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What It’s Like to Stay at Atlantis the Royal, Dubai’s Most Ultraluxury Hotel
Beyoncé broke the internet here. And you just might fall into a water feature. But don’t you dare just stay in your room.
The living room in a Sky Terrace suite.
Source: Atlantis
From the moment you step through the front entrance, Atlantis the Royal puts on a show. Water pours down inside glass walls, while fire periodically flashes up. The pressure to post to Instagram is immediate, because you’ve arrived at the self-titled “most ultraluxury” resort in the world.
This isn’t the world, though. It’s Dubai, where “ultraluxury” has a specific meaning and nouveau riche aesthetics are giddily embraced. Wealth like this was made to flaunt, not accrue silently in savings accounts. Ultraluxury is over-the-top, clad with gold and marble.