Conrad Maldives to open world\'s first underwater villa in November
The villa is named 'Muraka', or 'Coral' in English
The villa was created by MJ Murphy Ltd, and designed by Crown Company\'s director Ahmed Saleem
Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is to open the world’s first underwater villa this year.
The USD 15 million two-storey villa sits 16.4 feet below the surface, and is Conrad’s second such venture; an underwater restaurant was launched in Rangali 13 years ago. Both the underwater restaurant and villa were created by New Zealand’s MJ Murphy Ltd.
The underwater villa- named ‘Muraka’ (coral in English)- will be launched in November.
It has a gym, bar, infinity pool, butler’s quarters, an ocean-facing bathtub and a king-sized bedroom.
Interior designer Yuji Yamazaki said that they chose to keep the interior design ‘minimal’, in order to ‘avoid a design that takes away from the view outside’.
The villa is designed by architect and director of Crown Company, Ahmed Saleem; who said that the success of Conrad’s underwater villa will not just put the resort on the map, but the ‘whole of Maldives’.
