I think this has to be the most unusual hotel that I have covered so far – Dubai, is known for it’s unusual hotels, but the Hydropolis Underwater Hotel is something special. The hotel is not due to be completed until December 2007 and I understand that it will be the world’s first luxury underwater hotel, 20m below the surface of the Arabian Gulf, just off the Jumeirah Beach coastline.

According to the designers the hotel will cost over £300 million to build and visitors will take a train to an underground tunnel direct to the hotel – the hotel will feature 220 suites, and the resort covers an area of 260 hectares, which is the size of London’s Hyde Park.

The Hydropolis will open at the end of 2007, and is expected to receive over 3,000 visitors per day, on top of guests staying at the hotel – rates for the hotel are yet to be announced officially, but I’m informed that it will be in the region of £300 per night.

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