the joys of a giant sandcastle hotel
By on July 30th, 2008
Oh you Brits, there you go again being creative and innovative. This is actually a real sand castle hotel, the first in the world located in Weymouth Beach in Dorset, UK.
Front view of the hotel which was designed by sculptor Mark Anderson and commissioned by the website LateRooms.com, created to look like a giant sand castle.
The sand hotel was orchestrated as a publicity stunt by the hotel company, and the biggest sand structure ever built in the UK, designed for the renaissance of beach holidays after its research found that 57% of the country’s holiday-makers were shunning foreign destinations in favor of British seaside resorts. Source: Life in the Fast Lane
For a mere US$21 a night you can stay here. Sleeping under the stars sounds sweet. Cute beds. Feels like a sandy doll house, kind of like a 7 year-old’s dream.
As Life in the Fast Lane mentions, “You can book reservations to sleep in the gigantic sandcastle, but you’d best hurry, as it’s only available from now until the tide or rain washes it away.”
Talk about being in the moment. Philip?
July 30th, 2008 at 10:15 am
This is awesome! It reminds me of the Ice Hotel — Awe-inspiring, but you’d have to be pretty adventurous to actually stay there
July 30th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
What a great exercise in non-attachment! I guess I’d want something a tiny bit cleaner than this for a hotel room though!
July 30th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I think I could do it though. Especially if the weather was warm and there was a shower nearby. It’d be a fun experiment and would definitely tap into my inner seven-year old girl who would be very happy.
July 31st, 2008 at 4:05 pm
My little girl is totally up for it!! So is my grown-up self!!! Let’s go!!!!! seriously!!!!!!! Come on!