Address Sky View Dubai – the infinity pool opposite the Burj Khalifa, and what’s actually in the building next door

If you’ve been to Dubai even once, you’ve seen the photo: a person floating in an infinity pool while the Burj Khalifa fills the entire background. That photo is from Address Sky View. Not Atlantis, not a rooftop bar, not some Photoshopped fever dream — it’s a real infinity pool on the 54th floor of a real hotel in Downtown Dubai that gives you an unobstructed Burj Khalifa view at eye-level-ish from a pool chair. The vlog does the full thing: Club Burj View room, pool visits at multiple times of day, the Sky Views Observatory and glass slide in the same building, and the Burj Khalifa observation deck itself. Plus dinner at Burj Club, the Dubai Fountain show, breakfast, and checkout. Let me break down what actually matters.

The room: Club Burj View Room King with Lounge Access, 62 sqm. Cost: 2,959.08 AED (~$805.70 USD), taxes included. That’s a remarkably competitive rate for what you’re getting, and it includes Club Lounge access which, as the vlog shows, substantially changes the value proposition.

What Address Sky View actually is

Two towers connected by a glass skybridge, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill — the same firm that designed the Burj Khalifa itself. Tower 1 is 264 meters and primarily residential. Tower 2 is 235 meters and houses the hotel, restaurants, the Sky Views Observatory, and the skybridge infinity pool. The infinity pool and the observation deck are both suspended between and above the towers at different heights. Tower 1 has 60 floors, Tower 2 has 55. The hotel portion is 169 rooms; there are an additional 551 residential apartments in the complex. It opened in January 2020, was sold to Evergreen Hospitality for AED 750 million (~$204 million) about a year after opening, and is operated by Address Hotels + Resorts (Emaar’s hospitality brand).

The location is Downtown Dubai, on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, directly adjacent to Dubai Mall and roughly 200 meters from the Burj Khalifa’s base. Metro access: Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall station on the Red Line, 5 minutes on foot. This is one of the genuinely best-connected locations in Dubai — you’re walking distance from the mall, the fountain, the Burj, and the metro to everywhere else.

The room — Club Burj View King, 62 sqm

The vlog spends proper time on the room tour and it earns the attention. At 62 sqm (~667 sqft), this is significantly larger than what “hotel room” conjures in most people’s heads. Floor-to-ceiling windows. The view is exactly what the name promises: the Burj Khalifa from your room window, unobstructed. In a city where half the hotels claim “Burj Khalifa views” and deliver a slice of the top third of the tower from 45 degrees off-axis, this is the genuine article.

The Club room designation upgrades the standard Burj View room by adding access to the Club Lounge — which is where the real value of this rate category becomes clear. The vlog visits the lounge multiple times and the pattern that emerges is consistent with what reviewers say: lunch there, afternoon tea on the balcony watching the Burj Khalifa, and an included breakfast that is genuinely excellent. One reviewer called the vegetable biryani at the club lounge “one of the best things we ate in Dubai,” which is a specific enough claim to be meaningful. The afternoon tea with the Burj Khalifa backdrop on the lounge balcony is one of those experiences that sounds like marketing copy and turns out to be exactly as atmospheric as described.

Standard hotel amenities throughout: walk-in shower, bathtub, double vanity, Emaar-branded toiletries. The breakfast spread — covered in the vlog — is wide, well-executed, and includes the kind of variety that makes you stay at the table longer than planned. Some reviewers have flagged the breakfast ordering process (specifically eggs) as occasionally slow or disorganized; the vlog sequence confirms this is variable rather than systematic.

The 54th floor infinity pool — Alto 54

This is why people book this hotel. The pool is technically named Alto 54 and sits on the skybridge connecting Tower 1 and Tower 2. Hotel guests get access included. Non-guests can access it through the CÉ LA VI restaurant dining experience — but the pool itself is exclusively for hotel guests. The Monday-Friday non-guest pool access via Deck Too on the ground level is a separate, lower pool (200 AED on weekdays, 320 AED on weekends, with food credit).

What the actual experience is like, per the vlog covering it at multiple times:

Daytime: The 360-degree city views include the Burj Khalifa directly in front of you, Dubai Mall and the fountain complex below, and the broader Downtown and Sheikh Zayed Road skyline in every other direction. The “impressive height makes even the largest Dubai skyscrapers look small” comparison is accurate — from this altitude, buildings that are themselves 40+ stories look like background texture. The pool is adults-only (18+), heated, and has cabanas available. Sun loungers around the perimeter. Pool bar with service. The pool never gets described as extremely crowded, which is a function of the hotel’s boutique scale — 169 rooms means maybe 300 guests maximum, not all of whom want to be at the pool at the same time.

Evening: This is the version to schedule. As the sun drops behind the skyline and the Burj Khalifa begins its nightly light sequence, the pool becomes something genuinely extraordinary. The fountains below start their shows (every 30 minutes in the evening, visible from the pool level). The city lights reflect across the water. Multiple reviewers describe this as a “magical, almost surreal” atmosphere and the vlog footage at this hour makes the case better than words can. If you’re staying here, plan an evening pool session specifically for sunset and the hour after.

Sky Views Observatory — same building, different ticket

The vlog covers the Sky Views Observatory on the 52nd and 53rd floors of Tower 2, which is in the same building as your hotel room. You do not get this included as a hotel guest — it’s a separately ticketed attraction with its own entrance. Which is slightly odd logistically but makes sense commercially since it’s marketed as a standalone Dubai attraction independent of the hotel stay.

What the observatory actually is

Level 52: A 46-meter glass floor walk at 219.5 meters above ground. You’re standing on transparent glass with Downtown Dubai visible beneath your feet. The Burj Khalifa is right there. For people who’ve done glass floors before, this is a good one. For people who haven’t and have any height sensitivity at all, it’s more than enough.

