We’re constantly told how important a good sleep is for our wellbeing, but for whatever reason – work stresses, too much TikTok scrolling or otherwise – it’s sometimes a bit of a challenge to get your full eight hours in. Well, a new hotel is taking the meaning of a ‘deep sleep’ to a whole other level, offering the chance to spend the night a full 419 metres underground.
Deep Sleep in Snowdonia, Wales, invites guests to snooze under a Welsh mountain in the largest abandoned Victorian slate mine in the world, making it the ‘deepest underground bed’ out there. The hotel has four private twin-bed cabins, with a basic set-up of single beds – which were abseiled down into the mine – a table and a lamp. There’s also a romantic rock grotto available with a double bed and fairy-like lanterns.
As nice as this all sounds, if you’re looking for a relaxing getaway, you might want to look elsewhere. Guests will need to endure a 45-minute mountain walk with a guide, before kitting up in helmets and harnesses to descend into the mine, encountering crumbling bridges and old miner stairways.
After all of that, guests will be rewarded with an expedition-style meal before bed and will be woken with a cup of coffee the following morning before heading back up to Earth. An instructor and another member of staff will also be sleeping in the chamber for the night, so you won’t ever have to worry about being left alone.
Operations manager Mike Morris said: ‘Guests who have stayed there absolutely loved it. They like its uniqueness, the evening camaraderie and the sense of being away from civilisation.’
Cabins start at £350 per night, while the grotto is £550 per night. Find out more and book here.
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