{"id":67575,"date":"2018-10-26T15:50:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T19:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/?p=67575"},"modified":"2024-10-25T20:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T00:03:13","slug":"sheer-terra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/10\/sheer-terra\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheer Terra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<figure style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/NhowBerlin-1.1.jpg\" alt=\"Nhow Berlin\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Nhow Berlin \u2014 Berlin, Germany<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Forget haunted hotels, you&#8217;ve seen that list a million times. This Halloween, we&#8217;re focusing on hotels in perilous locations that are not for the faint of heart.<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator style=&#8221;dashed&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;]<aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/aside><a class=\"image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/author\/markfedeli\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mark-small-circle-2.png\" class=\"thb_image  left  retina_size attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"mark small circle\" \/><\/a><aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/aside>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;11\/12&#8243;]<aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/aside>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1720455088433{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/author\/markfedeli\/\">Mark Fedeli<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Marketing and Editorial Director, Tablet Hotels<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text]<aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/aside>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator style=&#8221;dashed&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:40px;\"><\/aside>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<p>Halloween, with its haunted houses and horror movies, is a way to experience a controlled form of terror. Like roller coasters and skydiving, it&#8217;s a chance for us to dangle our feet over the precipice of danger without any real risk. Luxury boutique hotels, on the other hand, are not as eager to participate in the fear-based economy. Short of using ghost stories as a marketing gimmick, it&#8217;s not really their thing.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t mean there aren&#8217;t thrills to be found. These thirteen hotels have put down roots in some scarily precarious positions, perching themselves on cliffsides and mountaintops and other altitudes where humans don&#8217;t normally exist. Their foundations were driven as deep as a wooden stake into Dracula&#8217;s heart \u2014 so the terra is plenty firma \u2014 but they still provide a strong enough dose of excitement for those who feel most alive when they&#8217;re cheating death. Or for people who like cool, beautiful hotels. That works too.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/positano-hotels\/il-san-pietro-di-positano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Il San Pietro di Positano<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Amalfi Coast, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/positano-hotels\/il-san-pietro-di-positano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/SanPietro.jpg\" alt=\"Il San Pietro di Positano\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A small 17th-century chapel marks the entrance to Il San Pietro di Positano, while the rest of the hotel clings desperately to the cliffside below, each level descending the face like a staircase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fpositano-hotels%2Fil-san-pietro-di-positano&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/nizwa-hotels\/alila-jabal-akhdar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alila Jabal Akhdar<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Nizwa, Oman<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/nizwa-hotels\/alila-jabal-akhdar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/JabalAkhdar.jpg\" alt=\"Alila Jabal Akhdar\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This picture might seem too good to be true, but the reality of Alila Jabal Akhdar is no less wondrous. The hotel sits atop a jagged cliff within Oman\u2019s Al Hajar mountain range, offering mesmerizing views into the surrounding gorge (and sometimes over the clouds).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fnizwa-hotels%2Falila-jabal-akhdar&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/santorini-hotels\/vora-private-villas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VORA Private Villas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Santorini, Greece<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/santorini-hotels\/vora-private-villas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/Vora.jpg\" alt=\"VORA Private Villas\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because of its challenging location on a steep Santorini hillside, it was necessary to build Vora by hand using traditional methods \u2014 a technique that ensures the hotel meshes well with its epic surroundings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fsantorini-hotels%2Fvora-private-villas&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/ubud-hotels\/viceroy-bali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viceroy Bali<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ubud, Indonesia<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/ubud-hotels\/viceroy-bali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/ViceroyBali.jpg\" alt=\"Viceroy Bali\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The infinity pools at Viceroy Bali are known for their awe-inspiring views \u2014 their edges peer out into space from high up on a hillside overlooking the lush (and steep) Lembah Valley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fubud-hotels%2Fviceroy-bali&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/almora-hotels\/the-kumaon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Kumaon<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Himalayas, India<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/almora-hotels\/the-kumaon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/Kumaon.jpg\" alt=\"The Kumaon\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That the Kumaon even exists is almost unbelievable. When the