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16 wrz 2011 · Discover Karosta Prison Hotel in Liepāja, Latvia: Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.
Karosta is a former Russian Imperial and Soviet naval base on the Baltic Sea, which today is a neighbourhood in Liepāja, Latvia. History. The naval base was originally constructed in 1890-1906 for Tsar Alexander III of Russia, and named Порт Императора Александра III. [1] .
Karosta Prison is the only military prison in Europe open to tourists. It is recognized as the most unusual and surprising hotel in the world. The building was originally intended as a military hospital but was never used for this purpose.
The garrison prison of Liepāja’s Karosta was built at the beginning of the 20th century and in all times it has been used as a short term disciplinary penalty place for navy sailors and non–commissioned officers since the beginning of the 20th century.
Meet infamous Karosta Prison, where now for a small fee you get a chance to stay in one of the cells, sleep on a bunk, steel bed or just a mattress. But there's more - you can book special experience, where you will be treated like real prisoner, along with verbal and physical abuse.
Who can you surprise by staying overnight at a hotel? Here you have a chance to spend the night in a prison which is considered to be even more impressive than the Alcatraz in the USA, to sleep on a prison bunk or an iron bed, and to have a prison meal.
THE NAVAL PORT PRISON. Europe’s only military prison open to tourists, no inmate of which was ever able to escape. The building of the Karosta Prison was constructed around 1900, and it served as a prison for military personnel.
