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Dubai's Palazzo Versace Hotel Will Have a Refrigerated Beach

December 16, 2008 at 9:55 AM | by | Comments (21)


An image of the original Palazzo Versace Hotel on Australia's Gold Coast.

Oh, good lord: the folks behind the new Palazzo Versace Hotel (yes, like the design house) coming to Dubai in 2010 have announced plans for a refrigerated beach.

Oh yes, we mean it. Allow us to clarify: by "refrigerated beach", we mean an outdoor beach that guests will go to — one of the last truly fun, free things to do in this world — will have a network of pipes beneath the sand's surface that contain a coolant, making the sand a lovely, cool temperature on top, thereby ensuring that no hotel guest's feet are uncomfortable as they frolic about in the sunshine.

According to the Times Online, there's more to this nightmarish display of excessive energy consumption:

The [hotel's] swimming pool will be refrigerated and there are also proposals to install giant blowers to waft a gentle breeze over the beach.

Is this really necessary? No. It's not. And as if there was any doubt, environmentalists are furious about it — though the President of Palazzo Versace told the times that he believed it's possible to design a refrigerated beach "and make it sustainable."

We admit this is kind of cool and we're curious about the concept, but we're afraid that by supporting such a ridiculous amenitiy that our environmental conscience would suffer a whole lot more pain than the soles of our feet would suffer on hot sand.

Better idea: hot beach feet? Meet flip-flops.

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if you build it, the rich will come.  sigh.
mytwocents on December 16, 2008 at 11:59 AM #Permalink

omg

Yea I totally read this article last night and that's when I decided it was time to shut off the internet and go to sleep.
JetSetCD on December 16, 2008 at 12:08 PM #Permalink

I want refrigerated sun

I would prefer to tan without having to get all hot and sweaty.
Extended Checkout on December 16, 2008 at 2:15 PM #Permalink

sad

haven't they ever heard of HAWAII?? or, like, any other actual island with hot but not ridiculously scalding weather? sheesh.
andrew keown on December 16, 2008 at 9:14 PM #Permalink

cool !

wow ! its really stunning ,  exotic looks i m impressed.

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akshay on March 31, 2009 at 6:47 PM #Permalink

Awesome

What a amazing Hotel! This topic is very hot. Did they keep ice inside the beach? Well, i want to cover my burning body with frost.

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john zuala on April 3, 2009 at 6:35 AM #Permalink

excellent

Wow this is a great piece of technology , making the sands cool so that the feet donot burn , Dubai is certainly challenging the world in technology.

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sachin11 on April 5, 2009 at 5:54 AM #Permalink

The Beach

Sounds like a costly mission as it is to refrigerate the whole entire beach. I bet the electricity bill will go soaring, however, it will probably make the reservations even more pricey.

-Albert

AlbertF on April 6, 2009 at 1:26 AM #Permalink

Oops!

I also forgot to add, that it is quick a shocking experience isn't it? Albert
AlbertF on April 6, 2009 at 2:04 AM #Permalink

Lovely Place

I wish I could travel and stay at this place!
travelkind on April 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM #Permalink

Refrigerate the beach?

How much energy would it take to refrigerate a beach?

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travelkind on April 14, 2009 at 4:42 PM #Permalink

Great beach hotel

I like this location in Dubai. It's a great place to have a good vacation at any time.
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kennycha on April 18, 2009 at 7:18 AM #Permalink

Best place to get a vacation in Dubai

Awesome beach to have a nice vacation in dubai. I guess price also cheap with accommodation.
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kennycha on April 20, 2009 at 3:08 AM #Permalink

Nice location for holiday

I was going through the accommodation for this hotel receipt, SO we can satisfy with this rates for luxury vacation in Dubai.
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Bret mark on April 20, 2009 at 12:28 PM #Permalink

My Friend

My Friend told me about it, I was just reading this post just a week ago too, and he said it was just marvelous. He didn't get to live in it, because well that would be super expensive, but he saw it in a brochure somewhere.

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AlbertF on April 25, 2009 at 4:31 PM #Permalink

WOW!

I thinks that this guys should watch "An Inconvenient Truth"... twice! The world is running out of time for big change. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING WITH A REFRIGERATED SWIMMING POOL???? In Chile we have a lot of Chile hotels preserving the environment and being cool, like the one with the biggest swimming pool in the World: San Alfonso del Mar. And is ALSO low energy consuming.
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Tomploy on October 9, 2009 at 4:35 AM #Permalink

Pure Decadence

The idea of a refrigerated beach, while a very good one, speaking from the experience of scalding my feet on a real beach, just smacks of pure decadence. It's like visiting the golf course and being met with greens made of synthetic grass. It ensures that the ball will always roll smoothly but it somehow just doesn't feel right.
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