I went inside the most luxurious hotel suite in Dubai, and it was the most extra place I've ever seen

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The Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai bills itself as "the world's most luxurious hotel."

It was labelled the world's first seven-star hotel by a travel journalist after opening back in 1999, and the name has stuck, despite no official classification existing.

The most expensive "room" in the hotel is the Royal Suite, an incredible duplex that costs up to 12,341 per night.

I went to look around the suite, and had never seen anything like it.

The opulent style wasn't to my taste it was verging on tacky in my eyes and the layout seemed slightly odd, but I'd still love to stay there given the chance.

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The Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai bills itself as "the world's most luxurious hotel."

It's quite the claim, but if any city in the world was going to be home to such a hotel, it's Dubai.

Positioned on a man-made island off the coast, the Burj Al Arab is known as the world's first seven-star hotel but the management doesn't actually use that term.

The hotel was described as "seven-star" by a travel writer two decades ago and the label stuck, a spokesperson told Insider.

Seven-star or not, it's undeniably luxurious the Burj Al Arab doesn't have rooms, it has suites. Just 202 of them in fact, which isn't very many considering the size of the hotel.

And the jewel in the crown is the Royal Suite, which has hosted everyone from royalty to Justin Bieber and costs up to 12,341 per night.

While visiting Dubai last month, I was granted access to the suite not to stay in, but to look around and it was even more lavish, opulent, and extra than I'd imagined.

Here's what it's like.The city of Dubai is split up into two main hubs, Downtown and the Marina. The Burj Al Arab is actually a little on its own, in the middle of those two areas. It's still an iconic symbol of the city though, having opened in 1999.

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When you enter the hotel and go past the reception, you take an escalator up to the main lobby which, complete with a fountain and shops, felt like a fancy shopping mall. People were, predictably, taking selfies.

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It's the highest hotel atrium in the world, and you can see all the way up to the top of the hotel.

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