This luxury hotel is located on an artificial island in the prestigious Jumeirah has been built over five years and delivered on the eve of 2000. Built as a dhow sail , the Arab ship.
It has 202 rooms Suite. King Suite room is furnished with mahogany furniture , floors, Carrara marble . Room sizes from 170 to 780 square meters. mAll rooms - with large windows overlooking the sea.
Because the building was built in the sea at a distance of 280 meters from the shore, the land it is connected with the bridge. With a height of 321 meters , the building is a long time had the status of the highest hotel in the world.
is closer to the top of the helipad, on the other hand - the restaurant Al Muntaha (ArabicThe highest ), both supported by cantilevered beams.
Hall Hotel consists of two floors. On the first floor are recorded live in a hotel lobby on the second floor there are shops and cafes, as well as the corridor leading to high-speed elevators. In the lobby, corridor, on the floor, there is a unique mosaic .Rise to the second floor by means of escalators on the right side by lifting up and the left - down. Next to the escalators in the wall mounted aquariums , and between them is a step jet fountain with lights.
The Burj al -Arab is no ordinary room , it is divided into 202 duplex suites.The smallest is 169, and the largest - 780 square meters. This is one of the most expensive hotels in the world. Price per night range from 1,000 to 15,000 dollars, and the price at night Royal Suite - about 28 000. Information about how much money was spent on the construction of the hotel , were not disclosed.
This hotel is characterized himself as a seven-star , is a characteristic hyperbole , and an attempt to get out of the discharge hotels that characterize himself as a six-star . Formally, all systems of maximal rank hotels rating - 5 stars. According to the official site, the Burj Al Arab - a five-star deluxe .
in the interior of the Burj Al Arab has been used about 8,000 square meters of 22-karat gold leaf. All rooms are equipped with the latest technology and design, and offer the highest level of luxury and comfort . The highlight of all rooms - with large windows in the wall, overlooking the sea .
One of the restaurants , Al Muntaha, situated at an altitude of 200 meters above the Persian Gulf, and with a view of the city of Dubai . Rise to it is a panoramic lift .
Another restaurant , Al- Mahara (Arabicالعمارة Oyster ), in which visitors delivered to the vessel , simulating a submarine, has a huge aquarium filled with sea water with a capacity of more than one million liters. The walls of the tank made of Plexiglas (to reduce the magnifying effect ) with a thickness of about 18 cm in this restaurant for the magazine Conde Nast Traveler named one of the best restaurants in the world .
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