10 most popular prison hotels

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With the release of «Marching Powder» book by Rusty Young published in 2003, tourist popularity of the Bolivian prison San Pedro in La Paz, which occupies the third place in ranking, had risen dramatically. San Pedro prison rightly bears the title of the strangest prison of the Americas. The prisoners, among whom are children, are obliged to fully pay for their own stay in detention: everything from food and clothing to detention cells. San Pedro is also unique because tours to the dark dungeons are not quite official and tourists can try all the "charms" of staying in the real functioning prison.

The most stylish hostel in Slovenia according to Lonely Planet, Celica hostel, holds the fourth position of the Tourism-review rating and is included in the list of 25 places to stay according to Rough Guides. Celica hostel, located in a former prison in the heart of Ljubljana, offers travelers a unique opportunity to spend the night in the former cell with bars on the windows and doors. The building, which now is a popular Celica hostel, had been completely renovated with the direct participation of 80 talented artists from the Sestava community and turned into a unique Bohemian habitat for traveling youths. Accommodation in hotels and hostels of Slovenia can be booked online on Poezdka.de

Cheap Jail Backpackers hotel for tourists in Australia, located on the Mount Gambier, is on fifth place of the ranking. Travelers can stay in the chambers of the former Australian prison to spend the night on the pine planks and has extremely inexpensive dinner in the real prison canteen. The original decor of Jail Backpackers was created in almost complete agreement with the interior of the former prison and allows travelers to feel like real prisoners, but only with the full right to escape.

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