Have you been thinking about going to vacation at a 5-star hotel or resort underwater? How would you like to take a nap underneath the sea without being worried about losing your life? What would you do for an exciting honeymoon experience underwater? Truth is, as we speak, there are quite a few underwater hotels with a luxury hotel slated for 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey and the Poseidon Underwater Hotel in Fiji. While most underwater hotels such as Jules Underwater Lodge located in Florida, aren’t luxurious edifices, they still incite a feeling of awe at what man is capable of doing when he sets his mind to it.

There are quite a few amazing underwater hotels in the world and amazing luxurious hotels. Some are already built and in business while others are still in the process of being constructed.

There are Top Five Underwater Hotels:

• Jules Undersea Lodge, Florida
• Utter (Otter) Inn in Vasteras, Sweden
• Crescent Hydropolis of Dubai
• Poseidon of Fiji Undersea Resort,
• Underwater Hotel in Istanbul

Some of these hotels include:

- Jules Undersea Lodge, Florida: Located in Key Largo Florida, Jules Underwater Lodge which was formerly a research station underwater is a resort of sorts that is available to anyone who can pay the bills. After its use for research in the ‘70s, it was opened to the public as an underwater hotel or lodging in 1986. All vacationers are required to dive into the water before getting to their room for the night. Non-certified divers or people who do not know how to swim or dive are given a 3 hour crash course on scuba diving. Once in the room, food is served at the hatch. The hotel has an awesome view of the activities underwater view and is fully stocked all necessary comfort such as air conditioning, air, multimedia entertainment, and drinks.

- Utter (Otter) Inn in Vasteras, Sweden: Located in Vasteras Sweden, the Utter Inn is a floating red house with both a combination of art and accommodation. Consisting of just one room which is submerged under the water, it makes for comfortable relaxation and is often fully booked in advance. If you are looking for amazing and luxury, you are not likely to find it the Utter Inn as the rooms are basically simply furnished. The building is not fully submerged. Getting into the room is easy as you just have to climb down a ladder to get in the room. It is not as deeply situated as the Jules lodge and is just beneath the water line. Sleeping here per night costs just $250. Guests are transported by the means of a boat and are entitled to meals. Other attractions here include sunbathing, canoe rowing and swimming.

- The Crescent Hydropolis of Dubai: This superb structure currently undergoing construction on the Persian Gulf Floor in the UAE is located in Dubai and is designed to look like the jellyfish. It is stated to be the first luxury underwater hotel in the world after its completion. The hotel will have two hundred and twenty suites submerged under water, is 66ft under the water surface and will occupy about twenty seven acres of land underwater. Guests will arrive by boat, or plane to an offshore “ground station” located above water. Then, transported through the 1700ft underwater train station to the hotel.

The best news for those of us who don’t live near any of these places is that the company behind the Crescent Hydropolis and the Qingdao project has plans to build these underwater hotels all over the world. Plans are in place already for New York, Monaco, London, Munich, and the Isle of Man.

For your next vacation, why not look into a floating lodge in the Canadian wilderness, a submerged resort in Florida or even a lifeboat hotel in the Netherlands? From the United States to the United Arab Emirates, from Sweden to the South Pacific, here are luxurious hotels that are perfectly designed for the nautically inclined.