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The floating boat will also contain 19 villas and 64 apartments on each of its turtle wings. A rooftop garden, mall, and beach club will also be included in Pangeos' amenities. The caption was paired with an aerial image of a luxury boat shaped like a sea turtle. The Lazzarini firm, which is overseeing the ambitious project, said construction would start around 2033. Well, Saudi Arabia is planning to push the boundaries of modern engineering even further by building a turtle-shaped cruise ship for $8 billion.

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Six of the seven species of sea turtles that swim the planet’s waters—leatherback, loggerhead, Kemp’s ridley, green, olive ridley, and hawksbill—are found in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic. The seventh, the flatback, lives only in the waters around Australia. Little wonder it's so expensive when this, if funded, will become the largest floating structure ever built, CNN reported. Looking rather like a Bond villain's lair, it'll sprawl 550 meters (1,800 feet) long, and 610 meters (2,000 feet) wide. Saudi Arabia wants to build a massive turtle-shaped yacht that’s both a vessel, and a floating city. The floating city will also have 64 apartments, which will be located in the feet and various places around its body - such villas in its wings.

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Some ports of call, like Nice, France, were easy to get around, but others like Rome were packed to the gills. I wanted the day to end before we even made it to the Vatican on our tour. As someone who's taken over 50 cruises all over the world, I know firsthand how popular cruising is this year.

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Among many things that weren’t on our Bingo cards for 2022, a giant turtle-shaped yacht—which is also being described as a floating city—is certainly at the top of the list. As CNN reported, an Italian design firm, Lazzarini Design Studio, has drafted plans for a massive boat shaped like an oversized tortoise with outstretched flippers. The vessel is so big that it’s not even being called a superyacht, but rather designers have described it as a terayacht. As such, it was given an appropriately big name, Pangeos, a nod to Pangea, the ancient supercontinent that once incorporated almost all of Earth’s landmasses. According to Lazzarini, the ship will be big enough to hold various hotels, apartments, condos, shopping centres, parks, and other amenities for up to 60,000 guests.

$8 billion turtle-shaped luxury yacht could become the largest floating structure ever built

Rather than operating out of a particular port or having a set itinerary, the tera-turtle would simply cruise around, making the journey the destination. Firstly, you'd have to be prepared to leave your current life behind as the ship is going to be primarily based in Saudi Arabia - that, and it's not like it can travel far at 5.75mph. However, if you now suddenly have plans to go and live in the floating turtle, then we're sorry to say that there might be a few obstacles in the way. By now you're probably wondering how a structure like that could float, and it's all to do so with 30,000 floating cells, as well as a steel basement. With all the extra room, the ship will naturally have space for helicopters and other flying vehicles to land. For the best experience, please use a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.

Pangeos would take eight years to build and cost a whopping $8 billion. It would be a floating city with different hotels, shopping centers, parks, and ship and aircraft ports. Loggerheads are carnivores, only occasionally consuming plant material.

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Many of the amenities and homes are designed around a central town square. Booking with the cruise company guarantees your return to the ship, even if your excursion runs late. But I only book with third-party operators if the ship docks right at the city I want to explore because I never want to miss the all-aboard time. The tours are usually led by locals, which means the guides can also give you some good recommendations if you have time before you need to return to the ship. Food tours are a great way to see a city, taste local dishes, and learn some history. My biggest tip for any cruise — but especially for Americans traveling to Europe for a Mediterranean cruise — is to arrive at your embarkation city at least a day before your sailing starts.

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Within the terraced villa, guests can find houses, buildings, and rooftop terraces, with an upper zone that offers landing of various flying vehicles. A critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle hatchling paddles away from shore in Cuba. If you're looking for a unique excursion that still gives you the highlights of a European city, I recommend booking a food tour. I've done tours in places like Amsterdam, Budapest, and Paris, and I've never been disappointed. Of course, to build such a vast structure, the designers would also require a special place.

