In photos: 'Sand hotel on Weymorth beach, Dorset, Britain'

View of the entrance to the world's first sand hotel on Weymorth beach, Dorset, Britain, 23 July 2008, created by Mark Sanderson with online accommodation specialist LateRooms.com to celebrate the British beach renaissance. The hotel, designed to look like a giant sand castle, is available for booking until it is rained away. The sand hotel offers a twin and double bedroom, while the roofless structure gives guests the chance to 'star-gaze' at night, the firm said. But there are no toilet facilities and people were warned the sand 'gets everywhere". EPA/STR

General view of people enjoying themselves by the beach next to a sand sculpture by Mark Anderson, who has created the world's first sand hotel on Weymorth beach, Dorset, Britain, 23 July 2008, to celebrate the British beach renaissance, with online accommodation specialist LateRooms.com. The hotel, designed to look like a giant sand castle, is available for booking until it is rained away. The sand hotel offers a twin and double bedroom, while the roofless structure gives guests the chance to 'star-gaze' at night, the firm said. But there are no toilet facilities and people were warned the sand 'gets everywhere". EPA/STR

Children playing in front of the sand hotel by sand sculptor Mark Anderson, who has created the world's first sand hotel on Weymorth beach, Dorset, Britain, 23 July 2008, to celebrate the British beach renaissance, with online accommodation specialist LateRooms.com. The hotel, designed to look like a giant sand castle, is available for booking until it is rained away. The sand hotel offers a twin and double bedroom, while the roofless structure gives guests the chance to 'star-gaze' at night, the firm said. But there are no toilet facilities and people were warned the sand 'gets everywhere". EPA/STR

A girl reading a book as she tries out a sand bed by sand sculptor Mark Anderson, who has created the world's first sand hotel on Weymorth beach, Dorset, Britain, 23 July 2008, to celebrate the British beach renaissance, with online accommodation specialist LateRooms.com. The hotel, designed to look like a giant sand castle, is available for booking until it is rained away. The sand hotel offers a twin and double bedroom, while the roofless structure gives guests the chance to 'star-gaze' at night, the firm said. But there are no toilet facilities and people were warned the sand 'gets everywhere". EPA/STR

General view of a open-air sand hotel complete with sand pillow and sand bed. Mark Anderson, has created the world's first sand hotel on Weymorth beach, Dorset, Britain, 23 July 2008, to celebrate the British beach renaissance, with online accommodation specialist LateRooms.com. The hotel, designed to look like a giant sand castle, is available for booking until it is rained away. The sand hotel offers a twin and double bedroom, while the roofless structure gives guests the chance to 'star-gaze' at night, the firm said. But there are no toilet facilities and people were warned the sand 'gets everywhere". EPA/STR

A girl reading a book as she tries out a sand bed by sand sculptor Mark Anderson, who has created the world's first sand hotel on Weymorth beach, Dorset, Britain, 23 July 2008, to celebrate the British beach renaissance, with online accommodation specialist LateRooms.com. The hotel, designed to look like a giant sand castle, is available for booking until it is rained away. The sand hotel offers a twin and double bedroom, while the roofless structure gives guests the chance to 'star-gaze' at night, the firm said. But there are no toilet facilities and people were warned the sand 'gets everywhere". EPA/STR