Burj Al Arab – The Most Luxurious Hotel in the World
When thinking about the most luxurious hotel if the Burj Al Arab hotel from Dubai comes to mind then you are right.
While this grand hotel might not be everyone’s cup of tea there is no denying the luxury and opulence that this hotel has.
24/7 there will always be someone by your side to cater to your every need.
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The exuberant interior might not be for everyone, especially if you think that gold leafs, leopard upholstery or embroidered things aren’t for you, but you can’t deny that it just screams opulence.
But it’s not necessarily the way it looks that makes it better than the rest, it’s the way you are treated from even before you arrive and up until you leave that is just perfect.
According to forbes.com, if you’re a guest at Burj Al Arab, the moment you arrive at the airport you get swept off your feet by a white Rolls Royce — that is, if you decide not to arrange a helicopter transfer from the Dubai International Airport and land on the rooftop of the hotel (on the helipad at 212 meters (696 feet) above sea level where Roger Federer once played).
By the time your chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce crosses a bridge to the man-made island the hotel is built on, you will notice that this architectural gem of a hotel offers quite a sight.
Structured in the shape of a billowing Arabian dhow sail in a nod to the country’s seafaring heritage, Burj al Arab has become a symbol of Dubai just as the Statue of Liberty is to New York and the Eiffel Tower is to Paris.
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There’s nothing usual about this building, as it’s founded on sand, not on rock. It’s standing at 280 meters (920 feet) tall on 250 concrete columns, each of 1.5 meters in diameter, that go 45 meters (148 feet) under the sea.
If you get dizzy at the thought of these columns holding up the entire building, you’ll quickly be distracted by the lavish interior.
The marble adorning over 258,000 square feet of walls and flooring are the rarest (and most precious found in Italy) Statuario marble — the kind used by Michelangelo to create his masterpieces.
Whether or not it’s your cup of tea, it’s hard not to be blown away by the sheer luxury. Call it flashy, bold, over-the-top if you wish, but you don’t often come across such richness thrown at you. All that glitters is actually gold at Burj Al Arab.
Real 24-carat gold leaf covers approximately 22,000 square feet of the interior, including the TV screens.
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