QUIERES CONOCER EL BURJ AL ARAB?? EL UNICO HOTEL 7 ESTRELLAS!!

   


   The Burj Al Arab or 'Arab Tower' hotel is today highest structure of this type in the world, located 17 kilometers south of Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and 300 meters from Jumeirah Beach, about articial island one grounded on a road. It is the symbol of the splendor of the Arab world and a State sees tourism as an alternative to counter the consequences of a possible shortage of oil.

   Sheikh Mohamed, was the one who requested the project design, for which demanded the concept of identity and a building that became an icon of Dubai, similar to what happens in the Sydney Opera House, or Paris with the Eiffel Tower.





   The tallest hotel in the world today is the international symbol of Dubai, where the steel elegantly draws a spectacular facade protecting the superstructure of wind and earthquakes.

   Based on accurate information, the design like Mohamed, was designed by architect Tom Wright, who was inspired by the nautical past of the country, simulating a sail of a dhow (type of Arabian vessel) with two wings spread in V for forming a huge mast and give the overall feeling of a class J ultramodern yacht.





   Work began in 1994. It was decided that the hotel would be located in the sea on an artificial island, whose height would a discrepancy over the builders. The architect Tom Wright wanted the island was too low to generate the impression that the sail-like structure rising from the water. Meanwhile Mick Mc Nicolas engineer, responsible for the safety of the island, he saw downside. "Tom wanted the island as low as possible near the sea, I for one wanted to protect her," said the engineer.

The final stage

   It's two years of work and became imperative to start the adequacy of internal long before the exterior was finished, but in a place where the humidity was 100 percent and the temperature could rise up to 49 degrees Celsius, it was impossible step would put the most delicate finishes such as gold leaf and carved wood.

The new challenge of a restaurant in the clouds

   In June 1997, in its final stage Sheikh Mahomet asks a restaurant that seems suspended in the sky looking towards the Arabian Gulf and Dubai. This would make not only the record of being the highest edificio más broke the world but also to give visitors a unique experience on the globe.

   The "Restaurant of the Supreme Celestial Track" as it was called, would rise to 200 meters above sea level and would stand 7 meters either side of the central narrow building.





























The dream of One Thousand and One Nights
   An Arab story in a futuristic world seems to be the defi nition have to enter this wonder where there are only suites; 202 of them are in the range from 1,600 euros to 24,000 euros per night, the latter rate includes cinema

  private, several jacuzzis, rotating beds, 27 telephones, several plasma TVs, private elevator and its own helipad on the 28th floor.

   The wonders of the Moorish decor included as curiosities restaurants extremes: one under the sea level, Al Sahara, overlooking coral reefs where diners can enjoy 700 exotic fish care by an expert team of divers in a tank of 200m3 and at the opposite end overhang Al Muntaha restaurant for dinner literally in the clouds.

   The portfolio is wide: 202 suites, 7 restaurants, sensors for intelligent management of lights, curtains and electronic equipment, personalized service for every traveler, which include private facilities on each floor and an organized brigade of butlers, all kinds of shops and services (hairdressing salons, health center, etc), select bars, golf courses, Spa, swimming pools, fitness center, water park, rent a Rolls Royce, among others. For the most exclusive visitors there is a platform protruding from 330 tons buildin cio more than 200 meters above sea level and serves not only tennis but heliport.


   A wonder that stands proudly in the Persian Gulf showing that ingenuity, creativity and engineering are essential ingredients of this mega structure that not only amazes the world, but that once opened the door to new projects that make Dubai one of the centers leisure and more expensive and luxurious entertainment planet.