Climbing the tallest building in the world - the Burj Khalifa in Dubai! How much is the excursion to the observation deck? Where to buy tickets and how to save money? Read our review and tips.
Interesting Facts
- 829 meters away - the height of the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai.
- 163 - number of floors.
- 18 m / s - elevator speed (according to other sources - 10 m / s). The elevator rises to the 124th floor in a minute, the car has a display with a floor count.
It seems that during the construction of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the Arabs decided to collect all the titles of "the most": this is the tallest ground structure in the history of mankind, the building with the largest number of floors, the fastest elevator, the highest observation deck, and so on.
The dream of almost all tourists in Dubai is to climb this luxurious and breathtaking building. True, no one will let ordinary mortals reach the very top. The maximum height available for tourists is 555 meters, or 148th floor. But the most visited floors are 124 and 125 (456 meters). Observation platforms are located on these three floors. At the top and At the top skywhere tickets are sold.
Burj Khalifa is a city within a city: there are offices, apartments, hotels, restaurants, shopping centers and so on. In front of the building is the famous dancing fountain, which draws crowds with its performances. The skyscraper is adjacent to the equally famous shopping center Dubai Mall.
Where to buy Burj Khalifa tickets in Dubai
There are two ways to buy tickets:
- On the official website: tickets cost from 135 dirhams, the website is in English. You can also buy tickets for the 148th floor or choose a combo with an aquarium and others.
- On the Sputnik service: tickets cost the same 135 dirhams, but the site is in Russian, so it's easier to buy tickets here. They also sell combo tickets with a visit to the aquarium.
We bought combo tickets: climbing the 124th and 125th floors of the Burj Khalifa + aquarium. For two, it turned out 390 dirhams.
Here are the ticket prices for Burj Khalifa on the official website:
Tips for buying tickets and visiting
Buy tickets for Burj Khalifa in advance, and not at the ticket office in Dubai Mall - so much cheaper! After payment, the voucher will be sent to your email. It must be printed out and exchanged for a ticket at the checkout.
What time to choose. If you want to visit the skyscraper in the daytime, we advise you to take tickets for 8:30 or 9:00 - there are still few people at this time. At 10 and 11 in the morning, the sites are already overcrowded: all the glasses are covered with tourists taking selfies, someone is broadcasting live on Instagram, queues are lining up.
Prime time from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm is the most popular time (and the most expensive tickets). You can see the sunset, the dancing fountain and the lights of the night city. However, can you imagine how crowded the venues are? And the fountain is beautiful from below. If you really want to look at the fountain off the ground, go up to the Apple Store balcony in Dubai Mall.
Arrive early. We arrived in half an hour and were launched earlier. In the daytime and in the evening, it is better to arrive at least an hour in advance, since there is a queue to the ticket office and separately to the elevator.
How to get to Burj Khalifa in Dubai
The exact address of the skyscraper is 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, Dubai. You can get there by metro to the station Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall... Then follow the signs to Dubai Mall - along the covered walkway. At the mall, follow the signs for Burj Khalifa again. Next, you will reach the ticket office and go up to the elevator.
The elevator has a small queue, about 10 people each. In a minute, you will climb to the 124th floor, where there is an open terrace with glazed walls. There is also an observation deck on the 125th floor, but it is closed. We were not on the 148th floor.
Hotel in Burj Khalifa in Dubai
If you want to chic, then check into the 5-star (who would doubt it) Armani Hotel Dubai. It occupies 11 floors of a skyscraper. He has excellent reviews and a rating - 9 out of 10. Double standard costs only 35,000 rubles! You can buy a tour to this hotel on Level.Travel, and in order not to pay too much, learn 7 ways to buy a tour cheaper.
Our review of the skyscraper
Is it worth visiting? Certainly! It's expensive, but you won't regret it. It is so high that it hurts your neck when you look at it. To take a photo of a skyscraper, you have to contrive.
If you don't like being in a crowd, come early in the morning - we did just that. After 10 a.m. haze appears and visibility decreases. It is beautiful at sunset and at night, but expensive and a lot of people. Someone in the reviews complained that the night view is inferior to the morning one - the lights are like lights, the view is almost like from an airplane window.
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Photo of Burj Khalifa in Dubai
