Address Downtown
On New Year's Eve 2015, fire tore through this 63-floor tower for hours while a photographer was trapped on the 48th floor, 10 metres from the blaze.
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Completed in September 2008 for AED845 million, this 302.2-metre Emaar tower sits directly beside the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Fountain — the pairing the building's five-star operators consistently cite as its defining feature. Now the twenty-second tallest building in Dubai, it places guests among the closest hotel rooms to both Downtown landmarks.
What to look for
- The Dubai Fountain directly below — the tower's proximity to it is the hotel's stated draw
- Burj Khalifa framed from the upper floors — the two structures anchor the same Downtown Dubai development
- The 20th-floor exterior terrace — where Dubai's Media Office confirmed the 31 December 2015 fire began
Five-star hotel: 196 rooms and 626 serviced apartments.
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More to see in Dubai
- Burj KhalifaHalf a mile of reinforced concrete, straight up — the tallest structure on Earth since 2009.
- Burj al-ArabA hotel shaped like a dhow sail, planted on its own man-made island 280 meters off the beach.
- Dubai MallIn 2023 it drew a record 105 million visitors — up 19 percent year-on-year from the 88 million recorded the year before.
- 23 MarinaFifty-seven swimming pools stacked into one tower — and since 2026, visible war damage on the skyline.
- Palm JumeirahSand and stone stacked on the Persian Gulf to form a palm shape — only legible from the air, and reportedly still sinking 5 mm every year.
- Rose Tower (Rose Rayhaan by Rotana)A 333-metre hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road that actually outreaches the Burj Al Arab — and most people walk past it.