Atlantis, The Palm – pictures and statistics

The Independent has a very interesting review and some breathtaking pictures of Dubai‘s newly opened water themed Atlantis, The Palm hotel which should be linked to the monorail by next year.

The main tank of the Atlantis Hotel, Dubai

The main tank of the Atlantis Hotel, Dubai

Random statistics about Atlantis, The Palm

$1.5bn – cost of the Atlantis development
18 million – litres of water in Aquaventure waterpark
11 million – litres of water in the central fish tank of the Ambassador Lagoon
15,000 – meals expected to be served per day
£14,000 – cost per night in the Bridge Suite
6,000 – litres of ice-cream expected to be consumed per month
3,500 – staff
1,539 – rooms
550 – chefs
218 – lifeguards
27 – treatment rooms in the spa
17 – restaurants
15 – minutes room service can reach the furthest room in the complex within
4 – celebrity chefs
2.7 – kilometres. The length of the rapids circuit flumes in Aquaventure waterpark
2 – Lost Chambers suites that share a wall with the fish tank
1 – whale shark in main tank
0.5 – tonnes of seafood expected to be consumed per day

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Atlantis is a unique place for superlatives , the under water zoo has more than 65000 under water species plus the beach with leather sun beds are outstanding

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