The Former Prison Hotels

Prison is often called the hotel without cost. Well, these hotels as reflected nickname. Yes, hotels building occupies the former serves as a prison.

The prison was changed to seem creepy hotels nan gorgeous. Make no mistake, some turned into a five-star luxury hotel. Gogobot, travel websites to choose some of the buildings that change the function of the prison into a hotel as follows.

Hotel Katajanokka

Hotel Katajanokka, Helsinki, Finland. The hotel was opened in 2007 and is managed by an international hotel chain Best Western. In some of the buildings still show the original condition before the building into a hotel.

Yes, initially the building was a prison city of Helsinki. One red brick walls were left intact. The hotel consists of 106 rooms. For a single room, was a two to three cells.

Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul, Sultanahmet, Turkey. The hotel opened in 1996 and is managed by an international hotel chain Four Seasons. Originally, the building standing in 1918 was a prison.

Four Seasons Hotel

Hotel consists of 65 rooms still show the authenticity of the prison. As the wooden door prisons maintained by the hotel. Even the control tower can still be found.

Liberty Hotel, Boston, USA. The hotel occupies a building that was once a prison named Charles Street Jail functioning from the year 1851 to 1990. The prison is notorious for bad reputation as a prison untreated.

Liberty Hotel

Now, the Liberty Hotel reap fame as changing the building into a luxury hotel while maintaining the authenticity of the building.

The hotel even provides a historical tour of the building to interested guests. The hotel is managed by an international hotel chain Starwood Hotels.

Jailhotel Lucerne

Jailhotel Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland. The building was established in 1862 and serve as a prison until 1998. It is then turned into the hotel.

Interestingly, the hotel deliberately allowed the impression of a prison. As the name "Jailhotel" or "prison hotel", the concept of the hotel is made shades jail. There are several types of rooms.

Try to stay in the Director's Suite room which was once the office of the prison warden. Then the Library Suite rooms which previously was the prison library. Guests staying in this room was like a library surrounded by books.

Ancient Aircraft Changed to Luxury

AMSTERDAM - A Dutch hotelier, Ben Thijsen, has a unique idea, which transformed a former airplane into a luxury hotel.

To realize his idea, Ben used a Soviet-made long plane Ilyushin Il-18n type that was used as the official aircraft of East German leader, Erich Honnecker.

When Ben discovered this aircraft, the aircraft is actually the former was used as a restaurant in the former East German border.

Ben then buy it and bring it across Germany to the village in the Netherlands Tegue. He then spent hundreds of thousands of euros to renovate it into a luxury hotel.

"You can sleep in any type of hotel, but not in an airplane. I think this is perfect," said Ben.

Problem past aircraft allegedly used the East German leader, Erich Honnecker, Ben claimed not to know too.

"Actually, not much is known about the past of this aircraft, mainly because it had once belonged to East Germany, who are happy to keep a secret," he said.

History of this aircraft make a lot of Germans were keen to stay. They even took pictures of Germany before the Berlin Wall fell while staying.

In fact, a former pilot Ilyushin stayed and were very pleased to see the cockpit of the plane was still like the original.

"One of the guests dressed as pilots and even spent a day in a sauna. Following day he wore plain clothes and wearing her stewardess uniform," he says with a laugh.

Then how much it costs to stay at this unique hotel? You have to spend 350 euros, or approximately USD 4.5 million overnight. With that much money, guests can enjoy a number of facilities such as jacuzzi, sauna, bar, sumptuous food, and a flat screen television.

In addition, for guests who want to know what it feels to sit in the cockpit of an airplane over coffee, Ben Thijsen while allowing the cockpit in real conditions

Saudi Arabia Couples Sell their Kidney To Treat Their Child

Jouf - A married couple in Saudi Arabia intends to sell their kidneys for medical expenses-old son 19 months. Couple's child had heart problems that kept him treated abroad.

The decision to sell a kidney removed Ahmed al Fhuaiqi and his wife after a team of doctors who handle his son said, no longer able to treat her son.

They gave up because hospitals in the country do not have a comprehensive tool to treat heart problems suffered by men Fhuaiqi. Previous son Fhuaiqi treated in hospital in the city of Jouf.

Team doctors advised Fhuaiqi to take his son out of the country. However Fhuaiqi prompted earlier cautioned that the cost of maintenance to be paid abroad will be very expensive.

"The father told the cost of treatment abroad would be very expensive. He and his wife had asked for help from the public to assist his son's medical expenses, they were willing to sell their kidneys, "said a local newspaper of Saudi Arabia, Ajel, as reported Emirates 24/7, on Wednesday (27/02/2013).

Saudi Arabia is actually one of the richest countries in the Middle East region. Until now, the country is one of the largest oil producing country in the world.