In a time of economic crisis, what could be more outré than a superyacht? Why, a terayacht of course -- a name given to vessels even bigger than super, mega and gigayachts. They’ve actually launched a crowdfunding campaign allowing anyone to buy a virtual ticket for $16 or an NFT that gives you access to your own virtual apartment in the turtle yacht. According to Lazzarini, the design studio that’s working on the project with Saudi Arabia, this is technically a yacht. Because the city is still a ship, it will be able to move too, albeit very slowly, and has a speed of five knots - that's just over five miles an hour. We're getting excited just thinking about visiting this place, let alone imagining what it would be like to say that you live on a giant, floating turtle.

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The yacht will even have ship and aircraft ports so guests can visit when Pangeos isn’t docked near land. Which is helpful since, as of now, the company doesn’t foresee any strict itinerary, but rather expects the turtle to simply coast around the world. According to Lazzarini, the ship will be big enough to hold various hotels, apartments, condos, shopping centers, parks, and other amenities for up to 60,000 guests. Extending 1,800 feet in length and measuring 2,000 feet at its widest point, the boat is poised to be the largest floating structure ever built. That is, of course, if it does get built, which is a whole other obstacle in and of itself. As the Pangeos website explains, “the terayacht needs a terashipyard,” which doesn’t currently exist.

But one seabound itinerary people often forget to add to their bucket lists is a Mediterranean cruise. They have expected to invest $8 billion in construction over 8 years. As per the report, Pangeos is designed to sail nonstop around the world.

Mediterranean cruises can last anywhere from seven days to two weeks, depending on the company and itinerary. Booking every excursion through the cruise line can add up, but luckily, there are typically more affordable options through third-party companies. Some of the major European tourist destinations have strict dress codes — typically everyone must at least cover their shoulders and knees out of respect. Even though it means paying for lodging and likely a few meals before boarding the boat, getting a good night's sleep before a jam-packed vacation is worth it to me.

At 1,800 feet (550 meters), this would set a world record for the largest floating structure ever made. Marine Insight News Network is a premier source for up-to-date, comprehensive, and insightful coverage of the maritime industry. Social media users reportedly took to the channel’s comment section and expressed curiosity regarding the terayatch. A user mentioned that it would be interesting to see how the vessel operates in a strong sea storm, even as it’ll not have the speed to run away from it.

Further, the rooftop area is lined with solar panels, which provide part of the necessary clean energy to power the vessel. Different companies and cruise lines have come up with some interesting cruise ship concepts over the years. We’ve seen the one mile long Freedom ship and the cool looking 430,000 gross ton Project Trimaran, but now there’s a concept that’s a giant turtle shaped cruise ship that can carry up to 60,000 passengers. Watch this short video to learn about sea turtles and dive into more details below. After about 60 days, the eggs hatch and tiny hatchlings make their way from the nest to the water at night, often a deadly ordeal as seabirds, crabs, and other predators prey on the young turtles. Lights from hotels, homes, and other buildings can confuse the turtles into heading the wrong way.

Climate change affects the turtles by warming the temperature of the sand that sea turtle eggs are laid in, which in turn affects the outcome of the hatchlings’ sex. Sea turtles make incredibly long migrations between feeding and breeding areas. Sea turtles mate at sea, then come ashore on beaches to lay their eggs. Females dig a hole in the sand, then deposit their clutch of eggs (up to 100, in the leatherback’s case), cover it back up, then return to the sea. The leatherback is the largest sea turtle and can weigh a whopping 2,000 pounds. The shells of other sea turtles are made of thick plates called scutes.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history and affected all life stages and species of  sea turtles inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. Ingestion of marine debris is another threat to all species of sea turtles. Turtles may ingest marine debris such as fishing line, balloons, plastic bags, floating tar or oil, and other materials they can mistake for food. Microplastics are an increasing threat to sea turtles, especially young turtles living and feeding near the surface. The Saudi Arabia cruise ship turtle will include shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, public parks, ports for smaller ships and, of course, residential buildings. Since the goal is usually to minimize drag, boats don’t usually stray from the standard V shape—and are even less frequently formed like marine animals—but Pangeos’s flippers are more than just a peculiarity.