It might look like the villain’s fortress from a James Bond movie, but the cone-shaped sci-fi structure at the top of Czech Republic’s Mount Ještěd is actually the country’s best-known hotel, designed by architect Karel Hubáček in the 1960s to include the hotel and restaurant, as well as a TV transmitter, hence the reinforced concrete probe extending 94m into the sky! Guests arrive by cable car - the hotel is at an altitude of over 1,000m - to explore this striking example of Eastern European design, which was named Best Czech Building of the 20th Century in 2000. Pod chairs swing in the corridors, the bar and staircases are curved, and each room has the feel of a retro futuristic cabin, with large windows, mid century lounge chairs, and chrome lighting.
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