AN AMAZING floating hotel full of homely cabins on stilts is set to be built on an abandoned salt lake in the next three years.
Sat in a popular Brit holiday hotspot, the magnificent 50-hectare tourist attraction is expected plan to transform an old Portuguese lagoon into a luxury resort.
An amazing floating hotel full of homely cabins on stilts is set to be built on an abandoned salt lake in the next three years
Sat in Portugal, the magnificent 50-hectare tourist attraction is expected to be available to book as early as 2025
Inside one of the rooms with its own waterfront balcony, pool and sun loungers
Over 50 of the hotel rooms are expected to be built
The project is being developed by Danish maritime architecture studio MAST who have revealed the ambitious plan.
The holiday complex will be located on the Sado Estuary near Setúbal on top of a huge body of water that was used for salt production.
Having taken design tips from the old fisherman’s huts and jetties, the resort will feature over 50 hotel rooms.
Each tourist will be given their own Portuguese stilt house that sits overlooking the water.
Pictures of the potential hotel show the rooms seemingly floating as a number of long, winding platforms take you from home to home across the water.
Made of timber, the homes are seen as the future of luxury travel with giant patio windows, personal sun loungers and a plunge pool coming with each one.
Each houses is easily accessible by a boat or kayak or through a network of elevated bridges – also on stilts – that connect to and benefit the local wildlife.
Alongside the houses, the site is also looking to renovate the building previously responsible for storing the salt produced into a restaurant and spa.
Elsewhere, a towering building will be used for travellers to birdwatch across the endless miles of wetlands and across the neighbouring beach.
Construction is set to get underway in the coming weeks with the first houses scheduled to be opened by the end of 2025.
Part of the huge body of water will also be turned into a nature reserve.
Concept pictures already show giant bushes being planted on the salt lake.
Marshall Blecher, architect and co-founder of MAST, said: “The project adds much-needed accommodation to the area while having the lightest possible touch on the unique landscape which is extremely unique and naturally beautiful.
“We saw an opportunity to create a new typology of accommodation for the area without significantly impacting the site.”
The lagoon is said to be filled with halophytic plants such as saltbush which created the long-lasting salt production.
This has also led to a huge number of brine shrimp swimming around which tourists can gaze at from their back gardens.
Giant flocks of flamingos and oystercatchers also roam along the lake all year round.
The real-estate developers also hope to bring back the salt production after the project has proven to be a success on a smaller scale.
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The project has been done to return the abandoned salt production site to a working centre to work alongside the wildlife of flamingos and shrimps
Each cabin is made of timber and has a giant windows all round to let guests see across the lake