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Jails, Homeless Shelters, & Soup Kitchens Turned Hotels
Call it coincidence, but in this month's edition of concierge.com they've listed 10 hotels across the globe with a spooky past. (Coughs, can we say perfect timing for Halloween, hmm?) After going through each one, I noticed the history of some were creepier than others depending on what you tend to get spooked by. Shack up in a past crime den, nun's cell, jail or my personal favorite an old soup kitchen. From the photos featured one might not ever know that these places have a tale to tell, but don't let the looks deceive you. When you're at rest in bed the howling you hear isn't coming from the outside. It's the cry of the mentally unhinged resident that stayed there before you. (Insert: horror laughter.) I'm only kidding - sort of.Check out the Poor House: Hopper Hotel Et Cetera in Cologne, Germany which now sits as a cheap-chic boutique hotel, but was once a homeless shelter and soup kitchen. Heading to Puerto Rico? Stay at the old Carmelite convent, now one of San Juans' most luxurious hotels was once home to 11 nuns that moved out in 1903. If you're in need of prison time look at their picks out of Turkey and the U.K., just don't say I didn't try to warn you of their bone-chilling ambience.
Filed under: Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Turkey, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Hotels and Accommodations
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Anthony Bird Nov 15th 2006 12:49PM
I would not dare stay in one of those hotels. I doubt I would be able to sleep at night. I think all places have spooky pasts one way or another. But jails and convents? I don't even want to know what happened in those places. I'm sure those hotels are nice, but no thanks.