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00:04Imagine staying the night in a mountain hideaway, sleeping underneath the stars,
00:12lodging in a futuristic woodland escape. I'd always dreamt of building a tree house.
00:17That's always been my sort of boyhood dream. Or holidaying in a resort on the edge of the
00:23desert. In this series, we venture across the globe to reveal some of the world's most
00:31unusual hotels. Some people would say we're in the middle of nowhere. Hidden in the most
00:36surprising of places. You just feel like you found this secret wonderland. From island
00:45getaways. This place is hidden away from the rest of the world. And retreats hidden in plain
00:51sight. You open your eyes and the first thing you see is that far escape in front of you.
00:58To reimagine structures and vehicles. I've had phone calls of people asking about a timetable.
01:06We meet the teams who keep them running. It's very important to maintain the culture and the
01:13history. It's an oasis that reveals itself. And the guests living their dreams. You are
01:20waking up in the morning inside of the sunset. As we explore the world's most secret hotels.
01:33This time, we journey to the highlands of Scotland, where a mysterious submarine tower looks out to sea.
01:41It's not the type of building that anyone's ever seen before. People really love the curvy shape of it.
01:50Step on board a railway retreat, where the service is always first class.
01:55This is Princess Ina, 1906 Pullman carriage. Climb inside a unique harborside hotel in Germany.
02:06It's a secret escape. That is the real definition of hideaway. And hit the open road at a retro retreat
02:15in Utah, USA.
02:19Airstreams have just been a part of Americana for so long. And so what we've done is really elevated the
02:25experience.
02:31Our adventure begins in South Africa's Cape Province, near the tiny fishing town of Garns Bay.
02:42This country is famous for its safaris, where tourists come in search of the big five, such as elephants and
02:49lions.
02:53But in the forests above Walker Bay lies a safari lodge, with a difference. Where the star attractions are not
03:02animals, but trees and wild flowers.
03:08This is the Krupos Private Nature Reserve. A secret retreat with a mission to preserve this fragile habitat.
03:20If you were driving past, you wouldn't even know that there was this amazing establishment on the hillside,
03:26because the whole design of the hotel is to blend in with the natural landscapes.
03:31That's a real little secret gem in the mountainside.
03:36This hotel stands within 6,200 acres of pristine wilderness, nestled between the coastline and the Kline River mountains.
03:59The hotel has two main lodges, each one with a different character and setting.
04:06The forest lodge is tucked away inside a milkwood forest, with 16 suites that overlook the coast.
04:17The garden lodge is smaller but more open, with 11 one- or two-bedroom suites.
04:26Guests who prefer a little more privacy can book one of two private villas that sleep up to 12 people.
04:36The hotel has a restaurant, a spa and private stables, allowing guests to ride among the dunes.
04:53The retreat is the vision of Michael Lutzire, who stumbled across the site by accident and decided it would make
05:01the perfect place for a bed and breakfast.
05:08I drove past year with my family to go camping and there was a sign down there, farm for sale.
05:16We didn't have the money to buy it so my brother clubbed in and my parents clubbed in and we
05:22bought it in 1991.
05:24We started with self-catering and that's how it grew, year by year by year by year.
05:34Over time, Michael realised the site's full potential.
05:39He decided to turn Krupos into a nature reserve.
05:45There was just one thing missing, or so it seemed.
05:50The biggest challenge that we faced was, when you went back and said, I've got a nature reserve, the first
05:55thing was, where are the animals?
05:57Everyone said, well, we don't have animals, we have flowers.
06:01And they're going, no one travels for flowers.
06:03So it took a long time before we got established.
06:08Fortunately, Krupos is home to an astonishing variety of wild flowers.
06:14Today, guide John O'Durrum is out in the Finebos, a type of shrubland which grows along the coast for more
06:21than 62 miles.
06:27Krupos is home to over 1,000 plant species and a lot of these species are found only on these
06:33hilltops.
06:34They reserve wonderland or flower diversity, so it's a nature lover's dream.
06:40This hardy habitat also hides 150 species of birds, as well as baboons and jackals.
06:48And while it may not have the so-called Big Five, the nearby coastline can boast one animal that's even
06:55bigger.
