Category: Hotels in Dubai

A kids club is not the same thing as a kids pool. A proper club runs supervised activities to a daily schedule, takes children off your hands for a few hours at a time and gives them something to talk about at dinner besides the buffet. Dubai’s best family resorts treat these clubs as a […]

If you are in Dubai for a conference, an exhibition or a trade show, the smartest address in the city is the one that lets you walk to the halls. The Dubai World Trade Centre sits on Sheikh Zayed Road at the edge of DIFC and Downtown, and the hotels around it have one job: […]

Dubai Miracle Garden does not sit in a hotel district. The world’s largest natural flower garden spreads across Dubailand in Al Barsha South, surrounded by the residential communities of Arjan, Jumeirah Village Circle, Motor City and Studio City, and the nearest hotels are the mid-market properties that serve those neighbourhoods. That is good news for […]

Jumeirah Lake Towers is the Dubai neighbourhood many visitors overlook, which is exactly why regulars like it. Built around three lakes opposite Dubai Marina, JLT is a grid of residential and office towers packed with independent cafés, small restaurants and lakeside walking paths, and its hotels charge noticeably less than the beachfront towers a bridge […]

Dubai’s green hotel claims are easier to check than most cities’, because the emirate runs its own audit. The Dubai Sustainable Tourism (DST) stamp, awarded by the Department of Economy and Tourism, scores hotels against 19 sustainability requirements covering energy and water use, waste, purchasing and staff training, and grades them Bronze, Silver or Gold […]

Dubai rarely goes a year without adding a hotel that makes headlines somewhere in the world, and 2025 was a particularly busy one. A superyacht-shaped beach resort opened beside Burj Al Arab, the world’s tallest hotel topped out over Dubai Marina, and a Mandarin Oriental finally arrived Downtown. For visitors planning a trip now, the […]

A shared hotel pool is fine for a quick dip, but it changes the whole pace of a stay when the pool outside your door is yours alone. There is no hunt for a lounger, no set time to swim, and no crowd at sunset. You can start the day with a quiet swim before […]

Dubai does not do ordinary hotel pools. The city has turned the infinity edge into a competition, with water sitting hundreds of metres above the streets, wrapping around towers and framing the Burj Khalifa, the Palm and the Gulf. Some of these pools belong to hotels and are reserved mainly for guests. Others sell timed […]

Global Village does something no other Dubai attraction quite manages: it packs dozens of countries, hundreds of food stalls and a full evening of live shows into one open-air park in Dubailand, on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road. There is one catch for visitors planning a stay around it. There are no hotels inside Global […]

Business Bay is one of the most practical places to stay in Dubai if you want to be close to Downtown without paying Downtown prices on every night of your trip. The neighbourhood runs along the Dubai Water Canal, just behind Sheikh Zayed Road, so Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall and DIFC are all a short […]