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Holiday boathouse in Sakhu

Sakhu boathouse

  • 3 bedrooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • sleeps 6

from £1,801 / night

£7,479 - £7,821 / week

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Bawiti holiday tented camp rental

Bawiti tented camp

  • 20 bedrooms
  • 5 bathrooms
  • sleeps 50

from £45 / night

£315 / week

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Tipi/teepee rental in Perth

Perth tipi/teepee

  • 1 bedroom
  • 50 bathrooms
  • sleeps 2

from £74 / night

£516 / week

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Holiday castle in Romenay

Romenay castle

  • 11 bedrooms
  • 11 bathrooms
  • sleeps 20

from £1,259 / night

£8,810 / week

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Houseboat rental in Amiens

Amiens houseboat

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sleeps 4

from £392 / night

£2,741 / week

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Holiday houseboat in Srinagar

Srinagar houseboat

  • 5 bedrooms
  • 5 bathrooms
  • sleeps 10

from £899 / night

£6,294 / week

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Holiday tented camp in Jember

Jember tented camp

  • 50 bedrooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • sleeps 50

from £9 / night

£63 / week

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Shepherds hut rental in Velika Plana

Velika Plana shepherds hut

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 2

from £274 / night

£1,919 / week

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Holiday tipi/teepee in Velika Plana

Velika Plana tipi/teepee

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 3

from £216 / night

£1,508 / week

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Tree house rental in Bullet Tree Falls

Bullet Tree Falls tree house

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 2

from £50 / night

£347 / week

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Holiday tented camp rental

Kiserian tented camp

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 4

from £18 / night

£126 / week

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Chiang Mai holiday tree house rental

Chiang Mai tree house

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 2

from £56 / night

£391 / week

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Kingston holiday converted chapel rental

Kingston converted chapel

  • 3 bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sleeps 12

from £266 / night

£1,349 - £2,293 / week

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Holiday beach hut in Nilaveli

Nilaveli beach hut

  • 7 bedrooms
  • 7 bathrooms
  • sleeps 14

from £603 / night

£3,596 - £3,722 / week

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Tented camp rental in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai tented camp

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 2

from £17 / night

£114 / week

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Holiday houseboat in Cat Ba

Cat Ba houseboat

  • 5 bedrooms
  • 15 bathrooms
  • sleeps 6

from £108 / night

£113 - £868 / week

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Dakar holiday yacht rental

Dakar yacht

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 6

from £262 / night

£588 / week

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Holiday narrowboat in Uppsala

Uppsala narrowboat

  • 17 bedrooms
  • 8 bathrooms
  • sleeps 32

from £48 / night

£334 / week

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Holiday tented camp in Sayulita

Sayulita tented camp

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 2

from £34 / night

£233 / week

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Holiday yacht in Paleo Faliro

Paleo Faliro yacht

  • 4 bedrooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • sleeps 8

from £616 / night

£4,307 / week

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Holiday boathouse in Alappuzha

Alappuzha boathouse

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sleeps 6

from £180 / night

£1,259 / week

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Holiday castle in Saint-Astier

Saint-Astier castle

  • 7 bedrooms
  • 5 bathrooms
  • sleeps 14

from £881 / night

£5,874 / week

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Holiday tower rental

Sanremo tower

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 2

from £343 / night

£2,399 / week

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Holiday narrowboat in Leca da Palmeira

Leca da Palmeira narrowboat

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 3

from £20 / night

£111 - £176 / week

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Ostuni holiday trullo rental

Ostuni trullo

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 6

from £235 / night

£1,645 / week

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Holiday yacht rental

Alimos yacht

  • 3 bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sleeps 6

from £245 / night

£1,469 / week

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Holiday houseboat in Hai Phong

Hai Phong houseboat

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sleeps 6

from £14 / night

£63 / week

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Holiday castle in Elea

Elea castle

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 4

from £147 / night

£832 / week

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Holiday beach hut in El Cuyo

El Cuyo beach hut

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 3

from £40 / night

£191 - £262 / week

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Cumuruxatiba holiday beach hut rental

