The Palacio de Sal, a hotel made entirely of salt, was built in Bolivia in 1994 to attract tourists. The original hotel was decommissioned in 2002 due to environmental issues, but a more luxurious version was built in 2007. The hotel has 30 rooms, a golf course, and distinctive igloo-style domed ceilings made from over a million salt bricks. Guests are requested not to lick the walls or furniture due to water erosion.
Located in southwestern Bolivia near the crest of the Andes, Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world. In 1994, in an attempt to attract tourists to this arid place, a hotel was built entirely out of salt. Even the furniture was made of sodium chloride. There were only 12 rooms at the time and guests shared a bathroom, but waste disposal became an environmental issue and was decommissioned in 2002. The second iteration of the Palacio de Sal – now much more luxurious – was built in another location in 2007. The 30-room hotel sleeps 48 and prices start at around $110 USD (£85) per night.
Salt of the earth:
The hotel took two years to build. The second edition salt palace includes a dry sauna, steam room, hot tub, and saltwater baths for guest enjoyment. If you don’t mind rock-hard fairways, there’s also a golf course.
The reinvented salt palace has distinctive igloo-style domed ceilings. More than a million salt bricks were cut from the Salar de Uyuni and used in construction.
Parts of the 4,500-square-foot (418-square-meter) complex have to be rebuilt after each rainy season, because water washes away parts of the structure. Guests are requested not to lick the walls, nor the furniture, for the same reason.
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