SLEEP PEACEFULLY IN THE WORLD’S DEEPEST HOTEL
Located in an abandoned mine, 419 meters under the mountains of Snowdonia in Wales, the Deep Sleep Hotel is the world’s deepest hotel.
Made up of four private twin-bed cabins and a grotto room with a double bed, a dining area, and toilet facilities, Deep Sleep is a hotel unlike any other.
Set deep within a section of an abandoned slate mine, 419 meters (1,375 feet) underground, it is being advertised as the deepest hotel in the world. If that sounds like the kind of place you would actually want to spend the night, you should know that you will not only have to pay up to £550 (USD$688) per night but also traverse a “steep and challenging” route through the old mine’s tunnels to reach it.
The Deep Sleep Hotel was opened in April by outdoor activity company Go Below and is only open for business one night per week—on Saturdays. Patrons begin by making reservations online; then, on Saturday evening, they begin their adventure by traveling to the Go Below base near the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, where trained guides wait to accompany them to the underground hotel.
After trekking for 45 minutes through the mountains, visitors gear up at a small cottage and prepare for their descent into the mine, the world’s largest abandoned slate mine. The challenging route consists of old stairways, derelict bridges, and slacklines. Reaching the hotel takes about an hour.
Once at the Deep Sleep Hotel, guests are treated to a warm drink and an expedition-style meal, before they retire for a “deep sleep.” The temperature in the world’s deepest hotel remains a constant 10° C all year round, but the thickly insulated cabins are reportedly quite cozy. They also feature running water, electricity, and even Wi-Fi, through a one-kilometer-long ethernet cable from a 4G antenna on the surface.
The Deep Sleep Hotel took the title of “world’s deepest hotel” from a hotel suite in Sweden’s Sala Silver Mine, at 508 feet (154 meters) underground.
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