owners found this site, high among the Indian Himalayas, no roads led to it. A simple log cabin would have been challenging enough to construct. The Kumaon is no log cabin. It is a work of hotel art, a feat of tropical modernism superimposed on a mountaintop almost entirely by hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Falmora-hotels%2Fthe-kumaon&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/civita-di-bagnoregio-hotels\/corte-della-maesta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corte della Maest\u00e0<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/civita-di-bagnoregio-hotels\/corte-della-maesta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/CorteMaesta.jpg\" alt=\"Corte della Maest\u00e0\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Corte della Maest\u00e0 makes its home in a medieval village that was completely deserted after a 17th-century earthquake. <em>La citt\u00e1 che muore<\/em> \u2013 the dying city \u2014 is perched on a rock outcropping, accessible only via a long footbridge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fcivita-di-bagnoregio-hotels%2Fcorte-della-maesta&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/berlin-hotels\/nhow-berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nhow Berlin<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Berlin, Germany<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/berlin-hotels\/nhow-berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/NhowBerlin-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nhow Berlin\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now for something completely different. The upper floors of Nhow Berlin, with their shiny metallic skin, cantilever dramatically out over the river Spree. The design is a triumph by architect Sergei Tchoban.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fberlin-hotels%2Fnhow-berlin&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/villabuena-de-alava-hotels\/hotel-viura\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hotel Viura<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Villabuena de Alava, Spain<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/villabuena-de-alava-hotels\/hotel-viura\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/HotelViura.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Viura\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continuing with the theme of groundbreaking architecture (and physics), Hotel Viura&#8217;s precariously-stacked guest rooms imagine what a hotel might look like if it were designed by Picasso in his cubist period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fvillabuena-de-alava-hotels%2Fhotel-viura&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/tian-he-hotels\/rosewood-guangzhou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosewood Guangzhou<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Guangzhou, China<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/tian-he-hotels\/rosewood-guangzhou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/RosewoodGuangzhou.jpg\" alt=\"Rosewood Guangzhou\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rosewood Guangzhou may be the highest five-star hotel in the world, reaching all the way to the 108th floor of the CTF Finance Center. But it also scales heights that are more metaphorical, and those are the ones we\u2019re more interested in: you\u2019d be hard pressed to find contemporary interiors more elegant than Rosewood\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Ftian-he-hotels%2Frosewood-guangzhou&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/soufriere-hotels\/ladera-resort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ladera Resort<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Soufri\u00e8re, St. Lucia<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/soufriere-hotels\/ladera-resort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/Ladera.jpg\" alt=\"Ladera Resort\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The open-air, open-wall suites at Ladera Resort cling to a volcanic ridge far up above Pitons Bay, making for some of the Caribbean\u2019s most extraordinary views. We hope you aren&#8217;t prone to sleepwalking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fsoufriere-hotels%2Fladera-resort&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/torres-del-paine-national-park-hotels\/explora-patagonia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explora Patagonia<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Torres del Paine, Chile<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/torres-del-paine-national-park-hotels\/explora-patagonia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/Explora.jpg\" alt=\"Explora Patagonia\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Requiring a five-hour drive on some rather difficult roadways, just getting to Explora Patagonia is a bit of an adventure. But the journey is more than worth it for this location, only yards from the onrushing Salto Chico waterfall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Ftorres-del-paine-national-park-hotels%2Fexplora-patagonia&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/big-sur-hotels\/post-ranch-inn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Post Ranch Inn<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Big Sur, California<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/big-sur-hotels\/post-ranch-inn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/PostRanch.jpg\" alt=\"Post Ranch Inn\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It would be difficult for any man-made structure to compete with these cliffside views of the Pacific, or the majesty of the redwood forests; but this strange and decadent little hotel holds its own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fbig-sur-hotels%2Fost-ranch-inn&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/nagoya-hotels\/the-tower-hotel-nagoya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tower Hotel Nagoya<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Nagoya, Japan<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/nagoya-hotels\/the-tower-hotel-nagoya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20241021-Shear\/TowerNagoya.jpg\" alt=\"Tower Hotel Nagoya\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nagoya\u2019s 1954-vintage television tower is a local landmark, and now that it\u2019s been decommissioned, it\u2019s something else as well: the Tower Hotel Nagoya is built entirely in and around the tower\u2019s structure. 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