The fabulous Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai

 It is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. The hotel stands on an artificial island 280m out from Jumeirah beach and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The shape of the structure is designed to mimic the sail of a ship. It is rated as the only seven star hotels in the world. Its star rating has been often debated. The hotel is located on its own private island. The place is very quiet and perfect for a relaxing peaceful stay. You are personally escorted to your room and are taught about all the features. The bathroom is all tiles and ceramics with gold leaf trimmings. The fridge was stocked with only the finest champagne. It is expensive and worth a stay. I would encourage every person to spend a night here just for the experience. The property has many restaurants serving a wide variety of food and rare wines.  The gym was excellent and there is also a squash court available. Guests are also welcome to use the wild wadi water park at no cost. The warm hospitality is excellent. This hotel was like visiting another planet. I will recommend you to pay a visit when you are in Dubai.

Keywords – Dubai, fourth tallest hotel, artificial island, Jumeirah beach, escorted,  gold leaf trimmings, wild wadi water park, champagne, private curving bridge.

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Hydropolis under water hotel

At a rough cost of UK£300 million, this jaw-dropping engineering challenge will allow guests to get a true taste for the peace and beauty of underwater life - and at a projected price tag of up to USD$5500 per night for a room, you'd certainly be hoping that life is much better down where it's wetter.

Guests and visitors will arrive at the land station, on Dubai's Jumeirah Beach, where they can view a high-tech cinema presentation on the evolution of aquatic life and underwater architecture. The wave-shaped land station will be stunning to look at in its own right, and it will house Hydropolis staff, marine biology research labs, a conference center, parking and even a cosmetic surgery practice.

At the bottom level lays a 515-metre long tunnel, which takes guests by silent, automatic train out past the shoreline to where the underwater hotel itself lies. While all 220 of the hotel's bubble-shaped suites lie on the floor of the Persian Gulf, 66 feet (20 metres) under the surface of the water, the twin domes of the hotel's concert auditorium and ballroom will break through the surface. The ballroom's retractable roof will allow guests to enjoy open-air events, with panoramic views of the coastline and the Dubai skyline when the weather's fine - which, being Dubai, will be almost all of the time.

The Hydropolis will be well-looked after in emergencies - a series of watertight doors will allow management to completely seal off entire sections of the complex in the case of a rupture and in anticipation that such an extravagant project might be a terrorist target, the complex will have its own missile defense system.

The Hydropolis Group's Executive Chariman, Joachim Hauser, assembled a team of offshore and submarine construction specialists to design and build the Hydropolis. It is under construction and is likely to be open in the near future.

Keywords – Hydropolis, terrorist target, Persian Gulf, Jumeirah Beach, engineering challenge

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