The world’s first underground hotel has opened in Shanghai, buried almost 90 metres deep in an old quarry. It is offering guests (with deep pockets) the chance of a very deep sleep, so to say.
The 18-story Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel has been built into the side of a huge hole in the ground left by a former pit mine. Sixteen of its floors are below ground level, looking out onto the rest of the former quarry. Two floors are underwater.
Inside, the 336 rooms and suites are designed to mimic the quarry’s landscape, with eye-popping views of the surrounding quarry. There are also underwater suites featuring an in-room aquarium where guests can watch shoals of fish swim past.
And if guests get bored of staying in such a bonkers
environment, there are other extreme adventures available, including
rock climbing, kayaking and walking across the glass-floor skywalk.
There's also a nightly light show and, in a nod to the hotel's location,
a Quarry Bar.
The 18-story Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel has been built into the side of a huge hole in the ground left by a former pit mine. Sixteen of its floors are below ground level, looking out onto the rest of the former quarry. Two floors are underwater.
“I designed many different types of buildings in U.K., in Europe, in Dubai, and so on but this one was totally different and became almost life work, so that’s why I’m saying it’s probably the most important building that I have designed,” said Martin Jochman, chief architect (known for the sail-shaped Burj Al-Arab skyscraper in Dubai).Key design features of the quarry hotel include a cascading glass waterfall and exposed rock.
Inside, the 336 rooms and suites are designed to mimic the quarry’s landscape, with eye-popping views of the surrounding quarry. There are also underwater suites featuring an in-room aquarium where guests can watch shoals of fish swim past.
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