Istanbul’s 7-Story Underwater Hotel to Open in 2010

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Underwater Hotel

Visitors to Istanbul will soon have a chance to view the most spectacular ocean views on the planet. A seven floor, seven-star hotel is being built underwater on what was formerly a tobacco factory. There will be exhibition halls, and restaurants, and all rooms will be sea facing.

This isn’t the first such underwater hotel complex in the world. That honor goes to the $500 million Poseidon Hotel which is currently being built off Fiji. The Istanbul hotel differs in that it is being built under the city center, which should make for an interesting experience.

The hotel’s inauguration is set to coincide with the city’s taking over from Linz, Austria as the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2010.

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Comments

y a
February 22nd, 2008 - 3:56 am

Can they at least hire some decent designer to do their interior, instead of this neo-50’s crap


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TweetTrack
February 22nd, 2008 - 8:15 pm

Twitter Response from @wolfmank…

This is entirely too cool… who wants to come with me?


Stelise
February 23rd, 2008 - 3:34 pm

beyond amazing…


lightspeed
February 24th, 2008 - 4:28 pm

A pad worthy of a Bond villian…


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February 27th, 2008 - 10:06 am

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Po
February 27th, 2008 - 1:51 pm

Apparently the visibility underwater there is only about 10 feet… so what’s the point of being underwater if you can’t see anything. Kind of stupid if you ask me…


Thai girl
March 3rd, 2008 - 5:05 pm

That must have cost a fortune to built. But it looks cool, wouldn’t mind staying there for a couple of nights.


TravelPUNK
March 5th, 2008 - 3:38 pm

Very nice! How do I make a reservation=)


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Rachael
March 10th, 2008 - 5:21 am

Hmmm…I’ve been in Istanbul during one too many earthquakes to think this resembles anything close to a good idea…


Martin
March 17th, 2008 - 12:35 pm

Erm… Istanbul is right beside a major Earthquake fault zone. So… do you want to be in there when it goes off?


therhinocard
March 17th, 2008 - 11:29 pm

This is crazy. Another example of how much better other places are than here. Tell me. What wonder palace do we have in America for the super rich?


mgwalk
March 28th, 2008 - 3:11 pm

This is going to be sweet!


Turkey Tour
April 8th, 2008 - 5:22 pm

Very nice!
Thanks..