When I first heard about this hotel in Dalat, (in Vietnam - for the non-geography buffs), all I could picture were cobwebs floating across my face as I slept and hobos or other terrifying eight-legged creatures scampering about my room in the dark.
Me and my imagination. Actually the “Spider Web Chalet” is a uniquely built structure also known as the The Hang Nga Tree House Hotel, Hang Nga Guesthouse & Art Gallery, and The Crazy House (depending upon who you ask).
Dang Viet Nga, daughter of Truong Chinh, former president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam designed this hotel so that guests would feel as if they were staying in a really great fantasy world.
The building itself may look like a real tree but it’s actually made out of cement. There are all kinds of unique touches; a spider web hanging over the pond, a giraffe sculpture in the garden, guest rooms that look as if the seven dwarfs decorated them, and not one window in the place is traditionally round or square.
The best place I’ve found on the web to learn more about this “crazy” house is Travelogues.net.
Click here for many amazingly neat pictures of this funky hotel.