The Emirates Palace – Abu Dhabi
The Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi is
a piece of art that cost US$ 3 billions and makes it the world’s
most expensive hotel ever built. It was opened on the 26th
April 2005 and is operated by the giant company of Kempinski
Hotels and Resorts.
The design is simply beautiful with a lot
of traditional Arabian elements and features. The building is 1
km long and made of 3 connected elements. The Grand Atrium dome
is finished with silver and golden mosaics and a golden finial.
The Archway of the hotel (covered in
Italian stone) is bigger than the Arc de Triomph in Paris. Inside
the hotel you will find over 1 million sq feet of Italian,
Spanish, Chinese and Indian marble which shine under 1002
Swarovski Crystal chandeliers.
The very elegant Emirates Palace offers
its guests:
346 ultra-luxury rooms
Private butler service/guest
600 acres of exotic parks and over 8000
trees
Private heliport
Middle East’s most sophisticated
convention center
Official guest palace for the government
of Abu Dhabi which consists of three-bedroom suits for heads of
states and their entourages
1000 staff members and 40 different
nationalities
1 mile-long of Abu Dhabi’s most beautiful
sandy beach
Roses are everywhere, in the rooms and in
the public areas of the hotel (20,000 roses everyday)
2 extensive landscaped pools
2 spas
20 restaurants
Do you need to know more? For more
information
emiratespalace@kempinski.com
And if you decide to visit this jewel, pls
let me hear about your experience and send me a post card. |
