The world’s first ever sandcastle hotel has been built on a beach in southwest Britain, and bookings are coming in fast.
British sculptor Mark Anderson, along with five others worked for over 600 hours, and used 1,000 tonnes of sand to create his dream project.
Anderson said it took patience and passion to build the 15 square metre, four metre high structure.
At $20.50 a night, guests can gaze at the stars from their beds of the roofless structure – but will have to make do without toilet facilities.
The fine grained sand on Weymouth beach was perfect for the sand hotel – Anderson says it’s like forming sand stone, ‘without it taking hundreds of thousands of years’.
Beachside holidays are on the rise in Britain, and bookings for the ultimate beach experience at the sand hotel are coming in fast.
"The best thing is in the morning the tide laps through the door, what a great way to wake up," said Anderson, who admits that his dream structure will only be there until it's washed away by the tide.
Weymouth beach has a history of sand sculpting – it was so popular in the 1920s the council had to pass a by-law, regulating the number of sculptors at one time.
