Desert Cave Hotel
			Address Desert Cave Hotel Hutchison St Coober Pedy 5723 ph: (08) 8672 5688 fax: (08) 8672 5198

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Opened (Licence Effective from): 1988
Info: In 1981 Umberto Coro began to realise a dream of sharing the extraordinary experience of underground living with visitors to the town. Sadly, he was killed in a road accident in 1986. His son Robert, the hotel's General Manager, and the rest of the family, continued the work to make sure that the Desert Cave Hotel would be complete. Construction began in 1984 and the Desert Cave Hotel was officially opened in 1988.

Almost all the building materials had to be transported from Adelaide, some 850km south. Local rock gathered from the Moon Plains, 25km north, was used for the feature stonework on the front of the buildings.

The Desert Cave Hotel also has underground shops, cafe, opal cutting and polishing display, opal interpretive centre, and underground bar and gaming room. The hotel offers visitors the best opportunity to experience Coober Pedy "dugout" living.

In 1989 the Desert Cave Hotel won both the South Australian and National Tourism Awards for Tourism Development. The Desert Cave Hotel again won the South Australian Tourism Award for national standard accomodation in 1990 and 1991.

The Desert Cave Hotel remains owned and operated by the Coro family.

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