Dubai: Jumeirah Palm Island 26.05.2010

Jumeirah Palm Island is an artificial island built in the shape of a palm tree, with narrow fronds radiating from a central trunk.  Along each “frond” are two rows of buildings, with a street down the middle, so that each building has ocean frontage, or perhaps ocean backage.  At the top of the tree sits the Disney-like Atlantis Hotel.  We took a taxi to the hotel, and then came back to the foot of the tree by the newly completed monorail.

In the absence of being able to take a helicopter ride above the island, or even to be able to go up to the top of the hotel, here is a representation of Jumeirah Palm Island from a mosaic in the monorail station.



Atlantis Hotel, Jumeirah Palm Island.
This is the view that visitors would have as they approached the hotel by the monorail.  (We were actually leaving when I took this picture.)


The curved streets along Jumeirah Palm Island were called “Fronds”.



Rich people having fun, Atlantis Hotel.


View of the Atlantis Hotel from the Monorail station as we waited to go back.  Think pink.


As well as being palm shaped, Jumeirah Palm Island is well palmed.


Rich people having more fun, Atlantis Hotel.