To ask why there are no over water bungalows in Europe?

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I’d be very happy to be proved wrong here but I can’t find any.

Why doesn’t Europe offer the same “luxury” accommodation of the more exotic locations? Am I missing something obvious?

Do you mean like in the Maldives?

I have literally no idea what an 'over water bungalow' is.

Okay, I googled. OP, have you SEEN the weather in most of Europe and the kind of storms they get in the Mediterranean? How many weeks in the year do you think it would be fun to be in one of those in Europe? It's not about the luxury, it's about the practicalities.

Because you need like very clear turquoise water and there’s none like that in Europe? They’re usually around coral reefs, aren’t they?

Or it’s a money thing - people aren’t prepared to pay what a bungalow on stilts would cost in Greece or Spain?

Because the water's really fucking cold?

And where the hell do you park your car?

Plus you have to have shallow water even at high tide. It would be a complete non-starter.

They get washed away in the winter.

There are a couple on the trent. It's not quite like the Maldives though!

Europe also doesn’t have a steady climate all year round like places such as the Maldives or Bora Bora. Greece and Spain temperatures can drop below 0 in the winter.

click link I have found a list of underwater room and right at the end of the article there is one in SWEDEN! Tah dah.... maybe not quite as luxurious as others on the list

They used to have one in Albert Dock didn't they?

Look at under water restaurant Norway

You can scuba dive between 2 continents in Iceland, water would be very cold

very cold

I can confirm that very cold is a significant understatement.....

What are the tides like in the Maldives? I think over water would work in somewhere like the Balerics as little tide, but the water is only really warm in summer and autumn but there are lovely turquoise bits.

The tidal range in the Maldives is about 1m...you try an over ocean bungalow in the Isles of Scilly but the tidal range is about 6m at times so only take swimming gear.

Arf at the idea of over water bungalows in the UK. I remember getting onto a dive boat somewhere in the UK where if you went out at low tide, they have to winch all your kit down to the boat and you have to climb down quite a long ladder. If you then come back at high tide, it's simply a matter of stepping straight off the boat onto the quayside.

The tidal range in the Med is barely noticeable, but I have witnessed the aftermath of winter storms, which includes cars washed into the sea, rock arches and beach bars virtually washed away, so being in an over water bungalow in those circumstances would be 'exciting' so maybe the answer as to why not is that the season would be restricted and the risk of damage in bad weather.

I think the Netherlands and Norfolk Broads would be your closest equivalent houses

" Am I missing something obvious?"

I'm not a traveller, but it seems so.

I'm going to add Venice too