Burj Al Arab. UAE, Dubai city

Burj Al Arab

UAE, Dubai city

Buildings

Burj Al Arab is rightfully considered the symbol of Dubai. The building, 321 m high, stands in the sea at a distance of 280 meters from the shore on an artificial island connected to the land by a bridge. The building, designed in the shape of the sail of an Arabian dhow, houses the luxurious seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel, which opened on December 1, 1999. <br>It is noteworthy that the Burj Al Arab hotel characterizes itself as seven-star - the description is a hyperbole and an attempt to get out of the category of hotels that characterize themselves as six-star. Formally, all hotel rating systems have a maximum rank of 5 stars. According to the official website, Burj Al Arab is a five-star deluxe hotel. <br>Burj Al Arab is the pinnacle of architectural art of the entire Jumeirah complex. At the top of the hotel there is a helipad and the Al-Muntaha (Arabic: The Highest) restaurant. Also interesting is the Al-Mahara restaurant (Arabic: Oyster), where visitors are transported on a ship that imitates a submarine. In the restaurant, tables are arranged around a huge aquarium with marine life with a volume of more than a million liters. This restaurant was named one of the best restaurants in the world by Conde Nast Traveler magazine. <br>The most exquisite materials were used to decorate the interiors of Burj Al Arab: marble, precious woods, natural stone, leather, and even precious metals - more than 8,000 sq. m. of the hotel is decorated with pure gold of the highest standard!