Travel for the Over 30s

I have stayed in some weird hotels but this is one of the strangest I’ve heard of! If you are ever stuck for accommodation in Linz, Austria: check out Das Park Hotel . Every year from May to October a number of concrete drainpipes are set up in a public park. Yes that’s right; drainpipes! They are nicely equipped drainpipes: they have skylight and a comfortable double bed, and even a 220v socket to charge up those travel essentials, like the cell phone. Also I suspect that they are very waterproof and have no problem with vermin!

Now this not 5-star luxury accommodation either. There is no ensuite or room service but here’s the twist, as the website puts it:

“Because we obtain sanitation, breakfast and other hotel facilities from existing public infrastructure, it is possible for us to work with the very simple, user-friendly “pay as you wish” system. A night in dasparkhotel costs just as much as you can afford or want to pay.”

Believe me beds don’t get cheaper than that in Europe! You do need to make a reservation the day before, via the website: you are then given an electronic access code which gives you access to your pipe from 3pm to 11:59am the following day - none of that uncivilsed early check out of 10am!

I like the idea: its secure and central - it would be ideal if you were waiting for a late train - you could chill out without wandering the streets or staking out the waiting room at the train station. The only downside is, that from the photos, there only seems only be 3 or 4 pipes: I hope the expand the system and maybe extend it other Austrian towns: I mean I’d like to be able to call up on my cellphone - and say - hey mum, I calling from this real sewer of a hotel…..

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