06:59June, July coincides with our whale season.
07:02A migrating southern right whale in their hundreds come to these bays off our coastline,
07:07so not only do you get the amazing spectacle of flowers in springtime, but you also get incredible whale sightings.
07:14This part of South Africa is known as the whale coast, and whale watching is worth millions to the local
07:21economy.
07:22The hotel's exclusive location allows it to attract visitors at the very top end of the market.
07:31Mandy Swart manages a team of people for whom attention to detail is everything.
07:38Krupos is very focused on high standards. We're only one of 10 properties in South Africa that's been graded as
07:45five-star premium.
07:48Krupos is special and secret in its way because of the location. It's immersed in nature. It's got the mountain
07:55drop, the ocean, and then the forest around us as well.
07:59It's the view. I mean, that's what takes your breath away.
08:03This level of luxury might seem uncomfortable given the retreat's proximity to the city of Cape Town, where six out
08:11of ten people live in poverty.
08:15But Mike was determined to make this more than just a hotel.
08:19He and other like-minded landowners set up the Krupos Foundation.
08:25It's mission is to protect this precious habitat and to support local communities through conservation training and business development.
08:35Anywhere in the world where you are, if you can, you have to help other people.
08:41People are living in townships that don't have a job, that don't have education. That's what we do.
08:53Krupos has its own organic farm, which works with the local community and provides training.
09:01The food grown here supplies the resort's restaurants.
09:06Instead of having to drive it in from Cape Town, we grow a lot of our produce here.
09:11Celery, carrot, onion, long-stem broccoli, spinach.
09:17We can grow cucumbers the whole year round.
09:19Tomatoes, strawberries, kiwi fruit, all the herbs.
09:24All our stuff is grown organically.
09:26We don't use any pesticides.
09:28We make our own compost. We also bring in horse manure from our stables.
09:33Nothing gets wasted.
09:39The restaurants are for guests only, ensuring that everyone will always find a table here.
09:45Benjamin Conradi and his team make everything fresh on site.
09:51Lodgers can even go foraging with the chefs and pick ingredients for that evening's dinner.
09:58Along the Whale Coast, we are fortunate enough that there's a few indigenous succulents growing.
10:03We've got the dune spinach, we've got some sea pumpkin, and then we've got a lot of indigenous
10:07ingredients on Grootbos itself as well that we like to use in the food. A lot of our little flowers
10:14that we use on our plates. We do a botanical menu of the region that we incorporate some of our
10:22local
10:22indigenous ingredients as well, just to showcase what we do around the area.
10:29The hotel doesn't just incorporate wild flowers into its menu. The resort even has its own on-site
10:36botanical art gallery, with sales helping to fund conservation projects.
10:43We are passionate about conservation and life sciences and research, but we're equally passionate
10:50about people and communities, and you can't do one without the other. We work really hard at Grootbos
10:56to make sure that while there's a tourism offering for five-star luxury guests, we want the locals to
11:04also feel like they've benefited from it. And what we would love to see is kids growing up excited about
11:10conservation.
11:15Dusk at Krupos is a magical time. As the sun dips below the horizon, the resort disappears into the forest.
11:23The forest. This former farm is now a secret retreat in harmony with its surroundings.
11:33Grootbos is far more beyond just being a luxury destination.
11:36The core principle is the conservation, the community. We're very much a family. This is our life. This is home.
11:51Grootbos is an incredible destination. You actually live with a feeling of, wow, the world's okay.
12:10Still to come, we explore a classic carriage that's back on track as a luxury hotel.
12:19And discover a 1950s crane that's been given a new lease of life.
12:33From treetops to towers, secret retreats can be found hiding in the most unusual places.
12:44And where you least expect them.
12:51Our next destination is West Sussex in southern England.
12:57The UK is home to the oldest railway network in the world.
13:03And for many, a holiday by train is the ultimate romantic getaway.
13:09One that harks back to a bygone era.
13:13Some trains offer passengers the chance to sleep on board.
13:18Waking up in a new city or even a different country in the morning.
13:24But one very special service never leaves the station.
13:32This is the old railway station.
