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7 of the World’s Best Single Themed Hotels

Updated: March 26, 2024

Some hotels take the saying “Go big or go home” to heart and endeavor to deliver an experience like no other to its guests. The hotels compiled in the following list have taken a single theme and designed an atmosphere around it that invites guests in and tempts them to stay as long as possible. These hotels not only offer a place to sleep but provide an entire experience packed with luxury, comfort, and style.

Without further ado, here are seven of the best single themed hotels in the world.

 

25Hours Hafencity

25hours Hotel HafenCity

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Price: from $120 per night at Booking.com

What To Expect: With a maritime theme, this hotel features décor and material inspired by the harbor and shipbuilding. Their rooms tell real-life tales of dangerous sea voyages, distant and violent storms. Romance, logbooks, and cabins are characteristic features of this one-of-a-kind hotel. When guests are not luxuriating in the sea-voyager theme, they can enjoy the hotel’s many amenities and explore the attractive German city. The hotel recommends exploring Hamburg on a bike to immerse yourself in the lively atmosphere.

 

Velona's Jungle Suites

Velona’s Jungle Luxury Suites

Location: Florence, Italy

Price: from $140 per night at Booking.com

What To Expect: The hotel is family run and situated in the center of Florence. This hotel is the perfect place to stay for any traveler wanting to experience the city’s authentic history, culture, and cuisine. The accommodations feature a vibrant jungle theme as stated in its namesake. From the décor to the color combination, the hotel was designed to make guests feel like they have landed in an untouched forested space.

 

The Yard Milan

The Yard

Location: Milan, Italy

Price: from $260 per night at Booking.com

What To Expect: This hotel is well known for its sports theme. Each room is named and designed with a particular sport in mind like golfing, horseback riding and boxing. The sporting feeling is apparent in every part of the hotel from the odd pair of riding boots to be found to the bicycle sitting alongside the furniture. The Yard is the perfect location for a sports enthusiast wanting to enjoy the rich culture, heritage, and history of Milan.

 

Les Dames du Pantheon

Les Dames du Panthéon

Location: Paris, France

Price: from $220 per night at Booking.com

What To Expect: The theme of this hotel is super exciting – women and seduction. The boutique hotel offers six floors of accommodation, each themed after renowned French women such as Edith Piaf, George Sand, and Marguerite Duras. The hotel is set in a restored and modernized classical Parisian building located in the heart of Paris’ 5th arrondissement with city attraction within walking distance.

 

Press Hotel

The Press Hotel

Location: Portland, Maine

Price: from $160 per night at Booking.com

What To Expect: This hotel offers guests an old-time newspaper journalism theme. Housed in the former Press Herald building, the decor and design reflect a mid-20th-century newsroom feel. From the vintage chairs to a hotel logo that resembles typewriter keys, this hotel has undoubtedly done homage to the theme while providing guest with comfort and luxury.

 

McMenamins Kennedy Maine 

McMenamins Kennedy School

Location: Portland, Maine

Price: from $150 per night at Booking.com

What To Expect: Welcoming guests since 2015, this hotel has a school theme which is highly appropriate since it is housed in a refurbished 1915 historic elementary school building. Amenities include a heated outdoor saltwater pool and a theatre. Guests can even have a cocktail in what was once the principal’s office.

 

Hard Days Night Hotel

Hard Days Night Hotel

Location: Liverpool, England

Price: from $90 per night at Booking.com

What To Expect: The theme of this hotel is inspired by the great Beatles band. Located in the center of Liverpool, the four-star hotel is the only such themed hotel in the world and is named after their film, song, and album. Accommodation includes 110 rooms such as the McCartney and Lennon suites.