Cumuruxatiba beach hut

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 4

from £63 / night

£441 / week

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Holiday riad rental

Marrakech riad

  • 4 bedrooms
  • 4 bathrooms
  • sleeps 8

from £470 / night

£3,563 / week

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Holiday yacht in Kawthoung

Kawthoung yacht

  • 5 bedrooms
  • 5 bathrooms
  • sleeps 10

from £3,598 / night

£25,181 / week

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Holiday yacht letting

Lavrio yacht

  • 3 bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sleeps 6

from £161 / night

£1,126 / week

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Shivpuri holiday beach hut rental

Shivpuri beach hut

  • 3 bedrooms
  • 1 bathroom
  • sleeps 3

from £1,718 / night

£10,305 / week

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Holiday tented camp in Guwahati

Guwahati tented camp

  • 1 bedroom
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sleeps 2

from £90 / night

£450 / week

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Holiday tented camp in M'Hamid

M'Hamid tented camp

  • 4 bedrooms
  • 4 bathrooms
  • sleeps 16

from £42 / night

£451 / week

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Ilhabela holiday beach hut rental

Ilhabela beach hut

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sleeps 4

from £630 / night

£4,406 / week

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Holiday riad rental

Palmeraie riad

  • 4 bedrooms
  • 4 bathrooms
  • sleeps 8

from £59 / night

£1,958 - £2,232 / week

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Holiday riad in Agadir

Agadir riad

  • 3 bedrooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • sleeps 6

from £155 / night

£962 / week

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Le Marin holiday boathouse rental

Le Marin boathouse

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sleeps 4

from £294 / night

£2,056 / week

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Unusual holiday homes (5831)

Why stay in a mediocre hotel when you can stay in an unusual holiday home? From exotic and colourful riads in Morocco to glamourous yachts in Florida, Holiday Lettings has thousands of unique rentals to inspire and excite inquisitive travellers.

If your go-to is unusual holiday cottages in the UK, how about trying something a little more adventurous? Go for an atmospheric castle in the Scottish highlands, or maybe soak up the history at a 14-century trullo. The memories you'll make with a stay in a unique holiday home will be treasured forever.

Castle holidays

What could be more grand than staying in your own private castle for a week or two? Kids will love playing princes and princesses and you can lord it up like a king or queen! From 15-century stately piles in Scotland to imposing and impressive castles overlooking the Spanish hills, Holiday Lettings has hundreds of castles to hire.

If you're looking for a traditional French chateau for rent, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is a great place to start. Choose from a wide range of chateau holidays where you can swim in the lake, enjoy barbecues in the sun and explore the diverse landscape, including the peaks of the Pyrenees and the sandy beaches on the coast. So, when it comes to chateau hire, France is hard to beat.

Yacht rentals in Florida

Holidays don't get more glam than this! Book a yacht for hire and you'll feel like an A-lister for a week or two. Quirky holiday cottages are all well and good, but if you want to get a taste of the high-life, nothing quite beats speeding along the waves with the wind in your hair on a luxury yacht.

For a huge choice of yacht rentals, Florida is a safe bet. If it's natural beauty and wildlife you're looking for, hire a yacht near the Everglades. If you fancy a spot of shopping before enjoying dinner, head to the coastal cities of St Petersburg, Tampa, and Naples. Or for world-famous beaches, choose the Florida Keys and Miami.

Trulli in Puglia

This traditional Apulian dry stone hut with a conical roof is one of the most unusual holiday accommodation types around. These stunning homes are so special that the trulli in Alberobello, Italy, are are UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some date back to the 14th century, so you'll find historical features in every nook and cranny of your trullo rental.

Trulli houses in Puglia are not only pleasing on the eye, they are practical, too. The thick stone walls keep the interiors cool and, as you'll find plenty of trulli with pools on Holiday Lettings, feeling uncomfortably hot won't be a worry! You can visit the region's medieval sights and come back to a relaxing trullo in Puglia at the end of a busy day.

Cave houses to rent

Like the Italian trulli and quirky cottages in the UK, Spanish cave houses are a welcome retreat from the midday sun. These historic homes owe their existence to the region's unique geology – eruptions of rock formed from the sediments of a prehistoric sea. Holiday Lettings has a fantastic range of cave houses to rent in Spain, so whether you're looking for a romantic bolthole or a larger cave house with a pool for families, you're sure to find it.