13:35A secret hotel built around a 1920s train.
13:42We do feel like we're a hidden gem.
13:45Lots of people tell us we're such a hidden gem.
13:47In the summer, you cannot see us at all from the road.
13:51It's such an unusual thing, I think, just to have out in the middle of nowhere where we are.
14:04This railway retreat occupies the old station at Petworth.
14:10Waiting on the platform are four Pullman coaches that have been converted into eight double bedrooms.
14:20And a 1906 restaurant car.
14:25Two more rooms lie inside the former station house, where reception is the ticket office.
14:31And the waiting room now serves tea to both guests and public.
14:37Making sure everyone has a first class experience is station manager Jenny Hudson and her husband Blair.
14:45My husband and I have always liked interesting old buildings, anything slightly historic.
14:51And we always loved the idea of days gone by, glamour.
14:55I think my first impression was wow, it's just so pretty.
14:59It's such a beautiful building and it's a very unusual railway station.
15:07The original Petworth station opened in 1859 on the old Pulborough to Midhurst line.
15:14It was rebuilt in the current style in the 1890s and continued to ferry passengers until the late 1950s,
15:22when roads replaced rail.
15:26The station was given a new lease of life, as a guest house.
15:31One of the customers was history fan Jenny, who discovered the hotel was for sale over a cream tea.
15:39We took over in 2018.
15:43It was a bit of a crazy thing to do because we didn't really have any experience.
15:47But we fell in love with the building, we fell in love with the history.
15:50It was definitely a heart-over-head decision.
15:57The four carriages are all converted Pullmans, a luxury American brand that dates back to the early 20th century.
16:05Each one has its own name.
16:08The oldest is Alicante, which was built in 1912, the year the Titanic sank.
16:15While the new kid on the block is Flora, a mere youngster from the roaring 20s.
16:24A night inside one of these double bedrooms is like travelling back in time,
16:29with a few 21st century luxuries, such as a TV and a modern bathroom.
16:40Jenny and Blair wanted to maintain the hotel's art deco feel.
16:44But they felt there was just one thing missing.
16:47A restaurant car.
16:49Lots of people come and stay here, want to go and eat.
16:52There's lots of nice pubs and things in the local area,
16:54but we didn't think there was a sort of special place to eat.
16:57And we thought to enhance the business, an additional courage that could be for fine dining would be perfect.
17:04This is Princess Ina, 1906 Pullman carriage.
17:09She was taken out of service and she became part of a house in Selsey, about 20 miles south of
17:15us.
17:16When we went to see her, she was in fairly good condition, apart from a lot of the interior was
17:21missing.
17:22All the wood needed stripping back, it all needed re-varnishing, French polishing.
17:28There was a lot of boarding, so you couldn't see some of the elements.
17:37It took three years before Princess Ina was ready to re-enter service.
17:43Jenny and Blair had to put in plumbing and electrics and restore the original mahogany wood panelling.
17:50But the biggest challenge was making Princess Ina look like railroad royalty again.
18:00Pullman carriages generally were first-class carriages.
18:04Everything in the carriage had to be authentic, everything had to be copied from an original,
18:09if we could get it, which is very, very difficult.
18:12So all the chairs had to be made for the carriage.
18:16Unfortunately, she doesn't go anywhere, but hopefully people are so taken with what's inside that it doesn't really matter.
18:26The couple enlisted neighbour and railway enthusiast Colin Lee to help with the renovations, a job he continues to do
18:35today.
18:36You actually feel that the carriages don't belong to you.
18:41When you find new marquetry that's been hidden for probably decades and decades by varnish,
18:48it's quite a moving thing because you're taking it back to its original state, which is a joy to be
18:55part of.
18:57Work here will never stop.
18:59The last two years, as well as doing the carriages, I've been doing the outside of the building,
19:03and the carriages are the same.
19:06Once you finish and go all the way round, it's nearly time to start again.
19:13The new dining car is open to both the public and overnight guests.
19:19Everyone is guaranteed a silver service, including those taking breakfast in the tea room.
19:26Jacob Cummins Hall runs the onboard galley.
19:31I didn't know much about the history of a Pullman carriage.
