A new seven-star hotel but as you've never imagined. China is ready to dazzle with the construction of the Intercontinental Shanghai Shimao Wonderland, a huge structure of ultra-luxury which will be opened by the end of 2014 or the beginning of 2015 and has a unique feature: that of being under the sea level. The project was presented a few years ago and was born the idea of ​​enhancing an old quarry in Tianmashan, about 30 km from Shanghai: thus, the hotel, designed by the London firm Atkins, will have the first three floors above the sea level, the rest of them will be below the level of the sea, created inside the cave. The project is not only ambitious, but spectacular: a glass structure 60 meters recreate the effect of a natural waterfall.


The InterContinental Shimao Wonderland is a more than ambitious, destined to reshuffle the cards in the tourism sector and the reception of luxury.

It is well known the passion of Asian skyscrapers that stand out in heaven: the most extravagant or the most exclusive hotels Faulty get to touch the sky, reaching more and more.

The idea of ​​Shanghai Shimao, the company that will build the Wonderland, is more or less the same but the opposite: instead of climbing up the resort will fall down.

This is not the first example of a hotel under the earth, but is the most ambitious so far we saw old mines transformed into hotel rooms for a very special holiday, but not an entire structure down to the ground.

It is the same shape of the site to have given the idea to the designers who have studied how to make better the environment. So next to the hotel from 380 rooms over 19 floors, of which only three including the spa above the sea level, there will be a huge theme park from 428mila sqm.

The hotel will be developed by 100 meters deep down: the two lower levels there will be a restaurant, a sports complex where water sports and an aquarium depth of about 10 meters.

Perhaps the most impressive is the huge 60-meter glass structure designed to simulate the effect of a waterfall, while the cliffs on either side will be designed for bungee jumping and rock climbing.

The project is truly colossal, as the cost: at the moment stands at $ 555 million, but given the ambition, and will rise by much. At the moment we know that the opening is planned between 2014 and 2015 with a cost of about $ 320 per night: to know how we will have a little 'patience.