The 5 Million Star Hotel (Flotferðir, Iceland)
The image looks like something out of an animated movie, but it is completely real. Go figure: a bubble in the middle of the forest that is maintained inflated, thermoregulated and silent , with the sky painted by the dawn colors flooding its transparent space. And you sleeping warm and comfortable, inside.
It is what they offer from Buuble, or as they also like to call themselves, The 5 Million Star Hotel , a name that alludes, of course, to all that can be seen from inside This space. There are five "rooms" In the middle of the forest to choose from, with a maximum capacity for two adults and one child up to 12 years old.
Buuble is worth experiencing whatever the season
The ideologue of this original way of living Iceland is the Dane Robert Robertson, that he thought that, with this system, the long waits in the cold in search of the northern lights, as he explains to Traveler. In his mind, the project had bubble shape , and with that premise, he began to search the world where they were manufactured, until he found them.
"The most special thing about sleeping in Buuble is probably how connected you feel to nature. In summer, you wake up with the birds singing, and in winter, you can hear The sound of the wind , all while you are comfortably lying on a real bed ! Of course see the Northern Lights from that same bed is the best", tells us this entrepreneur, who in addition to an original way to spend the night, offers a complete Icelandic experience.
It includes one day and one night travel packages for up six people including departure from Reykjavik with stops at Thingvellir National Park , in the huge geyser geysir , at the waterfall Gullfoss and in the Secret Lagoon . To say good night, you know: they are waiting for you five million stars.
All the sky will be yours