If Jules Verne lived to this day and knew the Jules Undersea Lodge theme hotel certainly would have reconsidered his famous work “Twenty thousand languages ??in the Sea”. If this writer French writer of adventure novels have had the opportunity to spend a few days staying at this hotel, the journey of Captain Nemo would have been very different. I probably would have left out his expedition aboard a ship of the U.S. Navy, the Lincolnlos Abraham, and have forgotten your concern to discover the mysteries of the ocean aboard the submarine Nautilus, in company with his servant Conseil and the Canadian harpooner Ned Land.
And is that the Jules Undersea Lodge is a small hotel situated 21 meters below the surface of a pond. As you read, this hotel goes beyond literature and presents a unique experience between fish and algae. Located on the island of Key Largo and belonging to Monroe County Florida, this hotel gives you the chance to spend a few days exploring the tropical mangrove habitat of Lake Esmeralda.
The Jules Undersea Lodge, unique in the world, has all the comforts of a traditional hotel. Hot showers, a fully equipped kitchen, with refrigerator and microwave, books, music, video and of course, beds where guests can sleep comfortably except that, instead of seeing the starry sky through the windows This will be all the marine life on the island. Being able to enter this futuristic world and stay a while, while you relax knowing the underwater world is a privilege that was available to very few. The hotel entrance is through an opening in the bottom of the hotel. Forget the long and heavy bush walks, streets, people or cars and spend the scuba diving because it is the only way in and out of there, if you want to clear. Even if your problem is that you do not have a dive team with which to explore firsthand the marine environment, do not worry, as the hotel is provided along with you an unlimited supply of tanks and a personal trainer.
The entire structure of Jules Undersea Lodge is underwater at the bottom of a protected lagoon. The hotel is filled with compressed air, which prevents water from rising and flooding the rooms. The hotel has been designed for the comfort and convenience of visitors, therefore, has air conditioning. Divers are in the so-called wet room where you can shower with hot water. Moreover, in the city center, there are three compartments that make up the underwater housing, with two private rooms and a multipurpose common room to provide kitchen areas, restaurant and entertainment. Each of the bedrooms and common room is equipped with telephone and television, but its main attraction is its large windows of almost two meters.
But this project did not start having a tourist destination but as a scientific investigation, called ‘ La Chalupa ‘, which sought to explore the continental shelf off the coast of Puerto Rico. And is that the mangrove lagoon where you will find this hotel is a natural breeding area for many reef fish. Some tropical fish ranging from parrot fish, barracuda to snapper, while anemones, sponges, oysters and feather duster worms seem to cover every inch of this underwater world. This consists, precisely, the main attraction of this underwater hotel because the authenticity of this underwater habitat is what really sets it apart from other amusement parks and similar attractions.
Jules Undersea Lodge Hotel Florida is just a tribute to the human quest of exploration and adventure, just like Jules Verne. A dream come true for lovers of diving. An excellent opportunity to explore the diversity and interconnectedness of habitats, to gain an understanding of why it is important to protect our natural mangrove coasts but also to see a recreation of a Spanish galleon shipwreck, a replica of the St. Peter, and get to know some of the techniques used in underwater archeology.
Transforms your romantic getaways in something new and amazing underwater or a wedding, with flowers and wedding cake included. This unique environment awaits you underwater and is willing to open up its doors as it did, in time, some celebrities such as former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, or rock stars Steve Tyler of ‘Aerosmith ‘ and Jon Fishman of Phish.