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Roter Sand. Most lone hotel in Germany
Lighthouse Roter Sand is located 30 miles from the coast of Bremerhaven in Lower Saxony. About 10 years ago it was converted into a hotel, and tourists began to arrive. but to the construction of more than 125 years.
Roter Sand was built in 1885, at that time it was a technological marvel. It was the world's first building constructed on the seabed at a depth of 22 meters. 80 years in the red-black-and-white lighthouse met sailors on their way to the port. In 1964, the steel base of the lighthouse was considered unstable, and it was decommissioned.
In 1987, a large-scale operation on the recovery and restoration of the lighthouse was launched. The Association for the Rescue of monuments restored exterior, interior and the foundation of a 31-meter lighthouse. The first visitor was here in 1999, and since then the hotel beacon received 5500 tourists during the day, of which 800 to stay here overnight. A good use for the abandoned structures in Russia are also many abandoned lighthouse, but there is unlikely to implement such projects.
It is surprising that before the lighthouse visitors come here with a large basket on the ropes. Now guests can climb the stairs to the special safe, which is quite comfortable. In the photo you can see in 1929 how this basket.
The lighthouse can take the night up to 6 people at the same time, there is a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Cooking food tourists should themselves, there is no electricity and heating, and alcohol is forbidden for safety reasons, as to the toilet are 70 fairly steep steps.
Roter Sand to visit during the day, will have to pay 75 euros, and two days with one overnight stay will cost 488 euros per person. But if you decide to visit the lighthouse, will have to be patient, as the tourist boat Goliath can perform flights only in good weather, which is kept here only from June to September. If the sea suddenly begin to worry, flights canceled, tourists are also at risk of being locked up in a lighthouse when the storm starts.
Roter Sand was built in 1885, at that time it was a technological marvel. It was the world's first building constructed on the seabed at a depth of 22 meters. 80 years in the red-black-and-white lighthouse met sailors on their way to the port. In 1964, the steel base of the lighthouse was considered unstable, and it was decommissioned.
In 1987, a large-scale operation on the recovery and restoration of the lighthouse was launched. The Association for the Rescue of monuments restored exterior, interior and the foundation of a 31-meter lighthouse. The first visitor was here in 1999, and since then the hotel beacon received 5500 tourists during the day, of which 800 to stay here overnight. A good use for the abandoned structures in Russia are also many abandoned lighthouse, but there is unlikely to implement such projects.
It is surprising that before the lighthouse visitors come here with a large basket on the ropes. Now guests can climb the stairs to the special safe, which is quite comfortable. In the photo you can see in 1929 how this basket.
The lighthouse can take the night up to 6 people at the same time, there is a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Cooking food tourists should themselves, there is no electricity and heating, and alcohol is forbidden for safety reasons, as to the toilet are 70 fairly steep steps.
Roter Sand to visit during the day, will have to pay 75 euros, and two days with one overnight stay will cost 488 euros per person. But if you decide to visit the lighthouse, will have to be patient, as the tourist boat Goliath can perform flights only in good weather, which is kept here only from June to September. If the sea suddenly begin to worry, flights canceled, tourists are also at risk of being locked up in a lighthouse when the storm starts.
