{"id":21808,"date":"2018-11-09T20:22:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21808"},"modified":"2018-11-09T20:22:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:22:40","slug":"worlds-first-underwater-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21808","title":{"rendered":"World’s first underwater hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(CNN) \u2014 <\/cite>For once, it’s an opportunity to sleep with the fishes that doesn’t mean you end up like a character in a mob movie.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island has opened the world’s first-ever underwater hotel residence.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than just a room or a suite (this is the Maldives, after all, so luxury is the name of the game), the two-story villa is set more than 16 feet below the Indian Ocean. Its name is “Muraka,” which means “coral” in the Maldives’ local language Dhivehi.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to a bed, shower and the other typical components of a hotel room, the Muraka takes luxury travel<\/a> to another level with a private gym, a bar, an infinity pool, butler’s quarters, an ocean-facing bathtub and most importantly an underwater bedroom with unparalleled views of the ocean.<\/span><\/div>\n

The top floor, which is above the water, has a “relaxation deck” where you can sun yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

The price tag? A cool $50,000 per night, although you can’t actually book the Muraka for single night stays — it’s only accessible via a four-night, $200,000 package that includes a personal chef for all meals and the use of a private boat. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bonus: Those who book this insane package get automatic Hilton Diamond status. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Muraka isn’t the first underwater venture at the hotel. The property is home to Ithaa, an underwater five-star restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Muraka is connected to the rest of the resort — including the Ithaa — by jetty, in case you want to leave your blissful seclusion to mingle with other non-aquatic life forms. <\/span><\/p>\n

The process of building the Muraka was carefully considered to be respectful to the environment. Everything was built in Singapore<\/a> — on land — and then brought to the Maldives on a special ship. <\/span><\/div>\n

Once the residence was lowered into the water, it was nailed into place with concrete pylons that will keep it from shifting during rough waves or at high tide.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not quite ready to eat and sleep below the sea? The Conrad is also home to several floating villas<\/a>, should you want to just get your feet wet. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(CNN) \u2014 For once, it’s an opportunity to sleep with the fishes that doesn’t mean you end up like a character in a mob movie. The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island has opened the world’s first-ever underwater hotel residence. More than just a room or a suite (this is the Maldives, after all, so luxury is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":21809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}