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Jules' Undersea Lodge

Key Largo, Monroe County
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Jules' Undersea Lodge

WHAT IT IS

A former research habitat 21 feet down in a lagoon. You scuba to check in. Pizza arrives by diver.

La Chalupa was a 1970s research laboratory off Puerto Rico. Now it sits on the floor of the Emerald Lagoon and takes guests, who dive down through a moon pool in the floor and surface inside a dry room with beds, a shower, and windows full of angelfish. A diver delivers dinner in a waterproof case. It is the only underwater hotel in the United States and it is, unavoidably, a 1970s research laboratory.

HOW IT SCORES

Rarity10/10
Is there anywhere else like it?
Backstory9/10
How did this come to be?
Disrepair6/10
What is holding it together?
Commitment9/10
How far do they take the bit?

NEARBY

The African Queen0 mi · Key Largo Christ of the Abyss10 mi · Key Largo Big Betsy the Lobster17 mi · Islamorada

BEFORE YOU DRIVE

ENTRY FEE
From $900 a night
HOURS
By reservation
BEST TIME
Book months out. Certification required, or take their course.
HOW LONG
Overnight
PARKING
On site
PAYMENT
Cards, deposit required
ACCESS
You must be able to scuba dive
COORDINATES
25.0865° N, 80.4457° W

51 Shoreland Drive, Key Largo. Off US-1 at mile marker 103.

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