Would you pay to sleep in a hole in the ground? This hotel room in the UK lies 419 meters deep. Slumbering deep underground in Wales can be a real adventure — but it's nothing for claustrophobes.
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00:00 Welcome to the world's deepest hotel, 419 meters underground.
00:07 I'm really scared now.
00:09 To spend the night in the deep sleep you have to go into an abandoned mine.
00:14 How dangerous is it?
00:16 Very dangerous.
00:18 I'm in Comorthan, Wales in the UK.
00:22 My destination is in Snowdonia National Park.
00:28 Welcome to Go Below, I'm Nick.
00:30 On this really hot sunny day in North Wales,
00:34 you're going to get to experience a big difference in a really extreme underground adventure.
00:40 First I'm given climbing equipment.
00:43 So how dangerous is it actually going in that mine?
00:47 On your own, without all the kit and someone to look after you?
00:52 Very dangerous.
00:53 Luckily I have Nick with me.
00:56 He's been offering tours of the mine for over six years.
01:00 This used to be the largest underground slate quarry in the world
01:06 until the mine finally closed in the 1990s.
01:10 Now I really need the climbing equipment and ropes.
01:17 If you hear that nice snap, that's a good indication that it's closed.
01:22 So to get past the knot I'm going to take one carabiner at a time across to the next section.
01:28 So I'm always attached.
01:30 Now it's getting serious.
01:33 We make a steep descent.
01:35 Wish me luck.
01:39 Wow, it's so wet.
01:41 And that was just the beginning.
01:44 If you're claustrophobic or afraid of heights, this isn't for you.
01:51 Okay, so we've come down an incline.
01:53 We've got a bit of a more exciting way of getting down to the next level.
01:57 So we're going to do an abseil.
01:58 Yeah, are you up for that?
02:00 Sure.
02:02 Did I really just say that?
02:04 I'm really scared now.
02:17 So should I still touch the wall here?
02:21 Yeah, you can. After a little while you'll feel a bit more.
02:24 Okay.
02:25 Okay, almost on the ground.
02:29 Okay. Ah! Yep.
02:34 So this was actually fun. It wasn't as bad as I imagined.
02:38 But just going down somewhere without being able to see anything, that's still sort of scary.
02:45 Deep Sleep is just around this corner.
02:47 So there's an iron door to open and then head on in.
02:50 So, yeah, let's go.
02:52 We're almost there.
02:54 Wow.
02:57 Look at this.
03:03 Here it is, 419 meters below ground.
03:08 Deep Sleep, the self-professed deepest hotel in the world.
03:12 It can accommodate up to 10 guests.
03:15 The founder and manager of this unique hotel is waiting for me.
03:20 Hello. Hi.
03:21 Hi, I'm Miles.
03:22 Hi, I'm Gönna. Nice to meet you.
03:25 Welcome to Deep Sleep.
03:26 To build the hotel, Miles and his team had to carry all the materials here through the tunnels.
03:32 It opened in April 2023.
03:35 It's been a lot of fun building it.
03:37 I like minds. I like technology.
03:41 I like crazy projects.
03:43 It answers all those things for me.
03:46 And I like showing people this mine and telling them about it.
03:51 I'll show you inside one of these cabins.
03:56 Yes.
03:57 Each cabin can accommodate two visitors.
04:00 There's heating, electricity and even Wi-Fi.
04:03 A tour with overnight stay starts at 170 pounds.
04:07 That's 202 euro per person.
04:10 You're not going to be sleeping in this one.
04:13 We have a special room for you.
04:14 Would you like to come and have a look?
04:16 We enter a side chamber of the mine.
04:19 The roof is a little low here.
04:21 Okay.
04:22 Okay, are you ready?
04:25 My room.
04:26 This is where you're sleeping tonight.
04:28 Come on in.
04:30 Wow.
04:32 So this is like the suite?
04:35 Yeah.
04:37 The so-called grotto room is built directly into the slate rock and even has running water.
04:43 Thanks to good insulation and electric heating it's dry and warm.
04:48 But one piece of furniture posed a major challenge.
04:52 It's an enormous amount of work to get a double bed down here.
04:56 The mattress mostly.
04:59 This involved lots of guys in their underwear wading through deep water,
05:05 holding the mattress up to keep it dry and clean.
05:08 It's a big operation.
05:10 So there is only one double bed and this is it.
05:13 What about meals?
05:16 We can't have a commercial kitchen down here, so we have expedition food.
05:22 My guide is also the chef.
05:26 Mmm.
05:27 Catering for guests is elaborate and requires lots of planning.
05:36 Everything on the table has been brought here in backpacks by the hotel team.
05:41 I'm really looking forward to my bed.
05:45 Good night.
05:50 Good night. (laughs)