‘Ithaa’ means ‘pearl’ in Dhivehi, the local language of the Maldives.
It is the world’s first all-glass undersea restaurant. It has been built five metres below the sea near the resort of Rangali, owned by a popular hotel chain. It measures five by nine metres and can hold 14 people at one time. It is covered by a transparent roof of acrylic and offers a breathtaking view.
The restaurant was designed and constructed by a company based in New Zealand and assembled in Singapore, then transported to the Maldives by ship.
Ithaa was thrown open to the public in June 2005.
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