The hotel is built entirely from salt

A hotel in Bolivia is famous all over the world because it is built entirely of salt, even the walls and interior of the hotel are made from this popular spice.

Located on the largest natural salt field in the world, the hotel is named Palacio de Sal (meaning 'Salt Palace' in Spanish) making the most of the available ingredients in Salar salt field. de Uyuni, located in southwestern Bolivia, when built entirely of salt.

Everything inside the hotel, from walls, floors, even inside furniture such as beds, cabinets, kidney tables and chairs, even swimming pools, 9-hole golf holes . are all made from salt. It is estimated that it takes 2 years to build this unique hotel from 1 million salt blocks.

Panorama outside the salt hotel

Although it sounds harsh, the hotel offers all the amenities that travelers need, not inferior to other normal hotels, including sauna services and of course indispensable bathrooms. salt water.

There is a strict rule for visitors to stay at this hotel, that they are not allowed to . lick the walls and the interior of the hotel, because they are made entirely from salt.

Of course, with the construction of the salt blocks, the hotel has quite fragile architecture and must be repaired after every rain, making the hotel salt dissolved and washed away.

'First-time visitors who saw the hotel were surprised and did not believe they were made entirely of salt,' said Pedro Pablo Michel Rocha, a hotel spokesman.

'I used to lick the walls and furniture inside the hotel sometimes to make sure,' Michel Rocha admitted. 'We can guarantee the entire hotel is made of salt. Like the name suggests, our hotel is like a salt castle. This is a unique infrastructure and an interesting attraction '.

Salt hotel is located on the world's largest natural salt field

Hotel Palacio de Sal was built in the mid-90s of the last century but was dismantled in 2002 before being rebuilt later. The architect Don Juan Quesada, the creator of the hotel, had the idea of ​​building the world's first salt hotel because it was the most abundant source of raw materials in the salt field of Salar de Uyuni, where guests hotel is located.

Later, many others also tried to build other salt hotels in the Salar de Uyuni salt field, but so far the Palacio de Sal hotel is still the largest and most famous hotel.

The hotel has 30 rooms, enough to accommodate up to 48 people, with a starting price of £ 85 per night.

'The bed in the hotel attracts the most attention from visitors, as they are like snow huts built by salt blocks , ' said spokesman Michel Rocha.

Photos inside the hotel with salt in Bolivia:

Panorama of the bedroom, with beds, tables, chairs . from salt

The walls, pillars . of the hotel are all made up of salt blocks

Tables and chairs are made of salt

The bathroom uses less soluble material to ensure a firm texture when bathing

The hotel offers a full range of entertainment and leisure services like other regular hotels