Sleep Underwater in the Maldives

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed)
Apr 24th 2010 at 3:02PM

The world's first undersea restaurant opened 5 years ago this month at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, and to celebrate the anniversary the restaurant is offering guests the chance to not only eat under the sea but sleep under it as well. The 12-seat restaurant will be converted to a private bedroom suite for two, complete with private champagne dinner and breakfast in bed.

Ithaa sits five meters below the surface of the Indian Ocean, encased in plexiglass and reached by descending a spiral staircase. The restaurant offers breathtaking views and 'fusion Maldivian cuisine' (local cooking with a western twist), and rumor has it that over lunch the place is so bright that guests and staff have to wear sunglasses (they even keep spares on hand and offer a sunglasses cleaning service). Sounds wonderful, although I imagine seeing the sun rise while eating breakfast in bed is even better.

Tags: hilton, hotels, ithaa, Ithaa restaurant, Maldives, restaurants, sleep underwater, underwater hotel suite, underwater restaurant

Filed under: Dining, Luxury Travel & Hotels

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Debra Johnson May 14th 2010 11:58AM

First, in a world where just making a living is a huge struggle for many of us, I find this to be a disgusting display of extravagance. Second, I wouldn't stay there if you paid me!! How scarey to think a piece of flexiglass separates you from instant death should that room decompress, spring a leak of just plain cave in!! RIDICULOUS! It is shameful that the money spent on useless things like this could not be directed to more humanitarian causes, like building a home for the homeless, donating food to a soup kitchen or just giving $$ to struggling Americans!