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The view of the Emirates Palace Hotel from above tells you more than a visit to the hotel itself. The hotel cost over $3 billion to build, and costs over $700 per night. Water is a precious resource in the desert, and I can only imagine what it costs to keep the lush surroundings of the hotel looking so green.
We wandered around inside the hotel, meandering through the endless tiled hallways with their beautiful seating areas and museum-like displays of ancient artifacts from all over the world. The architecture inside is impressive, and there is supposedly an ATM inside that dispenses gold, but we weren’t all that impressed. I would hope the rooms are impeccable for what they charge..jpg)
The waters have a striking green color, though the sky is dusty and colorless. Even at sunset the sky just appeared a dusty grey color, the sun reduced to a white orb floating in the sky. Hardly as impressive as the purple and pink hued sunset we watched from the airport in Oman during our layover.
Again, think of the water bill for maintaining the luxurious gardens on this property.The hazelnut cake we enjoyed at the Observation Deck is Abu Dhabi opulence in food form. It tasted like the love child of a Toblerone bar and a jar of Nutella. It was incredibly rich, decadent, and you only needed about ten bites to feel satisfied (though I must admit we finished all of it – so delicious.)That about sums up our short visit to Abu Dhabi: It was fascinating to see, totally over the top, and we only needed one day. Satisfied with our stopover, we departed ready to explore Jordan.
