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Sep 28th, 2011, 10:16 AM

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Mexico’s Unusual Pipe Resort

Tubohotel in Tepoztlan, Mexico.

It is made from recycled drainage pipes.
The accommodations at the Tubohotel are luxurious.
Each “room” is fitted with a comfortable queen bed;
the termic concrete pipe material keeps the interior a
constant room temperature. On the Tubohotel grounds
there’s also a swimming pool, free wireless internet and
two well-kept bathhouses with private facilities.

Tubohotel has set up a few picnic tables;
they’ll provide grills if you’d like to cook some BBQ. At the
time of writing a restaurant and bar on the grounds were
under construction. Most of the world’s unusual hotels charge
a premium for their unusual-ness. Not so with the Tubohotel.
At $500 pesos per night (or should we say, per pipe), the place
is a great value. Though a stay here isn’t for everyone.
Tubohotel’s drainage pipe abodes are barely tall enough to stand
up in. Storage space is limited to what fits under the bed.

As for room privacy—not so much.
The curtain at the end of each room-tube is more effective
at providing a screen for shadow puppet performances than
it is at keeping strangers from seeing your in-pipe goings-on.
The privacy cause isn’t helped by the arrangement of the pipes
in the semi-circle facing each other.

Still, Spot Cool Stuff loves the Tubohotel. Its quirkiness is a
perfect fit for Tepoztlan, an absolutely wonderful little town in
the state of Morelos, a 45-minute drive and whole world away
from Mexico City. Tepoztlan itself is rather off-beat, famous for
its New Age vibe, UFO sightings, art scene and exotic ice cream
flavors. And from the Tubohotel you can walk to it all—if you can
drag yourself out of your concrete pipe.

Which Room ?
Most of the Tubohotel’s pipe-rooms are stacked
in pyramids of three. For a bit more privacy and coolness ask to
stay in one of the top pipes.

If You Go:
The same architectural firm that designed the
Tubohotel also drew up the blueprints for the Cafe 5 eco-restaurant,
also in Tepoztlan. The food (and coffee!) would be well worth the visit
even if the cafe wasn’t as cool-looking as it is.

Family Friendly:
Not really. Children are allowed, but all the pipes have
queen beds and the vibe is more adults.