{"id":75012,"date":"2013-11-19T04:05:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T04:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5starweddingmagazine.com\/?p=75012"},"modified":"2017-11-22T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T22:40:08","slug":"sleeping-with-fish-a-honeymoon-suite-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/sleeping-with-fish-a-honeymoon-suite-to-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping With Fish &#8211; A Honeymoon Suite To Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">A new underwater hotel room has opened off the coast of Tanzania for intrepid, ocean-loving\u00a0travellers\u00a0and honeymooners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YkkpkUYzYRM?rel=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YkkpkUYzYRM?rel=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Set off Pemba Island, also known as \u2018the Green Island\u2019 in Arabic, guests of The Manta Resort&#8217;s underwater room are dropped off at a self-contained hotel which\u00a0literally drifts at sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Guests can sunbathe on the top deck of their private island accommodations by day and dine on a lounge deck at water level. By night, they&#8217;ll then dive into the sea to access their hotel room, where they nod off amongst the fishes and their marine surroundings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2df85b72-03f3-429f-b34c-614376d9fa3c-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Manta Resort's underwater hotel room\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2df85b72-03f3-429f-b34c-614376d9fa3c-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Manta Resort's underwater hotel room\" \/><\/noscript><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The suite is designed by Swedish outfit Genberg Underwater Hotels, which opened its first underwater property in a Swedish lake near Stockholm in 2000. The Utter Inn is a single room that lies three meters below the surface and contains twin beds and a table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Perhaps one of the best existing examples is the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island hotel, which consistently makes it onto travel bucket lists and most exclusive lists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/74bd3c4b-91c7-45c2-b3ea-8cfd747aba51.jpg\" alt=\"Underwater Hotel Room\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/74bd3c4b-91c7-45c2-b3ea-8cfd747aba51.jpg\" alt=\"Underwater Hotel Room\" \/><\/noscript>Set five meters below the surface, the fine dining restaurant features 180-degree views of the coral gardens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Polish developers have also revealed plans to build an ambitious, futuristic-looking luxury hotel in the Maldives that will be built partially underwater. Reminiscent of the Star Trek Enterprise, the spaceship-like property will be built seven meters above water on five pillars, while the lower deck will be built up to 30 meters below the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Room rates at The Manta Resort start at $750 per person a night.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new underwater hotel room has opened off the coast of Tanzania for intrepid, ocean-loving\u00a0travellers\u00a0and honeymooners. Set off Pemba Island, also known as \u2018the Green Island\u2019 in Arabic, guests of The Manta Resort&#8217;s underwater room are dropped off at a self-contained hotel which\u00a0literally drifts at sea. Guests can sunbathe on the top deck of their private island accommodations by day and dine on a lounge deck at water level. 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