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Still the tallest building in the world? The tower “Burj Dubai” in (where else, dooh?!) Dubai. Dunno, that changes so fast
But it was fascinating to watch them guys work on that thing (laying in the shade, right at the pool with a drink that is )

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Also named “The Palace” or “Old town".
Don’t let the names fool you.
In Dubai is no City Center and no such thing as old town
The people delegating the money around in Dubai just decided last year that every city in the West seems to have an old part of town and they needed one too. So they distributed a couple of millions of Dollars into this project.
Seems to work, it looks nice so far - not really old, but it’s a nice try
(We got that information from one of the guys working in the Hotel)

A quick shot out of the cab - Hotel entrance

Entrance Hall - Flower fountain

A big Bar area with outside balcony

The Sofitel sure as heck is worth the money you pay.
It’s a beautiful complex, with lots of flowers, green and fountains.
I’m not a big fan of huge steel buildings.
Even though it is still surrounded by construction Sites you barely hear anything of that.
Our room was nice, big and quiet. Internet wireless and free of charge, connection quite alright.

Hotel room

Hotel room

The bathroom - toilet with door and bathtub plus extra shower

The balcony

The “lake” as seen from our balcony

The service at any part of the Hotel awesome. Attentive and friendly.
The food is excellent and the value for your money is good.

They have one Restaurant with all kinds of food, an Argentinian Restaurant and a bar - all three with an Air conditioned inside area and tables outside. The whole Hotel is Non-smoking inside, except for certain Hotel rooms.
The main Restaurant has a Shisha service and the Pool has it’s own Bar.

The garden, before getting to the Pool and main Restaurant - smells delicious!

The outside area of the main Restaurant

The Pool & a cold drink

Shisha service

I would not want to stay anywhere else if I would go to Dubai again (no, I don’t have any stock in the company, even though I worked for Accor for a few years )