Ithaa

5 feet below the sea sits an unforgettable experience. A restaurant called Ithaa was built in 2004, and opened in 2005 off of Conrad Maldives Rangali Island as a part of the Hilton Maldives Resort and Spa. It is built of mostly acrylic and is only expected to last 20 years, although it has already withstood a tsunami. With glass walls and a curved glass ceiling you are able to see 180 degrees of marine life in its natural habitat. Beauty comes at a price, and lunch at Ithaa will cost a minimum of $120 per person. Only 14 people can dine at Ithaa at a time and if there are no dinner reservations for the night the restaurant allows people to rent the room for the night. Building this structure was a worldwide event. It was designed in New Zealand by a company called M.J. Murphy Ltd, used materials from the United States, constructed in Singapore and then Shipped to the Maldives. Altogether this process came to a total of 5 million dollars and weighed 175 tonnes.