The world’s first sand castle hotel has recently opened at weymouth beach in the seaside town of dorset in the UK. the hotel was constructed from approximately 1000 tonnes of sand, built over 15sqm reaching a height of 4m. british sculptor mark anderson was commissioned by laterooms.com to create the hotel.

This seven floor underwater hotel will give its guests a new view of the famous city of Istanbul. It is due to open in 2010, and will coincide with its Culture Capital of Europe nomination and lay down a gauntlet as a world capital of tourism. The hotel is the work of Tanriverdi Holding and have set aside a multi-million dollar budget to ensure the project is finished to 7 star standards.

The underwater hotel trend was reported on a year ago and this new project shows two unique characteristics - it will be based in the city center and will go one floor further underwater. 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.

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