Dubai - Burj Al-Arab

The Burj Al-Arab is the world's tallest hotel, standing 321m high, and located on its own artificial island on the Dubai coastline. The Burj Al-Arab Hotel was designed to resemble a billowing dhow sail. At night, the exterior of the Burj Al-Arab is a sight to behold as the choreographed colored lighting show changes every 30 minutes.

Burj Al-Arab is an architectural masterpiece, an ambitious undertaking by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed that opened in 1999. It is the world's tallest structure with a membrane façade, the outer wall is made of a woven, Teflon-coated fiberglass cloth.

One of the restaurants in the Burj Al-Arab (Al Muntaha meaning "highest") is located 200m above the Persian Gulf and is accessed by a panoramic elevator. Another restaurant (Al Mahara, Arabic for "The Oyster") is accessed via a simulated submarine voyage and features a large seawater aquarium.

The Burj Al-Arab is a luxury hotel with 202 duplex suites, these are not ordinary rooms. It is one of the most expensive hotels in the world to stay in with the least expensive suites ranging from $1,000 to over $6,000 a night and the most expensive suites can cost over $15,000 a night.

The interior of the Burj Al-Arab is exquisite with dancing fountains, swirling carpet designs, plenty of gold trim, enormous aquariums and an atrium that could hold the Dubai World Trade Center.