An independent hotel index
Sixteen hotels, four ideas about what a room is for.
We write about art hotels, capsule hotels, casino hotels and ice hotels — four categories that answer the same question in four incompatible ways. No bookings, no ratings, no sponsored placements. Just clear descriptions of what each building actually is.
Everything in the index
All sixteen hotels, listed where they sit. Each category page carries the four entries in full prose — nothing here is ranked, scored or priced.
Art Hotels
- 21c Museum Hotel BentonvilleBentonville, Arkansas, United States
- Arte Luise KunsthotelBerlin, Germany
- Hotel Des ArtsSan Francisco, California, United States
- Kunsthotel FuchspalastSt. Veit an der Glan, Austria
Capsule Hotels
- 9h nine hours Shinjuku-NorthTokyo, Japan
- First Cabin Haneda Terminal 1Tokyo, Japan
- The Millennials KyotoKyoto, Japan
- Anshin Oyado ShinjukuTokyo, Japan
Casino Hotels
- Montreal Casino & HotelMontréal, Québec, Canada
- Fallsview Casino ResortNiagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- River Rock Casino ResortRichmond, British Columbia, Canada
- Casino Rama ResortRama, Ontario, Canada
Ice Hotels
- IcehotelJukkasjärvi, Sweden
- Hôtel de GlaceSaint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Québec, Canada
- Sorrisniva Igloo HotelAlta, Norway
- Arctic SnowHotel & Glass IgloosRovaniemi, Finland
How to read this index
- Editorial, not commercialWe take no commission and sell no placements. A hotel appears here because it belongs in its category.
- Described, not ratedThere are no stars, no scores and no reviews. We describe what a property is and let that be the judgement.
- Independent of bookingNothing on this site reserves a room. Rates, availability and policies live with the hotels themselves.