The World's Coolest Underwater Hotel Rooms

Sleeping with the fishes

 

From futuristic chambers attached to the sea bed to serene suites with vast windows looking out onto fish-filled aquariums, there are some out-of-this-world underwater hotel rooms that are well worth diving into. Read on for a serious dose of armchair travel and wanderlust.

Underwater Suite, Atlantis the Palm, Dubai

Standing out from the crowd in Dubai's ostentatious hotel scene is quite a feat but Atlantis, The Palm hotel does exactly that. Among the 1,500-plus rooms of this palatial hotel lie two underwater suites, aptly named Poseidon and Neptune, where guests can sleep next to a vast fish-filled lagoon while lapping up every conceivable luxury.

 

 

Two floors of the Atlantis' lavish three-storey underwater suites are submerged beneath the surface of the Ambassador Lagoon, a man-made coral reef in the sprawling resort that usually attracts thousands of visitors every year. The 11-million-litre (2.4 million gallons) lagoon is home to around 65,000 marine animals including fearsome sharks, the huge napoleon wrasse and shoals of colourful angelfish.

 

 

The twin underwater suites – which come with a private butler – have above-ground lounges where guests can gaze out at the lagoon's lapping water. Down below, the bedrooms and bathrooms have soaring floor-to-ceiling windows onto the private marine oasis, allowing guests to stare at the entrancing scene as they wallow in the bed or marble bath. For those wishing to get even closer to their colourful neighbours, the suite includes entry into the aquarium which can also arrange tank dives.