Tropical Islands Resort Set In Former Soviet Aircraft Hangar

Who said you can't import good weather?

Inside a former Soviet aircraft hangar some 37 miles south of chilly Berlin, a faintly Caribbean idyll named Tropical Islands helps sun-starved Germans make it through their long winter.

Visitors staying in the 200 hotel rooms inside this odd slice of paradise in the middle of Europe can take advantage of seven different spa zones inspired by different areas of the world......