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Burj Al Arab (Arab Sail), a luxury hotel located in Dubai




The Burj Al Arab (known as "Arab Sail") is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the third tallest building in the world used exclusively as a hotel. The Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) out from Jumeirah beach, and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. It is an iconic structure, designed to symbolize Dubai's urban transformation and to mimic the sail of a ship.


阿拉伯塔,也被稱為帆船飯店或音譯為柏瓷飯店,是一幢位於阿拉伯聯合大公國迪拜的豪華飯店,全高321米,它矗立於離沙灘岸邊280公尺遠的波斯灣內的人工島上,僅由一條彎曲的道路連結陸地。曾是世界上最高的飯店建築,最近高度已被平壤在建的柳京饭店(330米)和同在迪拜的玫瑰大厦(333米)超过。

飯店始建於1994年,并於1999年12月對外開放。其外型酷似單桅三角帆船(一種阿拉伯船),並特意安置於不會讓建築陰影覆蓋海灘的位置。飯店的頂部設有一個由建築的邊緣伸出的懸臂樑結構的停機坪。


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