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Monasteries as Hotels

By Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on Apr 16, 2009 at 11:11 pm



Monasteries have always welcomed travelers. When they are no longer used for monks, they make great hotels. Many have upgraded their accommodations in recent years to compete with luxury resorts.

As well as being physically beautiful, ex-monasteries are often strikingly spiritual, as if centuries of prayer and plainchant have seeped into their massive walls. A stay in a cloister seems to incline one to contemplation, reading, sleeping well and turning off the mobile.

Get a closer look at five such ex-monasteries. Link -via Boing Boing


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  1. DaveL
    Apr 17th, 2009 at 12:47 am

    You think motels are filthy... it must've taken ages to clean out all the monk spunk.

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