches, and focus on conservation efforts and development of parks or forests, from Wwf it is an option successful to discover new places and sites.
In the European Voluntary Service (EVS – More dedicated to young architects) can develop experiences in environmental matters, for putting a example, in environmental associations, farms, working with disabled, the elderly, and other groups under risk of social exclusion.
All of them cover practically all the costs of transport and maintenance; and can be done both in the THAT as in other countries that go from programs of two to twelve months.
In a natural monolith in the middle of nature, in the Katskhi Valley (Western Region of Georgia), a temple that stands forty meters high, dating from the 9th – 10th century.
The complex consists of a church dedicated to Maximus the Confessor, more or less one hundred and fifty square meters. Today today it is inhabited by the friar Maxim Qavtaradze, a native of the area that you will be able to expire your sins at a height closer to the darling. The top can be accessed via a ladder iron.
Approximately between 2005 and 2009, the monastery at the top of the pillar was restored with the support from the National Preservation Agency Georgia Cultural Heritage Site.
Despite the fact that in the famous Game of Thrones series they resort to frequently to digital and singular effects, the locations chosen by the production team contribute greatly to the success of the series with its spectacular architecture and landscapes .
This is an original trip where the locations around the world and landscapes of Game of Thrones surprise by their beauty: from Malta and Morocco in the first seasons, up to Spain and Croatia for the last few episodes, going through Northern Ireland and also Iceland.
On the other hand, these places have been favored with success of the series, registering a notable increasing number of tourists, with a consistent increase in job offers and improvements in the local economy. Map of places to visit HERE.
To make us aware, in 2014 up to forty-one five million international tourists chose in two one thousand fourteen where to go on vacation after watching a movie or Well, a series set on that site.
Like original destinations , I think this one is take the prize. Some consider that the hotel THE FRYING PAN TOWER located about 50 kilometers from the North of California (United States) is literally a total boredom, others that it is a balm for the mind .
Lost in the middle of the ocean, a hotel settled original in an old lighthouse built in the 60s modeled on an oil platform. Here little beach, and see the coasts even less.
The area is famous for hurricanes, in addition to this, the surrounding waters used to be home to many sharks.
The owner bought it for $85,000. Americans and reconditioned it to provide a very solitary for those who like to travel in full sea . The normal thing is that the flight is through helicopter although by boat they can also bring us closer to some one of the strangest hotels .
Activities; eat, drink alone and play golf very just.
Wine architecture! … Currently many wineries already offer stays with accommodation and wine tasting, but there is one that has a building monument that will delight architects in a very original trip in a designer hotel .
Tradition, good food and avant-garde merge with perfection on the front of the Hotel Marqués de Riscal developed by technical architect Frank Gehry. A journey of architecture and palate.
Since dawn in a room surrounded by vineyards, until dinner at the hotel restaurant with a Michelin Star, having a snack in the cellars or a moment of relaxation in the spa, expert in beauty treatments. wine-therapy.
The travel sales over the internet , More than 18% of global sales are made online. Purchases by Online Travel Agencies, Operators tourism and purchase of plane tickets, add up to almost 30% of sales volume.
So we no longer have an excuse to stay in case, what All we need is a backpack with few clothes, desire and good aptitude to see the world and new friends.
