Shimao Quarry Hotel...wow

We had to see this incredible Hotel and one of several giant Botanical Gardens surrounding Shanghai !!

The InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland is a luxury hotel built into the wall of a reclaimed quarry on the outskirts of Shanghai, famous for having most of its floors below ground and some rooms underwater.

• Official name: InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland.
• Location: Songjiang District, in the Sheshan/Tianma Mountain area, about 40–50 minutes’ drive from central Shanghai
• Setting: Built against the vertical rock face of a former stone quarry, with an artificial lake at the bottom of the pit.
• Scale: Around 18 stories total, with only 2 above ground and 16 below ground level, including 2 underwater levels.Read more