Designer Pierre-Stephane Dumas is responsible for creating the eco-friendly strange Bubble Hotels in France, they are made out of recycled plastic and are shaped like a bubble with an extended “passageway” that leads to the entrance. The idea is to have a hotel that does not impact the environment negatively, and these bubbles can be removed and folded away without causing any damage to its surroundings. The bubble hotel rooms are almost 4 meters wide and roomy enough to feel comfortable in. Within your strange bubble hotel, you’ll have the conveniences that you would expect in a standard hotel room – a comfortable bed, armchairs, atmospheric lights, and a flat-screen TV. You could call it luxury camping (glamping) and each room has its own style – modern, classic, etc.
The Bubble Hotels are translucent but there are some that are half opaque in case you want to connect with more than just nature in the middle of the night. The bubbles are set up in the open countryside and there are several Bubble Hotels in France at the moment. Through the see-through bubble, you can watch the stars at night and observe the great outdoors without disturbing the ecosystem. So what keeps these Bubble Hotel rooms up? the same thing that keeps bubbles up – air. The frameless structures are inflated with air and have a filter that removes bugs, excess moisture, and any allergens. The special plastic structures protect you from harmful ultraviolet rays as well. Bubbletree produces the Bubble Hotel rooms as well as pre-fabricated tents.
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Bubble Hotels and Small Hotels
Sky River Bubble Hotel: Located 2 hours from Paris in Bouches-de-Rhone.
Attrap’Reves Allauch: Chemin de la Ribassiere, Allauch – Surrounded by pine forests, the bubble rooms are spread over three terraces covering a total area of 15,000m². Located only 15 minutes from Marseille, 30 minutes from Aix-en-Provence and close to Aubagne Village.
Attrap’Reves La Bouilladisse: 313 Chemin de la Carraire de Bouire, La Bouilladisse – Located between Ste Victoire and Ste Beaume.
Attrap’Reves Montagnoc: Route D’Allemagne en Provence, Maison la Pinede – Set within the Verbon Regional Natural Park surrounded by Pine trees.
Attrap’Reves Puget Ville: RD 97, Carnoules – Located deep in the heart of the Var Region, from here you can visit La Tuiliere which is between Toulon and the Hieres Islands.
There are other locations around France where you can sleep in a bubble, like in Roubaix and you can even see them in other cities now like in Matsalu Park, Estonia.
Attrap’Reves means Dream Catcher by the way!
What I’d like to know is where’s the toilet???
