Category: Hotels in Dubai

A club lounge changes the maths of a Dubai hotel stay more than any other upgrade. Pay for a club or executive room and the hotel quietly absorbs costs that otherwise leak out of a trip all day: breakfast in a quiet room instead of the main buffet scrum, coffee and soft drinks whenever you […]

Dubai’s media and tech corridor runs along the southern end of Sheikh Zayed Road, where Media City, Internet City and Knowledge Park pack thousands of offices into a few square kilometres between the Marina and Al Barsha. The hotels that serve it sit mostly in Barsha Heights, the residential tower district locals still call Tecom, […]

Al Barsha is the practical heart of mid-Dubai: a mostly residential grid built around Mall of the Emirates, with Sheikh Zayed Road on one side, the metro on its doorstep and prices that sit well below the beachfront districts either way. Stay here and Ski Dubai is a walk away, the Marina and Palm Jumeirah […]

Dubai is one of the easiest big cities in the world to travel alone. It is safe at street level at almost any hour, the metro and taxis make solo logistics simple, nobody blinks at a table for one, and the hotel scene is full of properties with social lobbies, co-working corners and bars where […]

Every hotel kitchen in Dubai works within the UAE’s food rules, and halal meat is the norm across the city, but halal-friendly travel asks for more than that: certified halal dining you do not have to interrogate, prayer mats and a marked Qibla in the room, alcohol-free surroundings for families who prefer them, modest and […]

A Burj Khalifa view can mean two very different things in Dubai, and the difference matters when you are choosing a room. In Downtown, the closest hotels put the tower directly in front of you, often with the Dubai Fountain dancing on Burj Lake below. A little further away, along Sheikh Zayed Road and in […]

Dubai is a long, spread-out city, and the cost of getting around adds up quickly if every sightseeing trip starts with a taxi. Staying within a short walk of a Metro station changes that maths completely. The Dubai Metro runs the length of Sheikh Zayed Road and out to Deira, Jebel Ali and the marina, […]

Dubai Festival City sits on the eastern bank of Dubai Creek, a self-contained waterfront district where the shopping, dining and evening entertainment all centre on Dubai Festival City Mall and Festival Bay. After dark, crowds gather along the promenade for IMAGINE, the record-breaking show of water screens, lasers, fountains and fire that plays across the […]

Jumeirah is where Dubai first learned to do beach holidays properly. Long before the Palm and the Marina reshaped the coastline, this low, leafy stretch along Jumeirah Beach Road was the address for sea-facing hotels, quiet residential streets, small cafés and an easy walk to the sand. That character still matters. Stay here and you […]

DIFC is where Dubai does business during the day and dines well after dark. Formed in 2004 as a special economic zone, the Dubai International Financial Centre has grown into a top-ten global financial hub off Sheikh Zayed Road, and the streets around Gate Village are lined with galleries, coffee bars and some of the […]