Level 53: The glass slide. A transparent tube running around the exterior of the tower connecting Level 53 to Level 52. The drop takes roughly 5 seconds. The experience itself is brief enough that reviewers consistently flag it as shorter than expected — some have called it more of a “kids’ slide” than an adrenaline attraction. It’s still fun and the transparent construction means you’re essentially hurtling through open air with Dubai visible on all sides for those five seconds. Know what you’re booking: this is not a 30-second slide, it’s a 5-second one. The glass floor is actually more impressive as a sustained experience.

There’s also the Edge Walk — a hands-free walk along the building’s exterior perimeter — as an additional paid add-on if you want the full adrenaline version. The vlog covers the observatory properly and the views of the Burj Khalifa from this height, with the pool and skybridge visible below you, give a perspective of the whole complex you can’t get from anywhere else.

Sky Views tickets and pricing

• Observatory only (general admission, adult): AED 89
• Observatory + Glass Slide: AED 105 (or roughly €15-16 through third-party booking platforms)
• Edge Walk add-on: separate charge on top
• Combo with Burj Khalifa At The Top: available and saves money if you’re doing both

Book online in advance rather than at the counter — you’ll save time on queuing and the online pricing is typically the same as or lower than counter rates. Timed entry slots apply.

The Burj Khalifa — At The Top observation deck

The vlog goes here properly and at length, which is correct because it’s the Burj Khalifa and one of the things Dubai does better than anywhere else on earth is deliver on the scale of this building in person. It opened in January 2010, stands 828 meters on 163 occupied floors (206 total including antenna), and was designed by Adrian Smith of SOM. The observation decks are the At The Top experience on floors 124 and 125, and the premium At The Top SKY on floor 148.

Level 124 and 125 — At The Top

Level 124 is the main observation floor at 452 meters: floor-to-ceiling glass, high-powered telescopes, 360-degree views of the city, the Arabian Gulf, and on clear days the desert extending toward Abu Dhabi. Level 125 is reached by stairs from 124 and adds an open-air terrace — wind-exposed, genuinely above the cloud cover on overcast days, the feeling of standing above the city rather than looking at it through glass. VR pods let you virtually “climb” to the very top if that’s your thing.

Level 148 — At The Top SKY

The premium experience at 555 meters — the highest observation deck accessible to visitors on the world’s tallest building. Quieter than 124/125 (30-minute time limit keeps crowds rotating through rather than camping), guided tour with a Guest Ambassador, Arabian coffee and dates in the SKY Lounge. The skip-the-line access is included with this ticket. Reviewers consistently say the premium over the standard ticket is worth paying: fewer people, more space, and the dedicated experience rather than the general-admission crowd.

Burj Khalifa tickets — practical info

• At The Top (124/125), non-prime hours: from AED 169
• At The Top (124/125), prime hours (sunset slots): higher — book online for exact current pricing
• At The Top SKY (includes 124/125/148): premium tier, book well in advance for sunset slots
• Combo ticket with Sky Views Observatory: available through atthetop.ae and saves on both

Book online at atthetop.ae rather than walking up — walk-in tickets exist but the queue at the Dubai Mall counter during peak season is 20+ minutes just to buy, before the elevator wait. Prime-hour (sunset) slots sell out days in advance in high season. Arrive 20-30 minutes before your slot for security and elevator boarding. The elevator is one of the world’s fastest double-deckers — it travels at 10 meters per second and reaches floor 124 in under a minute. No outside food or drinks permitted; large bags must be checked at the counter.

Dinner at Burj Club and the Dubai Fountain show

The vlog has dinner at Burj Club, located on the third floor of the Burj Khalifa with outdoor terrace seating overlooking the Burj Khalifa Lake and fountain. The Dubai Fountain runs synchronized shows every 30 minutes from 1 PM to 1:30 AM daily (shorter daytime shows, full shows from 6 PM), and from a terrace table at Burj Club you’re watching the world’s tallest performing fountain from a prime balcony seat. The fountain reaches up to 500 feet in the air and is set to rotating music programs. The vlog captures this properly — it’s free to watch from the Dubai Mall waterfront, but the Burj Club terrace puts you close enough to feel the spray on a still evening and high enough to see the full arc rather than just the bottom of the jets.

Burj Club is included in some Burj Khalifa ticket combo packages — worth checking the atthetop.ae combinations before booking separately. As a standalone dinner venue, it’s priced at the Dubai premium-waterfront level — budget accordingly.

Getting there, best time to visit, and practical notes

Address Sky View is at Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, Downtown Dubai. The closest metro is Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall on the Red Line — 5 minutes’ walk through air-conditioned mall passages. Taxi from Dubai International Airport takes 20-25 minutes and costs around AED 32 (~$9). Free hotel parking is available if you’re driving.

Best time to visit Dubai: October through April. The summer months (May through September) are genuinely brutal — temperatures above 40°C regularly, outdoor pool use becomes an exercise in tolerance rather than pleasure. November through March is the sweet spot: perfect temperatures, clear skies for Burj Khalifa views, the Dubai outdoor season at its best. December and January see the highest hotel rates and the most visitors.

For the infinity pool specifically, late afternoon into evening is the optimal session — golden hour light on the Burj Khalifa, the fountain shows below, and the city lighting up. Morning has the advantage of being cooler and quieter but misses the evening atmosphere that makes this pool extraordinary rather than just good.

The Marriott angle: Address Hotels + Resorts is an Emaar brand, not Marriott. There are no Bonvoy points or benefits applicable here. It’s bookable through Booking.com, Expedia, and directly. No major loyalty program. The U by Emaar program offers discounts on accommodation and F&B if you’re a member, but this is not a transferable-points situation.

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