Slap bang in the middle of a an arid landscape, surrounded by nothing but sand and hills for miles around sits a ‘ghost’ hotel which was completely swallowed by the sand, only to be rediscovered 100 years later.
For decades the whereabouts of the Hotel Mar del Sud, in Buenos Aires, Argentina remained a mystery until an eagle-eyed filmmaker managed to uncover it after a four year search.
Construction of the hotel began in about 1889 with bricklayers using poor quality materials to build small rooms either side of a main courtyard.
The hotel is named after the nearby town Mar del Sud in the Buenos Aires district of General Alvarado with only 2 ... Read even more
