A Boutique Hotel...In a Trailer Park? Tour the El Cosmico Trailer Hotel
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El Cosmico is right of off Highway 67 -- and probably the coolest rest stop you'll ever find. Photo: Allison V. Smith for El Cosmico
Underwater hotels? They've been done. Igloo inns? Yawn. But a trailer-park boutique hotel? Now you're talking!
El Cosmico in Marfa, Texas is setting the new hotel standard with its 15-acre property that is set to open the first week of November. Along with 30 trailers, the property will also house hammocks and yurts (a type of teepee) available by the night, along with part-time residential living, a greenhouse and rammed-earth shacks for artists and craftspeople to sell their wares.
But this is no ordinary trailer park.
Founder Liz Lambert (the mastermind also behind cult favorite Hotel San José in Austin), is quite the connoisseur of hipster ambiance. An outdoor pool, wood-fired hot tubs and outdoor fire pits will surely appeal to those seeking to commune with their bohemian sides as well as plain old sybarites.
The first phase of ten trailers is set to open in early November. Cross-country trippers and art lovers planning a pit stop in Marfa (where artist Donald Judd's foundation is also based) are sure to have plenty to be happy about.
The teepee gone glam. Photo: El Cosmico
I'm pretty sure that this is the coolest trailer park around.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Miami Hotels 11-11-2009 @ 1:16AM
Oh it seems really amazing.
Now i am being a fan of it. and i know i get this type of comfort in near future.
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pathoscatz1 12-04-2009 @ 9:57PM
Marfa is reknowned for it's night time sky. I think this is a great idea and should do well.
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Jody 11-10-2009 @ 9:50PM
If you like this "hotel", you should check out the Shady Dell in Bisbee, Arizona.
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Michelle 11-10-2009 @ 11:40PM
This is called a campground, nothing new, just a new name to something thats been around for a LONNNGGGG time.
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