Altiplano de Granada in Andalucía is home to some of the oldest cave houses in Spain. Stay in this beautiful region to visit world-famous landmarks such as the Alcázar castle in Seville, the Los Alcornocales Natural Park and Córdoba's Mezquita Mosque-Cathedral.

Shepherds hut holidays

A wise sage once said that good things come in small packages, and that is very true of shepherds hut holidays. What they lack in space, they make up for in character. And anyway... who needs sprawling interiors when you've got the wide open countryside on your doorstep? Many have wood-burners and fire pits so you can book shepherd huts to rent, whatever the weather!

The historic county of Yorkshire with its Roman and Viking history is home to many unusual holiday lets, from unique holiday cottages to modern barn conversions. The shepherd hut rentals in this area make the most of the stunning countryside, which includes two national parks. You'll also find plenty to choose from nearer the towns and cities. Visit Jorvik Viking Centre in York for a fascinating day out, or maybe enjoy a relaxed afternoon at an uber-cool cafe in Leeds.

Riads in Marrakech

These traditional Moroccan homes typically consist of two or more storeys around an Andalusian-style courtyard with a fountain. They were once stately city homes of rich merchants and courtiers, but today, many have been converted into stunning holiday homes. Their unique structure means that they can accommodate large groups, or families, wanting to travel together. Guests can enjoying the privacy of their own area with the opportunity to socialise in the central courtyard.

If you're looking for riad holidays, Marrakech, and Morocco more broadly, is the obvious choice. With its ancient cities, colourful markets and intoxicating cuisine, this diverse country will have you returning again and again. Go camel trekking in the desert, explore the rugged coastline or potter around the bustling souks before relaxing back at your riad in Morocco.

Looking for something outrageously different for your next holiday? Then take a look at these holiday castles, windmills, yurts and manor houses that are all available for you to book and make your holiday an extraordinary one.

And there's plenty to choose from: you could set your loved one's heart racing with a fairy-tale break to a French chateau or rent a houseboat in Amsterdam with your pals. Or how about escaping to a cosy log cabin in the mountains, or going glamping on a yurt holiday in Devon or Cornwall.

If stunning and unusual architecture is for you, rent a regal castle in the Scottish Highlands, a quirky lighthouse by the sea or return to a bygone age on a windmill holiday in Greece.

Top Destination reviews

Dar Qawi - Riad by the Sea
A lovely holiday - Dar Qawi is just perfect

I visited Dar Qawi with two friends who had never been to a Moslem country and we had a wonderful time. The house is perfect and it is clear that so much thought has gone into making every detail just right. The Housekeeper, Zara looked after us really well and cooked us several delightful evening meals as well as our daily breakfast. We were really grateful to be met at the city gate by the Manager who guided us to the house. We found Essaouira a really safe and friendly place and would recommend it for young and old alike. There are lots of very reasonable restaurants and the fish is out of this world. We all hope to have the opportunity to return to Dar Qawi and thank Kia Armstrong for everything she did to ensure we had a perfect visit to Morocco.see more
Cueva Peralta
Cool cave, stunning scenery

Cueva Peralta has it all. Great location, stunning scenery and fabulous cave house. If you are looking for a rural Spanish setting in a traditional and very well equipped and furnished cave house then book this one. On the edge of the village that has all you need it is a perfect base for exploring the Andalucian altiplano. Blue green lakes, gorges with spectacular walks, sleepy villages, poppies, mountains and culture. You are only 1 hour away from historic Granada with the incredible Alhambra Palace. If you want to view the Arabic quarter of the city (Albaycin) I would recommend hiring a Segway- brilliant fun and saves all the legwork. Then why not cool off and relax at the Arab baths, 33euro for 2 hours indulgence in the hot and cold pools, mint tea and a message too! We will definitely be booking again and huge thank you to Bob and Ian for their help and general friendliness. Rounding the day off with a glass or two of Rioja, BBQ and hot tub. Superb!see more