Kazimiera
02-02-2019, 05:06 PM
The Kitschiest Hotel in the World
Source: https://www.messynessychic.com/2013/02/12/the-kitschiest-hotel-in-the-world/
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Imagine a place where caveman bedding, lime green carpeting and hotel rooms named after cultural ethnicities went unquestioned; where the sound of electric waterfalls and squeaking plastic leather seating was welcomed. My friend, you don’t have to imagine anymore, now that you know there’s a place where your inner-kitsch can be free.
Welcome to the The Madonna Inn.
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The landmark hotel situation on California’s central coast was first built as just a 12-room motel in 1958 by Alex Madonna, a self-made contractor who designed the inn on the back of a napkin. Today it boasts 110 rooms and sits on approximately 2,200 acres.
The New York Times visited in 1982 and called it, “delightfully vulgar … so completely lacking in restraint … it looks like a wedding cake designed by someone who has just grasped the technique of making rosebuds and rosettes.”
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Like an Ali Baba cave of kitsch, each of the 110 guest rooms and suites has its own unique theme and design– some straight out of a 1960s television sitcom and others wouldn’t be out of place at Disneyland (half a century ago). All the rooms are quadruple the size of any normal hotel room you’ve ever seen and some guests stay at the Madonna for a week, changing rooms every night. The first guest do pull a “Goldilocks” and sleep in all 110 rooms did so in 1977. It took her seven years.
Tourists who find the ice cream pie velvet palace just a little too dizzying to sleep in will still make a quick stop if only just to check out the famous rock waterfall urinal in the men’s restroom, designed by Hollywood set designer Harvey Allen Warren.
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But enough talk, let’s begin our tour of this kitsch-tastic hotel wonder. Each room has it’s own name of course, some of them
The “Yahoo” Room
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“Fabulous Fifties”
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The Willheim Tell (a legendary Swiss hero)
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The “What’s Left” room
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“Rendez-Vous”
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“Swiss Belle”
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“Safari” Room
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The “Merry Go-round”
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“Rock Bottom”
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“Paris Violets”
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“Old Mill”
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“Old Mexico”
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“Marguerite”
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The “Madonna’s Suite”
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“Lucky Rock”
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“Indian”
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Source: https://www.messynessychic.com/2013/02/12/the-kitschiest-hotel-in-the-world/
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/madonnainn3.jpg
Imagine a place where caveman bedding, lime green carpeting and hotel rooms named after cultural ethnicities went unquestioned; where the sound of electric waterfalls and squeaking plastic leather seating was welcomed. My friend, you don’t have to imagine anymore, now that you know there’s a place where your inner-kitsch can be free.
Welcome to the The Madonna Inn.
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1387/617990007_b137baff27.jpg
The landmark hotel situation on California’s central coast was first built as just a 12-room motel in 1958 by Alex Madonna, a self-made contractor who designed the inn on the back of a napkin. Today it boasts 110 rooms and sits on approximately 2,200 acres.
The New York Times visited in 1982 and called it, “delightfully vulgar … so completely lacking in restraint … it looks like a wedding cake designed by someone who has just grasped the technique of making rosebuds and rosettes.”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/madonnainn4.jpg
Like an Ali Baba cave of kitsch, each of the 110 guest rooms and suites has its own unique theme and design– some straight out of a 1960s television sitcom and others wouldn’t be out of place at Disneyland (half a century ago). All the rooms are quadruple the size of any normal hotel room you’ve ever seen and some guests stay at the Madonna for a week, changing rooms every night. The first guest do pull a “Goldilocks” and sleep in all 110 rooms did so in 1977. It took her seven years.
Tourists who find the ice cream pie velvet palace just a little too dizzying to sleep in will still make a quick stop if only just to check out the famous rock waterfall urinal in the men’s restroom, designed by Hollywood set designer Harvey Allen Warren.
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/madonnainn1.jpg
But enough talk, let’s begin our tour of this kitsch-tastic hotel wonder. Each room has it’s own name of course, some of them
The “Yahoo” Room
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/yahoo.jpg
“Fabulous Fifties”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fabulousfifties.jpg
The Willheim Tell (a legendary Swiss hero)
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/willheimteil.jpg
The “What’s Left” room
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/whatsleft.jpg
“Rendez-Vous”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/vous.jpg
“Swiss Belle”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/swissbelle.jpg
“Safari” Room
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/safari.jpg
The “Merry Go-round”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/merrygoround.jpg
“Rock Bottom”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rockbottom.jpg
“Paris Violets”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/parisviolets.jpg
“Old Mill”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/oldmill.jpg
“Old Mexico”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/oldmexico.jpg
“Marguerite”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marguerite.jpg
The “Madonna’s Suite”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/madonnasuite.jpg
“Lucky Rock”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/luckyrock.jpg
“Indian”
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/indian.jpg