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Wow! Great photos! Have you been inside?
Can you post more photos?

Yeah, will post more later tonight hopefully

Sorry the quality isn't that great, but I hope you enjoy looking at these





This is the Palm - Jumeirah




One of the dining rooms at Al Mahara Restaurant:



Al Fallak Ballroom:




Two images from the royal suite:

Amazing stuff!!!
It seems that you were actually staying in Burj Al Arab...
Am I right?

Thanks
Regarding your question, actually no, I didn't stay there

Hm.. strange when I was there, they allowed to take photos only from the ground floor of the hall...

I was told I could take photos as long as I kept the use of the flash to a minimum

I am awestruck by the hotel! It is really one of its kind.

I read somewhere on the net that US$1billion was spent on furnishing the Burj al-Arab that it will take 400 years of full occupancy to just BREAK EVEN.

How can anyone afford even the lowest of US$6000 a night?!

I was there last week and the rate card they gave me showed the lowest room to be around $1500 a night and not $6000 .. however it went up to over $10,000 per night ..

Burj Al Arab was built with one purpose to create a buzz for Dubai and a tourist destination. It worked like a charm ! the money invested in building it was well invested, while the hotel itself might not make the return on investment the publicity/marketing/benefits it bought Dubai is very well worth every penny spent on it

Last couple of times I was there (on business) they were trying to stop tourists from taking photos. They also ban people from taking photos in restaurants.

wanted to add some photos of Burj from my collection, but didn't get how

ive been there and i have loads of pictures but the quality is not good cuz it was at night..every thing is gold plated and as far as i remember they used 9tons of gold in the hotel.

i was trying to scratch the gold plated things hoping that some gold would come in my nails..lol

I just find the whole thing a bit obscene and over the top.

Notice how you never get picturs of the Burj from the sea looking into land? Because it looks like a giant cross!

Amazing pics!!! Ive only seen the outside of the hotel...so getting to view the inside looks breath taking!

ya I read somewhere that the architect who designed burj el arab has always had a dream of making the biggest cross in the golf..

I was there for dinner a few months ago and they let us take photos once most of the other diners had left.