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Underwater Hotel Planned for Istanbul

Where: Istanbul, Turkey
February 25, 2008 at 9:30 AM | by | Comments (6)

Planned Underwater Hotels Poseidon (Fiji) and Hydropolis (Dubai) are getting some more competition.

Istanbul has announced its own plans for an underwater hotel which will open in 2010, the same year the city will be taking over as the Capital of Culture. From TrendHunter:

The underwater hotel is being built on the ruins of a historical 1930s tobacco factory and will have restaurants, exhibition halls, and rooms all with sea view rooms.

It will be interesting to check-in and check-out the underwater hotel rooms and facilities, as local experts suggest that the underwater visibility of the Istanbul Bosphorus Strait (which is the body of water that links the Black Sea, to the north, with the Sea of Marmara, to the south) is about ten feet.

We have zero faith in these underwater hotels so we can't get really excited about all this. However, The Poseion Resort has got a fancy website that is pretty legit. With an opening date of September 2008, (reservations are to start March 17, 2008) this place should be well under construction. Although since the location is supposed to be a "secret" no one can really check on the status.

We have a feeling this is going to end up as another land-lubbing resort with overwater bungalows but prove us wrong Poseidon.

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Re: Underwater Hotel Planned for Istanbul

Good to know I'm not the only one freaked out by these things. God forbid a window ever cracks, it'd be like that underwater marine park scene in Jaws 3.
jennm on February 25, 2008 at 10:39 AM #Permalink

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I am SO with you. I can see myself watching those seams crack, slowly...

Remember The Abyss? When the submarine implodes on a psychotic Michael Biehn? I'll pass. I prefer my accomodations above ground, thank you very much!

annie0007 on February 25, 2008 at 11:54 AM #Permalink

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I get frightened enough on a water bed, never mind a water-encased room....I wonder how much their insurance costs them?

Give me a room on the 36th floor with a king-size jacuzzi-style bathtub any day.

femmefatale on March 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM #Permalink

Same as Hotel Atlantis in Dubai

Hey, such a hotel is already there in Dubai at Palm Jumeirah and this pic is making me remember insight of Hotel Atlantis and I hope that such hotels help to attract a great number of tourist in Istanbul.

Regards,
Abdul Basit Ghani
http://www.bayut.com

Abdul Basit on November 8, 2010 at 2:32 AM #Permalink

Under the sea

It's interesting how they've managed to match the things together so that the hotel will be ready to use when Istanbul will be named the Capital of Culture. I'm sure that, after seeing the Honolulu hotels, this will be an interesting experience.
KiraShannen on December 24, 2010 at 3:47 AM #Permalink

underwater hotel

i would  never go to sleep i will be looking out the window the whole time
Ngozi Cox on April 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM #Permalink

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