Palm Islands in Dubai

The palm islands are constructed by Nakheel Properties, a property developer in the United Arab Emirates. The Island has a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centers. The Palm Islands are located off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 520 kilometers of beaches to the city of Dubai.

There are over 100 luxury hotels, exclusive residential beach side villas, apartments, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls and sports facilities in the Island. In the year 2012, the first phase of four theme parks will open here. These theme parks will be operated by the Busch Entertainment Corporation.

Tourist come rushing here throughout the year. Shopping price is reasonable in the Island. People come here for leisure ride and for beaches. Sea food is prepared in traditional style and served here. Although it is expensive to pay a visit, it is worth to consider.

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Hydropolis under water hotel

At a rough cost of UK£300 million, this jaw-dropping engineering challenge will allow guests to get a true taste for the peace and beauty of underwater life - and at a projected price tag of up to USD$5500 per night for a room, you'd certainly be hoping that life is much better down where it's wetter.

Guests and visitors will arrive at the land station, on Dubai's Jumeirah Beach, where they can view a high-tech cinema presentation on the evolution of aquatic life and underwater architecture. The wave-shaped land station will be stunning to look at in its own right, and it will house Hydropolis staff, marine biology research labs, a conference center, parking and even a cosmetic surgery practice.

At the bottom level lays a 515-metre long tunnel, which takes guests by silent, automatic train out past the shoreline to where the underwater hotel itself lies. While all 220 of the hotel's bubble-shaped suites lie on the floor of the Persian Gulf, 66 feet (20 metres) under the surface of the water, the twin domes of the hotel's concert auditorium and ballroom will break through the surface. The ballroom's retractable roof will allow guests to enjoy open-air events, with panoramic views of the coastline and the Dubai skyline when the weather's fine - which, being Dubai, will be almost all of the time.

The Hydropolis will be well-looked after in emergencies - a series of watertight doors will allow management to completely seal off entire sections of the complex in the case of a rupture and in anticipation that such an extravagant project might be a terrorist target, the complex will have its own missile defense system.

The Hydropolis Group's Executive Chariman, Joachim Hauser, assembled a team of offshore and submarine construction specialists to design and build the Hydropolis. It is under construction and is likely to be open in the near future.

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