19:34It has been a learning curve for me, obviously with Blair and Jenny, train enthusiasts.
19:39They were very good at telling me the time period, and I realised the old Pullman's food was based on
19:46old school class,
19:48so it was like the beef wellington, but it needs to be reinvented for the modern clientele.
19:54Today, Jacob is preparing for dinner.
19:57The restaurant has only one sitting, so diners can sit back and enjoy the ride.
20:04We source all of our food locally and seasonally.
20:09We change the dishes monthly and we make everything homemade on site, including the bread.
20:22This railway retreat is popular with train enthusiasts, as well as visitors looking for a trip down memory lane.
20:32Guests come here because we're unique.
20:36We have lots of people that are very into trains, but we also get people that come here for special
20:42occasions.
20:43We've had people propose here.
20:45You do feel like it's a real step back in time.
20:48You could be anywhere, and you could be 50 to 100 years ago.
20:52Here in the middle of the English countryside, guests can catch a sleeper train to nowhere, on a service which
21:00is always on time.
21:07Still to come, we sail to Hamburg in northern Germany to discover a portside floating hotel
21:18and stay in a secret submarine stranded in the Scottish Highlands.
21:33A stay in a secret hotel can be a magical experience, whether it's sleeping among the trees or camping out
21:42beneath the stars.
21:45But you don't have to travel to the ends of the earth to escape the modern world.
21:49Sometimes a luxury bolt hole can be hiding in plain sight, disguised as an everyday structure.
22:03Our next stop is Hamburg on Germany's Elbe River.
22:11The city is Europe's largest port.
22:16Every year, almost 7,000 vessels dock here, from hulking container ships to cruise liners.
22:25The port's cranes run 24-7, loading containers onto ships destined for locations around the world.
22:34But for one crane, its precious cargo never leaves.
22:38This is the Hafen City hideaway, a luxury hotel squeezed inside a converted crane.
22:50Tim Wittenbecker is the man behind the controls.
22:54It's a secret escape. It's a bubble in itself.
22:59Nobody can ever imagine that behind these industrial structures, there is a beautiful, modern and luxurious hotel.
23:08That is the real definition of hideaway.
23:18The crane is built on a motorised pontoon, and its accommodation is split across two levels.
23:25Guests climb on board outside the boatswain's galley, before heading up into a living area with an ensuite bathroom.
23:36A steep staircase leads to the former operator's cabin, which is now a double bedroom.
23:43Two chairs sit either side of the old control panel, with far-reaching views over the harbour.
23:52Here we are in a completely new room. It didn't exist in the times when the crane was still working.
24:00There was a huge beam going across. The only way to create a room was to remove it.
24:08So we had a quite complex calculation and found out if we install a frame around this volume, the stability
24:19would still be there.
24:21So we could cut out and put in a new glass and aluminium framework here.
24:28It is actually the coolest bedroom in the city, I would say.
24:37It's so different from your home, your apartment, your house, because it's floating.
24:43Every normal hotel is the same, but this is completely different.
24:50This harbourside hotel took two years to build.
24:54The first step was to float the crane down the river into its present position.
24:58Tim's team also had to overcome local regulations that prevented visitors from sleeping on ships in the harbour.
25:07The hotel's design maximises all the available space.
25:11It even has its own water supply and heating system hidden deep inside the hull.
25:17This is the secret heart of the hotel.
25:20We want the guests to feel comfortable, to feel like they are in a hotel room with all the amenities
25:29that are necessary, so they do not have to pump or wait 10 minutes for warm water.
25:39I can show you another secret feature of the harbour crane.
25:45It's a big mirror, and if you click the remote, it turns into a TV.
25:54This secret retreat lies in Hamburg's historic port district, known as the Hafen City.
26:01The area suffered heavily during World War II, with 70% of its warehouses destroyed by Allied bombs.
26:10The final blow to the port was the development of new container ships that were too big to dock here.
26:18Operations shifted north, and today Hafen City is one of Hamburg's most up-and-coming areas.
26:27The Crane Hotel is right in the heart of the action, opposite the Elbe Philharmonic Concert Hall.
26:34But guests are in a world of their own.
