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Places to Stay

PRICE CATEGORIES hotel distract you. There’s
For a standard, double room per night (with breakfast a wonderful interior
if included), taxes and extra charges. rainforest garden with
dhow bottoms embedded
D Under AED 600 DD AED 600–1500 in the ceiling and a variety
DDD Over AED 1500
of bars and restaurants.
Luxury City Hotels one of the two landmark The Palace
in Dubai Emirates Towers. The MAP C6 • Downtown
spectacular lobby is a Burj Khalifa • 04 428
Dusit Thani sight in its own right, while 7888 • www.theaddress.
MAP C6 • Sheikh Zayed the attached Boulevard com • DDD
Rd • 04 343 3333 • www. mall has several good Overlooking the Dubai
dusit.com • DD places to eat. Fountain, this luxurious
What sets the Dusit apart offering is designed in
is its gentle welcoming Radisson Blu Hotel lavish mock-Arabian
Thai hospitality, from the MAP L2 • Baniyas Rd, style. Facilities include
“Sawadee-ka” greeting Deira • 04 222 7171 three international
to the Thai canapés. The • www.radissonblu.com restaurants, a spa
spacious rooms cater well DD and excellent business
•
to the business traveller, The oldest five-star in facilities. Despite its
but it’s worth paying extra the city, very centrally close proximity to the
for Club Rooms. located with comfortable busy Dubai Mall, a stay
rooms and lovely creek here still offers a calm
Fairmont views from small and tranquil experience.
MAP E5 • Sheikh Zayed balconies. The superb
Rd • 04 332 5555 • www. selection of in-house Park Hyatt Dubai
fairmont.com • DD restaurants and bars is MAP E2 • Dubai Creek
Convenient for business, one of the best in the city. Golf and Yacht Club,
shopping and sightseeing, Deira • 04 602 1234
the hotel’s architecture Shangri-La • www.dubai.park.hyatt.
and plush rooms ooze MAP C5 • Sheikh Zayed com • DDD
elegance and style. Rd • 04 343 8888 • www. This beautiful white
shangri-la.com • DD Moroccan-inspired low-
Grosvenor House One of Dubai’s classiest rise hotel is situated on
MAP B2 • Dubai Marina city hotels, it boasts one of the most sublime
• 04 399 8888 • www. immaculate service and spots on Dubai creek,
grosvenorhouse-dubai. beautifully furnished offering guests idyllic
com • DD rooms designed in views over the marina
Spacious well-appointed contemporary Asian style, and yacht club.
rooms at this swanky plus several excellent
hotel have marina or sea in-house restaurants. Raffles Dubai
views. Guests can use the MAP H6 • Sheikh Rashis
beach and access water Grand Hyatt Dubai Rd • 04 324 8888 • www.
activities at its sister hotel, MAP E2 • Al Qataiyat Rd, raffles.com • DDD
the Royal Meridien. Bur Dubai • 04 317 1234 The Middle East’s first
• www.dubai.grand. Raffles combines
Jumeirah Emirates hyatt.com • DDD warmth and luxury with
Towers This massive property has impeccable service. Its
MAP D6 • Sheikh Zayed marvellous views over enormous rooms have
Rd • 04 330 0000 • www. Creekside Park across great views from the
jumeirahemiratestowers. to the Dubai Creek Golf distinctive Egyptian-style
com • DD and Yacht Club, but it’s pyramid building, which
The city’s most stylish easy to let the myriad gels with the nearby
business hotel occupies attractions within the Wafi shopping complex.

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