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A hotel where even the beds are made of salt

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Deep within the vast Bolivian salt flats lies the Palacio de Sal, a luxury hotel crafted completely out of local salt blocks. Everything from the walls, to the beds, to the dining tables is carved from sodium chloride. The hotel has a strict rule prohibiting guests from licking the walls, as past visitors eagerly degrading the architecture became a serious problem.

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