{"id":308108,"date":"2018-04-10T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T03:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-id\/6-impressive-luxury-hotels-in-the-world-that-used-to-be-prisons-308108.html"},"modified":"2018-04-10T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T10:16:18","slug":"6-impressive-luxury-hotels-in-the-world-that-used-to-be-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/id\/travel-id\/now-or-never-id\/destinations-id\/6-impressive-luxury-hotels-in-the-world-that-used-to-be-prisons-308108.html","title":{"rendered":"6 Impressive luxury hotels in the world that used to be prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"

We certainly love our heritage hotels<\/a>; but what about hotels so steeped in history that - get this - they were actually once former jails?<\/p>

Now, that's where it gets interesting.<\/p>

For instance, you would've never guessed that the absolutely sleek and trendy\u00a0Liberty Hotel in Boston<\/strong> was anything other than the chic hotel it is today, at first glance. In fact, it actually once served as a prison for over 140 years, housing prominent inmates that include the likes of Malcolm X.<\/p>

And then there's the Four Seasons Hotel at Sultanahmet in Istanbul<\/a><\/strong>.<\/a> With its charming neoclassic Turkish designs, the hotel looks like something out of a vintage postcard - until closer inspection, that is.<\/p>

Vestiges of its prison past still remain: like its imposing wooden lobby doors that was once the former prison entrance, and its scenic garden area<\/a>\u00a0that was previously the prison exercise yard. Keep your eyes peeled for the pillar that still bear the engraved names of former inmates.<\/p>

If the idea of staying in a former prison intrigues you, here are 6 stunning luxury hotels in the world with a fascinating prison past.<\/p>

Sarah Khan<\/em><\/p>

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Make no mistake - these hotels certainly raise the bar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":308102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"If the idea of staying in a former prison intrigues you, here are 6 luxury hotels in the world with a sombre prison past.\u00a0","_is_translated":false,"_source_post_url":"","is_displayed_in_hp":false,"displayed_in_hp_after_update":false,"is_thumb_featured":false,"template_without_diapo":"","enable_bloc_resume":false,"bloc_resume_post":[],"ctc_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13215,13086],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations-id","category-galerie-id"],"yoast_head":"\n6 Impressive luxury hotels in the world that used to be prisons - Indonesia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If the idea of staying in a former 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