This magical underwater Venice-themed luxury resort in Dubai needs to be on your bucket list

Add one more thing to your list of things to do in Dubai. This glittering city of superlatives has announced plans to build the world's first underwater luxury resort, Floating Venice, which is modelled after the mystical city of (you guessed it) Venice. As though being inspired by Venice wasn't enough, there's a whole underwater dimension to this resort.

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The resort centrepiece is its underwater deck which will offer guests panoramic views of sea life via clear acrylic panes. To beautify the underwater scenery, more than 400,000 square feet of corals will be planted around the resort to promote the growth of marine life and coral reefs. 

The underwater deck will feature guest cabins, pool, restaurants and what's being billed as the world's first underwater spa, all of which will offer unobstructed views of their watery surroundings. To lend an air of authenticity to the Middle East's version of Italia, gondolas will be imported straight from Venice to be used to ferry guests to their cabins.

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The resort is located 4km offshore from Dubai's mainland, and will have many labyrinthine alleyways, canals you can explore, complete with the main square, Piazza San Marco. 

The resort will feature 414 cabins spanning four decks (180 of which will be underwater), along with artisanal shops and boutiques and a dozen restaurants and bars. 

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The property is being developed by the Kleindienst Group, which is also behind The Floating Seahorse, another gorgeous underwater property (that is an apartment, not a resort).

We're so excited for this, but The Floating Venice is expected to be completed only in 2020. If you can't wait that long, there's always the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island which serves dinner 5m below the surface, with 180-degree views of their coral gardens, which you can check out.

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Otherwise, stoke your wanderlust with this magical video to have a better idea of what the resort will look like.

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