26:38It's modern and very, very well designed.
26:42It's completely glass around you, but nobody can look inside.
26:47All these glasses are reflected, so nobody can see what you do here.
26:51Thousands of people walk past the crane every day, and nobody imagines that there is a hideaway inside.
27:04The hotel only has room for two guests at a time, making this a very exclusive experience.
27:11There are more staff than visitors.
27:14Ines Muller is one of three part-time workers here, who make sure everything is ship-shape.
27:21I'm an air hostess, and I'm used to work in small spaces.
27:25If I have to do the breakfast, then it's always fresh.
27:28I'm the personal assistant, actually, for the guests.
27:35After guests have disembarked, Ines switches from chef to ship's mate, sorting out the laundry,
27:42while colleague Hendrik swabs the decks upstairs.
27:46It's different because at normal hotels you are doing the breakfast or you do the cleaning or whatever,
27:51and here, because it's so small, you do everything at once.
27:53So it's a lot of jobs in one job, and I enjoy it a lot.
28:03This retreat is particularly popular with crane enthusiasts and those with an interest in maritime history.
28:13We are here on the crane because we love the sea.
28:16We both are sailors, and my husband sails for 45 years.
28:22I came here. My wife said, there we will sleep. I thought, wow, what a cool place.
28:29What a nice idea to put a hotel in a crane.
28:33Tim and his team believe that hotels like this offer a new kind of holiday.
28:40One where the experience of staying in a one of a kind location is the main attraction.
28:46Often we are asked, why don't you put a sign in a crane hotel on top, and actually we don't
28:53have to.
28:54It is part of the beauty and the attraction for the guests that they are in a secret spot.
29:02You can look outside and see the harbor movements, you can see ships working in the harbor,
29:09follow people strolling around, tourists, and you are a little bit the king of the harbor.
29:17As night falls, in the distance, Hamburg's cranes continue their never-ending work.
29:24But this is one harborside hoist where the operators can cast away their cares.
29:44From trains to submarines, almost anywhere can hide a secret hotel.
29:52These quirky getaways are often passion projects, based on classic industrial design.
30:01Such as our next secret stopover, deep in the Highlands of Scotland.
30:09The Morven Peninsula stretches into the sea from the far west of the Scottish mainland.
30:16It's a region of the United Kingdom, largely untouched by modern life.
30:22It's a land of ancient forests, bounded by mountains, locks and the sea.
30:30One of the rugged single-track lanes conceals a secret.
30:36Something that looks like it's been dropped here from the future.
30:40This is the pilot house.
30:43A burst of aluminium among the trees.
30:50At first glance, this tiny building could be mistaken for a part of a ship or submarine.
30:59But it is, in fact, an extremely remote holiday getaway.
31:06It was designed and built by husband and wife team, Roderick James and Amanda Markham.
31:13It's in such an extraordinary sort of private location.
31:17It's a four-acre site and within that four acres, there's absolutely nothing that you can see,
31:25apart from the water and the view out to Tobermory.
31:29You can see the wild Atlantic beyond and you've got the Sound of Mull
31:34with all the boats going up and down all the time in front of you.
31:41It is completely secret.
31:44You drive for over two miles up a track.
31:47You can't see it at all until you get right to the location.
32:02Roderick is an architect and Amanda an interior designer
32:06who specialise in creating innovative buildings in spectacular settings.
32:12They wanted to design a hotel here that would be truly unique.
32:19We wanted a building which had an identity of its own.
32:24It's not a type of building that anyone's ever seen before.
32:28As soon as people arrive, they're intrigued.
32:32People really love the shape, the curvy shape of it.
32:38It has some resemblance to a conning tower on a submarine surrounded by wonderful countryside.
32:49All of those ingredients add to a sort of a slight mystery.
32:55The house has a deliberate industrial quality you don't typically find in a dwelling.
33:01It's got a curiously sort of aeronautical feel to it.
33:06The aluminium exterior is quite fun.
33:10I mean, it's just almost sort of riveted together rather like an aeroplane fuselage.
33:19Pilot house actually went together surprisingly easily.
33:23We put the concrete slab in and then the company came with prefabricated structural insulated panels.
