According to the developers, the hotel will be grafted onto the side of the quarry, where three floors will be resting above ground on the crater, and another 16 floors will be underground.

After a decade of construction, the luxurious Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental opens in s once-abandoned quarry near Shanghai, China.

The hotel is located in the deep pit of a former quarry, 80 meters beneath ground level. With 370 guest rooms, the hotel has 2 stories above ground, 17 stories underground and 2 stories under ...

China's latest luxury hotel yesterday opened inside an abandoned quarry after nearly a decade of construction. It is built onto one side of a 289-foot-deep pit on the outskirts of Shanghai.

The hotel was built into the side of the abandoned Shenkeng Quarry in Songjiang, about 22 miles outside of Shanghai. It plummets 300 feet down to a pool of water at the bottom of the quarry.

SHANGHAI, China — A hotel carved out of an old rock quarry opened its doors to the media in Shanghai Thursday. The owner offered reassurance on the safety of the building, despite possible fears ...

A hotel development sunk into a disused quarry in China opened its doors Thursday to deep-pocketed clientele. Preventing the 88-meter-deep (290 feet) pit from flooding was among the chief challenges ...

The swanky hotel is part of a huge project that includes a theme park. [Photo: AFP] A hotel development sunk into a disused quarry in China opened its doors Thursday to deep-pocketed clientele.

A hotel development sunk into a disused quarry in China opened its doors Thursday to deep-pocketed clientele. Preventing the 88-metre-deep (290 feet) pit from flooding was among the chief ...