Posted by spongebob_27
http://burj-alarab.blogspot.com/
the best hotel in the world
Posted by procterdc
Welcome to esato spongebob, hotel sure looks nice, bit pricey probably lol
Posted by deepsme
Wasn't this recently declared as the tallest in the world aswell??
Posted by PeterKay
No, its not that tall, been there myself.
Dubai are creating or have created a new building which will be the tallest.
Posted by dicky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai
Posted by PeterKay
Cheers Dicky, as i thought, under construction:
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Posted by MWEB
Eventual hight "secret"
imagine getting THAT one past your local town hall planning dept over here.
Posted by fatreg
I've been to the Burj too
and the Jumeriah Beach hotel.. the accompanying hotel that looks like a wave, whereas the Burj is a sail...
Posted by >500
that hotel shown has a tennis court on the top correct? remember seeing it in the paper where Federer was playing some one or something.
and afaik, tallest hotel is in Thailand, any one confirm that? i did go there a few yrs back, was the tallest then, quite scary up top
Posted by dicky
Posted by mustafabay
@>5000 no that match was just a publicity thing it actually is a heli-pad.
And I guess its not too hard to get it past the city council if you want to. The city council obviousely knows the height but won't tell anyone.
Posted by deepsme
Oh yeah burj dubai..just got confused with the names...btw for guys who've been to dubai..hows the temperature over there? too hot,too cold
and is the city expensive like london and all??
Posted by >500
ahhh, yeah i know there is a helipad there, saw it on Emirates Airline commercial.
would have been risky playing on that court, too bad if you fell off
Posted by kk.226
Don't think it was ever the tallest building... But I think the tallest Hotel.
My aunt and uncle stayed there for their anniversary... cost about £3,000 for the night.
Posted by fatreg
talking of that game on top of the heli pad..
has anyone seen the pics of Tiger Woods hitting a golf ball off the top and also Andre Agassi serivng a ball off the heli pad?
well.. they were both taken by none other than tmagberry.....
Posted by Adz21
pics here of Andre Agassi and Roger Federer playing tennis on it.....
http://gargles.net/tennis-on-the-burj/
and tiger woods here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportac[....]tos/newsid_3529000/3529019.stm
Posted by PeterKay
Wicked pics.
Posted by PeterKay
another pic:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6910536.stm
Posted by Kwiksta
PeterKay,
Staying at this hotel must've set you back a lot
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Posted by Adz21
its weird seeing such massive buildings surrounded by nothing.... Spiderman would be shite there
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Posted by PeterKay
lol
@kwiksta, correct u are indeed.
Posted by Kwiksta
Lucky guy. Was it worth the price?
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Posted by fatreg
defo is worth the price...
defo defo..
pillow menu, own butler, I'd go back again
also.. can we make completely sure we all get the difference..
Burj Al Arab - The worlds only 7 star hotel, looks like a sail.
Burj Dubai - going to be the tallest building in the world, also... the height in undisclosed as it means they can keep making it taller to ensure it is the tallest in the world
also.......
the Burj Dubai won't be around nothing, it's being built in downtown Dubai close to Bur Dubai where all the hotels are, it's not going to be that far from the Emirates shopping mall or the Ibn Batutta mall either...
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Posted by Kwiksta
Oops - sorry fatreg! didn't see your post on the first page.
Very lucky guys indeed
I have seen pictures of the inside and it was a beauty!
Kwiksta
Posted by fatreg
the inside is very opulent indeed.. gold gold and more gold!!
Posted by PeterKay
Burj al Arab inside is stunning!
love the massive fish tank, and fountains!!
Posted by Adz21
i know it wont be around nothing been that Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world it just looks odd now.
crazy picture taken in the late 80's despite bbc saying 91. then one in 2005! Its crazy how fast the city has grown.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/share[....]dubai0_then_and_now/html/1.stm
there is an amazing website here of dubai in the 70's
http://www.anitavanderkrol.com/frame.php?id=6932
its an amazing place,id love to go but my wallet isn't that fat
Posted by fatreg
oh! it's changed an unbelievable amount. even in the last 9 years I've been.. when I first went HRC in Dubai was a good 10 mins outside of city centre in the middle of nowhere and now it is slap bang in the centre of town in what can only be described as gotham city, for those of you that have been you will know what I mean by gotham city!!
it's not that expensive to go.. what £500 for a week?
Posted by haynesycop
I'm soooooo going next year just looking for somewhere in September if possible, looks stunning. PK you must be super super rich is all i'll say.
Posted by fatreg
book flights in Jan with BA miss C and you will be well away...
i never book flights until the last minute!
Posted by haynesycop
Will do my best, was going to try and get a package deal really. Will try BA for New York flights though deffo!
Posted by fatreg
Channel 5 tonight 8pm...
super structures...
all about the palm in Dubai..
will be worth a watch
Posted by pmerryman
What sort of price for a week in the Sail looking hotel are we looking at?
Posted by PeterKay
On 2007-07-23 19:53:30, fatreg wrote:
Channel 5 tonight 8pm...
super structures...
all about the palm in Dubai..
will be worth a watch
Booked.
Posted by fatreg
you can do it off peak for £600 a night....
list is £1000 a night...
www.burj-al-arab.com
Posted by amnesia
Doha have announced that they'll be building a taller building soon
I think it'll be called "Spiral"
on a side note:
You can get cheap deals with great service on Qatar Airways to Dubai.
(Travelocity and other price comparison sites don't seem to show the real deals)
Go to http://www.qatarairways.com to check.
edit: Oh and people have been talking about the Palm in Dubai, but don't forget Qatar has 'The Pearl'
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Posted by fatreg
it really is stunning pmerryman....
Posted by pmerryman
What exactly do you get in with the price for £600 a night?
It does look nice, but that is a lot of money.
Posted by KingBooker5
lol the pics of the tennis look cool. But what happens if you hit the ball of it? lol if I was playing the game would last a minute, not because of my brilliance at the sport ofcourse
, I would proberly smack it so hard it goes flying of!
I so wish we get a daredevil who rides a motorcycle of that tennis bit!
Posted by amnesia
that's not really a tennis court, it's a helipad. It was converted to a tennis court temporarily for the publicity shots.
Posted by amnesia
I just noticed that Doha tower is not in that picture of skyscrapers.
It's 570 meters. that's 1870 feet (makes it the second highest)
Posted by JK
Isnt there a Mubaruk "Kabir" hotel thats the highest??
Lemme google!
Posted by chrisfirst
Take a look of these, just to see clear:
http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Burj-Al-Arab-20070723