Check Out The Luxurious Hotel Made Entirely From Salt Blocks

The Palacio de Sal hotel in Bolivia is built on the world's largest salt flat, the Salar de Uyuni salt flat, and from floor to ceiling it is made from salt blocks. At least one million 35cm blocks were used in the сonstruction process that lasted for two years.

The hotel has a unique micro-climate: an air free of pollution and allergens, rich in micronutrients, with a constant temperature, high humidity, and free from harmful radiation. It has 30 rooms, a dining room, a bar, saunas, steam rooms and, ofcourse, salt baths.

Even furniture here is made from blocks of compressed salt, note, that licking the stuff is strictly prohibited! The menu is also salt-themed so if one day you run out of salt you know where you can find it aplenty.

The hotel is somewhat fragile and has to be repaired after each rainy season sweeps in and dissolves parts of the construction.

Tour guide Pedro Pablo Michel Rocha said: "Guests who see it for the first time are amazed and don't believe it's all made out of salt. I've actually seen some try to lick the walls or tables to make sure.

"We can promise that it all is. As the name indicates, our hotel is like a palace. It has a unique infrastructure and is a treat for the eyes. The bedrooms attract attention because they resemble igloos built with salt blocks."

Creator Don Juan Quesada dreamt up the idea of the world's first salt hotel as it was the most abundant building resource in the area.

The Palacio de Sal was first built in the mid 90s but had to be dismantled in 2002 before being rebuilt.

Such resorts are beneficial to patients suffering from asthma, COPD, recurrent infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract and allergies. Increasingly, also people who do not suffer health problems choose to rest in the depths of the earth to improve their fitness, attain psycho-physical balance, and regenerate the body.