Al-Marsad Newspaper: A video clip documented the approaching completion of the manufacture of “heavenly bodies” of the villas of Shaybara Island Resort in the Red Sea Project.
The video – which was documented from inside the factory – showed the completion of the design of the celestial bodies by a large percentage, in preparation for their transportation and installation, between floating villas and villas on land.
The villas come in different sizes: one-bedroom (18m in diameter), two-bedroom (22m in diameter) and three-bedroom (26m in diameter). Each villa weighs regarding 120 tons.
The polished steel of the villas will reflect the water, sky and coral reefs that characterize the island, and there will be 73 villas, half of them are floating and the other half on land.
It will include many health and recreational facilities, restaurants and swimming pools, and will be transported and installed by Mammoet, the leading heavy lifting company.
It is noteworthy that Shaybara Island is one of the islands located in the Red Sea, and it follows the Tabuk region, northwest of Saudi Arabia. The area of the island is regarding 19.8 km2 and it is 8.40 nautical miles away from the coast.