DK Travel - Top 10 Dubai and Abu Dhabi
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Dubai and Abu Dhabi have so much to offer, and you can experience it all, from unique shops, malls, and souks to the finest restaurants and cafes. Luxuriate at the best golf courses, hotels, and spa resorts, or embrace adventure on exciting desert excursions, at local sporting events, or at lively bars and clubs. In addition to traditional historic palaces and mosques, Dubai and Abu Dhabi have amazing modern architecture, and your Top 10 Travel Guide will be your partner in experiencing it all.
True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Dubai and Abu Dhabi covers all the major sights and attractions in easy-to-use top 10 lists that help you plan the vacation thats right for you.
Itineraries help you plan your trip.Top 10 lists feature off-the-beaten-track ideas, along with standbys like the top attractions, shopping, dining options, and more.
Comprehensive laminated pull-out map includes color-coded design, public transportation maps, and street indexes.
Maps of walking routes show you the best ways to maximize your time.
Additional maps marked with sights from the guidebook are shown on inside cover flaps, with selected street index and metro map.
The perfect pocket-size travel companion: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Series Overview: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Top 10s are handy travel guides that take the work out of planning a trip. Packed with amazing ideas, informative maps, insider tips, and useful advice, DKs Top 10 guides lead you to the very best your destination has to offer. The pocket size make these the perfect guide to take on vacation. Discover the history, art, architecture, and culture of your destination through Top 10 lists, from the best museums, bars, and sights to the places to avoid.
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Opened in 2010, the Burj Khalifa is by far the tallest building on the planet (828 m/2,716 ft). Its needle-thin outline soars high above Dubai and is visible from almost 100 km (62 miles) away. The Burj was planned as the centrepiece of the multibillion-dollar Downtown Dubai development, but only when prompted by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed did architects consider making it the tallest building in the world and a true symbol of Dubais towering ambitions.
Burj Khalifa Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, Dubai 04 888 8888 open 8:30am6pm SatThu, 2:308:30pm Fri adm: adults AED 125500; children AED 95500 www.burjkhalifa.ae 
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Armani Hotel 04 888 3888 www.armanihotels.com The Address Downtown 04 436 8888 www.theaddress.com - The two observation decks are on floors 124 and 148. Entrance is via the . Tickets are cheaper for floor 124 if pre-booked online, but prices rise for sunset. Combination tickets for floors 124 and 148 must be pre-booked and also cost more at sunset.
- Visit in the evening to watch the perform to music.
Occupying several of the Burjs lower floors is the worlds first Armani Hotel, showcasing the famous Italian designers chic minimalist style. The hotel boasts some very trendy bars and restaurants, which are open to non-guests for meals and drinks.
Armani Hotel
Interesting displays scattered around the entrance foyer and en route to the observation decks chart the history of the construction of the Burj, commemorating some of the leading figures involved. A display of fascinating photos also show the tower when it was under construction.
The two observation decks offer incredible views for miles around. The views straight down over Downtown Dubai are particularly stunning, with buildings reduced to the size of neat models, clustered around the intense-blue outline of the Burj Khalifa Lake.
On the southern side of Burj Khalifa Lake are and the so-called Old Town. These mark a change in architectural tone from other nearby buildings with low-rise, sand-coloured Arabian-style design.
Souk Al Bahar and Old Town
Dominating the view to the southeast of the Burj Khalifa is the huge Address Downtown hotel, with its unusual semicircular summit. The hotel made world headlines on New Years Eve in 2015, when a huge fire engulfed part of the building. Fortunately no one was badly hurt.
The facade of the Address Downtown
The vast exterior is clad in 26,000 individually hand-cut glass panels set into the aluminium and steel curtain wall. Materials were designed to resist scorching summer temperatures.
The Exterior
Looking north from the observation deck, the view is dominated by Sheikh Zayed Roads long line of spiky skyscrapers, although the height of the Burj means that even the tallest is reduced to relative insignificance.
Looking west from the Burj, the sea is relatively close at hand, with glimpses of the beach and views over the suburb of , with its endless sprawl of low, milky-white villas.
At the far southern end of Jumeirah rises the outline of the hotel. Although its over 10 km (6 miles) away, the hotels size means that its clearly visible. Beyond you can make out the outline of the Palm Jumeirah and the skyscrapers of the marina.
The worlds highest bar and restaurant are on Burj Khalifas 122nd floor. Fine dining and cocktails in the clouds are the theme here (for further details see ).
It has more floors (163) than any other building.
The worlds highest mosque (158th floor) can be found here.
Lifts reach speeds of 10 meters per second.
Over 12,000 people worked on its construction.
A World War II airplane engine was used to test the wind resistance.
It takes three months to clean the windows.
The total aluminum used is equal to five Airbus 380s.
The spire contains over 4,000 tons of steel.
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