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Dubai Photo Gallery - 3. Burj Al Arab

In July and August 2006, we traveled to Dubai, Mount Kailash and Guge Kingdom in Tibet, Muscat, Iceland and a brief stop in London.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 01 Outside From Medinat The Burg Al Arab, the world’s first seven-star hotel, is the current icon for Dubai. The hotel has a 200m-high lobby and an underwater restaurant, among other facilities. A bar, restaurant and helipad extend from side to side at the top of the building. The design is supposed to evoke a sail of an ultramodern catamaran. Everything that looks gold is gold, with approximately 8,000 square metres of 22-carat gold leaf used within the interior design. Here’s a view from the Madinat Jumeirah.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 01 Outside From Medinat

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 02 Outside From Entrance Bridge Built on an artificial island 280m offshore from the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, the 321m-high Burj Al Arab hotel is home to 202 two-story suites, each with its own butler. A translucent fiberglass wall shields the desert sun during the day and serves as a screen for a light show at night. Here’s the view of the Burj Al Arab from the entrance bridge.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 02 Outside From Entrance Bridge

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 03 Helipad Closeup The round dish sticking out at the top of the Burj Al Arab is a helipad, where Helicopters ferry guests to and from Dubai's modern international airport.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 03 Helipad Closeup

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 04 Taking Golf Buggy To Entrance From the security entrance, we took a golf buggy across the bridge to the entrance, with the Madinat Jumeirah, styled to resemble an ancient Arabian citadel, in the distance. Security guards defend the building’s sole entrance, and turn away anyone without a reservation for a room or a meal. Probably the cheapest option is afternoon tea, which we did.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 04 Taking Golf Buggy To Entrance

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 05 Inside Entrance Lobby The entrance of Burj Al Arab has large curved red leather seats, yellow carpet, with a blue floor.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 05 Inside Entrance Lobby

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 06 Entrance Lobby On Red Leather Seats We couldn’t resist sitting on the red leather seats at the entrance to the Burj Al Arab, with the fountain and escalators to the mezzanine behind us.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 06 Entrance Lobby On Red Leather Seats

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 07 Escalator To The Mezzanine As we took the escalator from the entrance to the mezzanine, we were flanked by a glass walled aquarium holding exotic fish, and in the centre by a waterfall that splashes down a giant staircase. The Sahn Eddar restaurant where we had tea is visible in the upper left.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 07 Escalator To The Mezzanine

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 08 Entrance Fountain The Cascade waterfall, situated between the escalators leading to Sahn Eddar, is based on an Oscar-winning concept combining finely atomised water with fibre optics to produce a unique glowing kaleidoscope effect. As water and fog flow downward through its steps filled with glass stones, arches of water, illuminated with coloured fibre optics, jump across in choreographed movements.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 08 Entrance Fountain

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 09 Atrium Ceiling From Mezzanine From the mezzanine at the Burj Al Arab, we stared at the largest atrium in the world, 180m high, crowned by a triangular ceiling.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 09 Atrium Ceiling From Mezzanine

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 10 Mezzanine Shop Selling Gold Everything that looks like gold is gold. Here’s a shop on the mezzanine selling, eh, gold. Notice the sold gold vest and gold soccer ball in the window to the left.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 10 Mezzanine Shop Selling Gold

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 11 Mezzanine Shop Gold Soccer Ball Here’s a close-up of the gold soccer ball on display in the window of a shop on the mezzanine.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 11 Mezzanine Shop Gold Soccer Ball

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 12 Enjoying Tea at Sahn Edder on the Mezzanine Sahn Eddar is located at the base of the world's tallest atrium. Warm and welcoming tones, mosaic and marble flooring, and torch lighting provide a beautiful backdrop. We lingered over delicious afternoon tea with jam and scones.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 12 Enjoying Tea at Sahn Edder on the Mezzanine

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 13 Enjoying Desert At Sahn Edder on the Mezzanine We enjoyed the desert of pastries and chocolates at Sahn Eddar.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 13 Enjoying Desert At Sahn Edder on the Mezzanine

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 14 Fountain on Mezzanine At the top of the escalator at the mezzanine we looked at the magnificent centrepiece where dancing water arches weave together culminating with sudden bursts of water shooting 32m upwards.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 14 Fountain on Mezzanine

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 15 Chandelier on Mezzanine We walked through the mezzanine on the way to the elevators, stopping to admire the chandelier above the floor tile.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 15 Chandelier on Mezzanine

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 16 Chandelier on Mezzanine Here’s another view of the chandelier as we walked through the mezzanine on the way to the elevators.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 16 Chandelier on Mezzanine

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 17 Swarovski Crystal Burj Al Arab We walked through the mezzanine stopping to admire this Swarovski crystal Burj Al Arab

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 17 Swarovski Crystal Burj Al Arab

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 18 Marble Floor Mosaic Over 30 different types of marble were used throughout the Hotel. The marble used in the walls and flooring is Statutario marble, the same stone used by Michaelangelo to create his sculpture masterpieces. Here is an interesting piece of mosaic floor tile forming circles in blue, red and blue, and then yellow sun spirals, directly under the chandelier.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 18 Marble Floor Mosaic

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 19 Marble Floor Mosaic Here is another marble mosaic floor tile near Sahn Eddar.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 19 Marble Floor Mosaic

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 20 Next To Panorama Evevator After tea we walked to the express panorama elevator, stopping to take a photo just outside the elevators.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 20 Next To Panorama Evevator

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 21 Evevator Doors The doors to the panorama elevator up to the Sky View Restaurant are beautifully decorated. Remember, everything that looks like gold is gold, yeah, yeah.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 21 Evevator Doors

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 22 Al Muntaha Sky View Restaurant After tea, we took the express panorama elevator up to the Al Muntaha (meaning “ultimate” or “highest”) Sky View Restaurant, 200m above the Arabian Gulf. The ceiling had beautiful multi-coloured lights

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 22 Al Muntaha Sky View Restaurant

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 23 Palm from Sky View Restaurant From the Al Muntaha Sky View Restaurant we looked at the hazy coastline view towards The Palm - Jumeirah.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 23 Palm from Sky View Restaurant

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 24 Madinat Jumeirah from Sky View Restaurant From the Al Muntaha Sky View Restaurant we looked at the hazy coastline view dotted with hotels like the Madinat Jumeirah, styled to resemble an ancient Arabian citadel.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 24 Madinat Jumeirah from Sky View Restaurant

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 25 Jumeirah Beach Hotel The Jumeirah Beach Hotel is a broad curved wave-shaped hotel, with spectacular views of the audacious Burj Al Arab. It is a massive hotel with over 600 large rooms, has over a kilometre of private beach and the Middle East’s best water park, Wild Wadi.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 25 Jumeirah Beach Hotel

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 26 Just Before Sunset From Jumeirah Beach Hotel The exterior of the Burj Al Arab is visually stunning. Here is a view just before sunset from the beach of the Jumeirah Beach Hotel. Al Muntaha Sky View restaurant is the rectangular extension near the top.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 26 Just Before Sunset From Jumeirah Beach Hotel

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 27 After Sunset From Jumeirah Beach Hotel After dark the translucent fiberglass wall serves as a projection screen for a nightly light show. Here is a dusk view from the beach of the Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

Dubai 07 Burj Al Arab 27 After Sunset From Jumeirah Beach Hotel


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