Above It All: Hotel Everland

At last, a boutique hotel you can fall in love with wherever you’d like it to be.  

I was just reading about Hotel Everland this morning in CNN’s online travel section, and think it’s an idea of rare and wacky genius.  An ultra-modernica pod created for the 2002 Swiss Expo by design duo L/B, it’s both a one-room hotel and interactive art project that can be picked up with a crane and put down just about anywhere there’s a spectacular view.  

But it will soon be retired.  It started out by a lake in Switzerland, moved to the top of a museum in Germany, and only until the end of April 2009, rests atop contemporary art museum Le Palais de Tokyo with an unfettered view of the Eiffel Tower.  

You can visit it during the day as part of the museum, or book it for a one-night stay.  While it ain’t cheap in its incarnation as a hotel room ($1200 US+), the towels and contents of the mini-bar are included, you have a veritable jukebox of records at your disposal, and breakfast is delivered to your door.  

If all this and April in Paris sounds up your alley, get on it now — the ebay auctions are already underway for its last 19 openings.

This has to be one of the most romantic, crazy things I’ve ever heard of…which is why I love it.  I can only hope more Everlands are created and set down all over the world, wherever a night away is sorely needed.