33:31And that gives you the whole structure, which is then waterproof.
33:36And then the external cladding could just take place as and when the weather permitted.
33:40It was really very quick.
33:48Inside, Roderick and Amanda have crafted two small but perfectly formed floors of guest amenities.
33:57On the ground floor, a bedroom with en suite.
34:04And upstairs, an open-plan kitchen living room enjoys near panoramic views of the landscape.
34:13There are hints of other industrial design classics, like the famous Spitfire fighter plane dotted around the interior.
34:22All of this is wrapped in a quite unexpected material.
34:27We wanted to stretch boundaries a little bit.
34:31Internally, the walls have actually corrugated aluminium.
34:35I don't think many people actually realise.
34:37They just think it feels nice.
34:39It's a great place.
34:42It's a beautiful place.
34:43Roderick and Amanda entrust the day-to-day running of their secluded retreat to Donald and Kareem Campbell.
34:50Civilisation is far away, and that's the beauty of this place.
34:55The retreat is designed to allow guests to enjoy this splendid isolation at all times.
35:02Visitors can feel immersed in the landscape, whatever the weather, from behind triple-glazed floor-to-ceiling windows.
35:09But this glazing does make life harder for Donald and Kareem.
35:14Every time we have a storm, for example, it's covered in leaves and salt from the sea.
35:20The glass is a bit of a challenge for us, but we can get the windows and doors looking spotless
35:28and shiny,
35:28because the views literally are to die for.
35:37Keeping the exterior clean is one thing.
35:40The interior presents quite another challenge.
35:44Every little room is a hidden gem. It's a bit of a surprise when you walk in.
35:55There's a large amount of laundry which is generated.
35:58And every four to six weeks or so, we take our laundry by car to Oban.
36:05Donald's destination, Oban, is also on the mainland.
36:09But this retreat is so remote that the quickest way for Donald to get there is to drive ten miles.
36:18Take a ferry to the Isle of Mol.
36:21Drive another ten miles.
36:24Then take a second ferry to reach Oban, back on the mainland.
36:29We spend the day in Oban.
36:30And this amazing laundry does it for us all on the same day.
36:35And we come back with a nice fresh load of laundry, which lasts us another four to six weeks.
36:42That's a six-hour round trip to keep the sheets and towels clean.
36:47These are the lengths Donald must go to to create comfort in such a remote location.
36:57I do feel privileged to be part of this.
37:00I've travelled quite a bit in my life, and I don't think there's anything that's more magical, more relaxing than
37:09this place.
37:12This is exactly the impact architect Roderick wanted to create.
37:17It's tapping into people's imagination.
37:20It is a spectacularly secret and private location, and you really do feel that you're the only person there.
37:29And with Donald on site to keep everything in good shape, guests will be able to enjoy it for many
37:35years.
37:43Still to come, we head out west to discover a classic American hideaway.
37:49When people arrive, they know from the second they get here that it's not just a typical RV park.
38:05We're exploring the world's most secret hotels.
38:10Behind each one is a tale of innovation and ambition.
38:15From converted lighthouses off the coast of Africa
38:20to out-of-this-world pods.
38:23The only limit to a secret hotel is imagination.
38:34Our final destination is Utah, in the western United States.
38:42The classic American road trip is ingrained in the nation's folklore.
38:47The dream of driving from coast to coast is one shared by millions of US citizens every year.
38:55The city of St George lies just off Highway 15, that runs from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas.
39:04It's known as the gateway to the stunning Zion National Park.
39:08The vast expanse of cliffs and canyons that conceals a very unusual retreat.
39:26This is Auto Camp Zion, a motor lodge where the rooms are Airstream trailers.
39:36A lot of things that auto camps possess are really unexpected.
39:41When people arrive, they know from the second they get here that it's not just a typical RV park.
39:51This secret retreat is more than just a motorway motel.
39:55It's a hotel, it's a hotel in disguise.
39:59It's made up of 81 all-aluminum campers, nestled along the banks of the Virgin River.
40:07The camp has a lobby, a diner and a heated swimming pool that's open all year round.
