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727 Fuselage Home Take a look at the most exclusive hotel suite in Costa Rica, a refurbished vintage Boeing 727 airframe. Exclusive ... the 727 Fuselage Home is a refurbished 1965 Boeing 727 airframe which has been converted into a two-bedroom suite by Hotel Costa Verde, located near Costa Rica, US . The hotel is nestled on the edge of Costa Verde's national park and is perched on a 15-metre pedestal, giving guests spectacular ocean views. History ... the vintage Boeing 727 shuttled globetrotters on South Africa Air and Avianca Airlines in Colombia during its previous life. ng from the cockpit to the tail. Furnishings are hand-carved, teak furniture from Java, Indonesia. It features two air conditioned bedrooms, one with two queen sized beds and the other with one queen sized bed, each with its own private bath, a flat screen TV, a kitchenette, dining area foyer; an ocean view terrace; a private entrance up a river rock, spiral staircase; and 360 degrees of surrounding gardens. Spectacular view ... the Costa Verde Home features two cliff-side pools with sundecks and spacious rooms and balconies, all offering a bird's-eye view of the Park's coastline plus rainforest canopy vistas dotted with native birds and monkeys. Inspiration ... the idea for the 727 Fuselage Home came from a Forbes Magazine article about a company offering hurricane-proof living via surplus Boeing 727 airframes. "We were intrigued and found some new ways to introduce convenience and luxury to this very prosaic bit of aluminum scrap." Luxury ... the suite costs between approximately $410 to $720 per night, depending on the season. Careful operation ... the Hotel Costa Verde salvaged the airframe, piece by piece, from its San Jose airport resting place. "We carefully transported the pieces on five, big-rig trucks to the jungles of Manuel Antonio where they have been resurrected into a unique jumbo hotel suite." Great location ... the hotel is a perfect destination for those seeking adventure travel, ecotourism, sportsfishing or just the tranquillity of white sand beaches and magnificent ocean views. Fine dining ... the hotel also has a Fairchild C-123 plane which has been retired to less risque endeavours as a restaurant called the el Avion bar, and remains an enduring Cold War relic. CIA ... in 2000 Hotel Costa Verde purchased the abandoned Fairchild, disassembling and shipping the pieces of the Iran-Contra relic, and finally hauling all seven aircraft section up the hill to its current cliff-side resting-place.