Beach - city - haven

One of our most popular hotels for a family beach holiday, One&Only Royal Mirage has a backdrop of skyscrapers, but is a lovely low rise sanctuary with Arabian design, among green lawns and flowers. The beachfront is a whole kilometre long, and there are sparkling swimming pools along with tennis, watersports and more…

There is so much to do at Royal Mirage, so many shops and so many restaurants (nine),  that you don’t need to leave…unless for some adrenalin fun at Aquaventure or to experience the highest building in the world.

One&Only Royal Mirage has three hotels – The Palace (231 rooms), The Arabian Court (172) and The Residence (48) – all with seaviews.

On my recent Dubai visit we called for lunch and hotel inspection. Here are a few of my snapshots…

Delicacies

One&Only Royal Mirage - relaxed lunch

Beachside and healthy

Nice company - Nicolas Messian, Hotel Manager Royal Mirage 

Arabian style amidst palms, lawns, pools and flowers - with a backdrop of glittering Dubai city

Beautiful white sandy beach with view over to The Palm island

Art and opulence - Dubai

Zabeel Saray took three years to build. The owner is Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, son of the Sultan who owns the “seven star” Burj al Arab. The 30 year old Crown Prince of Dubai has put  more gold into Zabeel Saray than his father put into the famed Burj al Arab…

First he just wanted to build the biggest spa in the Middle East; later it became a hotel as well.

Full of magnificence 

Inspired by the palaces of the Ottoman Empire, the opulent Jumeirah Zabeel Saray lies on the beach of the West crescent of Palm island, facing views of the new towering Dubai. All over you are blown away by art, hand painted details, fancy shops and so on. With 405 rooms/suites and 38 grand residences come 10 restaurants giving the tastes of France, Lebanon, Turkey, Vietnam and beyond.

Showing me round...

Katja Graf Director of Sales (right) and
Rachel Cadagat Sales Support Manager

Every fitting perfect

The ceilings are amazing...

Turning your head...

Here is one of the restaurants with hand paintings...

Eating to the theme of Michelangelo

Add to that trendy bars....

Very popular...

...very cool

Luxurious accommodations....

Generous standard rooms (40 SQM)

...with luxury bathrooms

And the spa, a vast 8000 sqm!

Equipment includes, 3 Turkish Hammams, 3 saunas (2 Russian and 1 Finnish), 2 steam rooms, 2 indoor salt water Thalassotherapy heated swimming pools, 2 relaxation lounges with Tepidy beds, 8 hydrotherapy rooms, 8 outdoor spa pavilions, gym, 42 treatment rooms 2 couples’ suites and -  if missing our weather in the North - a snow bath!

Spa reception

Doors into the spa

Relax areas in the spa

A beautiful smile from Guest Relations

Do come back...

Views, shopping, Arabia...

Ritz-Carlton is one of the first beach resorts in Dubai. It has a lovely location next to the Marina with its stunning boats; and there is also great shopping right next to the hotel. You get the best of both worlds: a beautiful low rise building situated among tall skyscrapers. And plenty of atmosphere...

Intimate and personal

A newly renovated wing will open any day, and I was the very first tour operator to have a site inspection…

Stylish and cosy - even the standard room

You can choose to have a view to the lovely bathroom:

Lovely, well-planned ...

Spacious!

View from the balcony

Living room, suite

Four poster bed, suite

Stunning jacuzzi in the bathrooms

The mosaics are beautiful

A very interesting hotel inspection - and I am impressed with where Ritz-Carlton is going.

Afterwards we had a fantastic evening with management - an Arabian buffet by the beach.

With Luca Guerra (left) Director of Sales and Marketing,
 Jay Strokov, Travel Industry Sales Manager and
Fredrik Gyllenhammar (right)

Great atmosphere

Arabic food with magnificent presentation

Dinner and 1001 Arabian nights...

Marvellous Arabian silverware and lamps

A lovely ambience... on the beach in shopper's haven, Dubai.

Luxuries of the Lost City

Visiting Atlantis The Palm, Dubai.

Atlantis is not just for kids. It offers a thrill to grownups who feel like kids, and opulence to top luxury customers. The fantastical resort boasts a huge shopping and restaurant area, a sensational water park (Aquaventure), a vast Aquarium, over 1500 rooms and suites and beaches…

For those who find money no object, there  are seven “super suites”. The extraordinary Royal Bridge Suite  takes  up  924 sqm, but my favourite suites are the 165 sqm underwater suites: with walls of glass revealing the underworld of the magnificent Ambassador Lagoon.

Posing in a Poseidon suite with Saskia Schuller Director
of International Leisure Sales at Atlantis

Your bath tub in the Poseidon suite

The view from your bed.

 
 So peaceful, you lie here watching fishes swim by....

One of the rooms in the Poseidon suite

Altogether there are 1539 guest rooms including 166 suites. Actually families can be very happy here in the opening category rooms.

Even the premier rooms are perfect for families:
2 adults 2 children

Now our  tour continues….

... through the Lost
Chambers aquarium

The Lost Chambers Aquarium is beautiful and houses 65 000 marine creatures. It is magically created along the theme of the Lost city of Atlantis….full of tunnels and other mysteries.

Tour continues:

...the colourful Lost Chambers

And now it is time for dinner. A great choice with 18 restaurants  including internationally renowned Nobu restaurant.

We are treated to gourmet dining at the celebrated French restaurant Rostang.

Food for the eyes

Enjoying great food at Rostang

Delicacies from the sea

Beautiful gazpacho

My favourite - sole and vegetables

So much for kids only in the fantasy world of Atlantis...