Hotel de Sal Cristal Samaña
Bolivia
Hotel de Sal Cristal Samaña uses salt blocks to turn the Uyuni landscape into part of the building itself. Set near the Salar de Uyuni, roughly 26 kilometres from the town, it provides a base for exploring the salt flats while keeping that unusual material close at hand indoors. Single, double and triple rooms have heating, private bathrooms and hot showers, practical comforts in this high-altitude setting. The restaurant adds panoramic views to mealtimes. The hotel's strongest feature is the relationship between its salt-built architecture and the vast white landscape outside, rather than a long list of resort facilities.