40:18Each camper is custom-built and sleeps up to four people, with a walk-in shower and a kitchenette.
40:27Inside, guests will also find a flat-screen TV with a sound system and air conditioning, essential in this part
40:36of Utah, where summer temperatures regularly exceed 38 degrees Celsius.
40:47Airstream is an iconic American brand that dates back to the 1930s.
40:53It was founded by engineer Wally Byam, who built an aluminium trailer that inspired millions of his fellow Americans to
41:01hit the open road.
41:05For Brian Terzi, the site is a modern twist on the classic automobile campsite, where travellers could pull up after
41:13a long day's drive.
41:17Airstreams have just been a part of Americana for so long.
41:20I mean, I think just the visuals are just so unique and so classic, and so what we've done is
41:26really elevated the experience.
41:27So if you're travelling with children, you can accommodate your family.
41:31Everyone always says, wow, I had no idea how big they were going to be.
41:42The site was chosen to bring guests closer to nature.
41:47We looked for a site that was really accessible to the National Park of Zion.
41:51This is about 20 minutes away from the park entry.
41:55And not only do we have location on our side, but as you can see, the backdrop of the campsite
42:00is just incredible.
42:01So even if you're not in the park, you still feel like you have the energy of Zion right outside
42:07your door when you open your cabin.
42:16The hotel's location, right by Utah's Virgin River, might have ticked all the boxes.
42:23But it caused a headache for Tim Troth when it came to construction.
42:28When we found this property, we knew it was the right one.
42:31And as we dug in deeper, we learned it was technically in a floodplain.
42:35Through work with our civil engineers, we brought in thousands of cubic yards of local fill dirt sourced from around
42:43the surrounding area to raise the site up above the floodplain.
42:49The airstreams are laid out around a large communal lawn.
42:55Some have their own tents that sleep up to six guests.
43:00All share a stunning backdrop.
43:03You can grab your cup of coffee in the morning, get inspired by the views before you go into the
43:09National Park,
43:09and really get the elements of everything that Zion is known for right here on the property.
43:20The hotel's closeness to the National Park makes it ideal for hikers.
43:25And while the guests are out, the housekeeping team goes in.
43:30Today, Supervisor Taylor Wagner is on her own mini road trip between rooms.
43:36The majority of us use the golf carts.
43:39It's kind of fun to have them.
43:41We can carry around whatever supplies we need, especially the housekeepers.
43:47This hotel, part campsite, part automobile showroom, creates a unique set of challenges for the housekeeping team.
44:00We try to operate as much as a regular hotel does, but I think in comparison from like a hotel
44:07room to an airstream,
44:09it probably takes twice and maybe even three times as long to clean an airstream because of the amount of
44:17detail,
44:17especially with people hiking and spending time in the outdoors and tracking that into the airstream.
44:24On top of that, you have to make sure that you're keeping the outside of the airstream clean.
44:30And with our weather, keeping the outside of the airstream just as nice as the inside can be,
44:36just as difficult or more difficult.
44:46Zion is famous for its wild weather.
44:49The mountains are hot and dusty in summer, but freezing cold in winter.
44:55We work in pretty extreme weather conditions.
44:58Like at some point it can get up to 115 degrees in the summer and pretty cold in the winter.
45:04Usually there is snow on the ground at some point.
45:06It can get difficult working in those conditions, but we're happy to do it.
45:11I think that it's a unique experience and the right person actually enjoys working in these conditions.
45:17I know that I do.
45:27Each trailer has its own outdoor grill so guests can cook outside.
45:36Those who would rather not follow in the classic camping tradition can find refuge in the hotel's diner,
45:43which is open all day.
45:46For Brian and the team, it's all about making it easy for their fellow Americans
45:51to explore the natural wonders on their doorstep.
45:55There's so many beautiful places in North America that haven't really been visited by a lot of the people that
46:00live here.
46:02They come here and they feel just the same comfort that they had of that hotel,
46:07but they're actually truly getting an experience.
46:10This hotel offers an alternative kind of stay.
46:15A road trip without the hassle of driving, in a gleaming wagon that never rolls west.
46:22Let's walk here in the street.
46:23Yeah.
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