Park Hyatt, on the banks of the majestic Dubai Creek
Incomparable destination in the heart of the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, like a lonely comet playing its languid Moorish on the banks of the arm of the sea spinning towards the souks, the Hyatt cultivates its legend.
Close to the historic district, far away, so far from the postmodern fantasies of a city that seems to endlessly give birth to its augmented and sometimes grimacing double, taste the true peaceful luxury of this hotel village to which friends of the Place des Lices will find a little air from Byblos.
In neither nor, neither on the sea, nor in a commercial blaze, the Pritzker hostel plays green and blue like an aristocrat sure of its charms, with its 300 rooms, the maze of passages and courtyards, this swimming pool planted with palm trees a stone's throw from the spa where the Parisian ointments of Anne Semonin await you, a "beach" recently placed in the vicinity, artificial like all in Dubai and therefore uninteresting for those who love Pampelonne, excess that must be forgiven. this old palace so much its graces lull us, when, at night, facing the horizon of the skyline, we stroll on its quays with dozing yachts, hesitating between the al fresco deck of the Noépe for an iodized plate and the ambiant lounge which flashes on the waters at the yachting club.
For whom:
travelers who have returned from the useless, beggars in quiet luxury or readers of Paul Morand.
The room to book:
Park Terrace Suite, on one level facing the Yacht-Club.
The price:
from 400 € per night (double room basis).
Park Hyatt Dubai, PO Box 2822, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 4602 1234.
One & Only The Palm, the benchmark
The Ony & Only The Palm is located on The Palm in Dubai.
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The sands of the depths of the Gulf have made The Palm Jumeirah, the leisure archipelago that has marked the destination since its emergence fifteen years ago.
At the western end of the crescent encircling the sixteen palms, a hotel ahead of all the others, that the Emir wanted and that the Frenchman Émile Louis skilfully erected.
For the former chef at Le Méridien Étoile, the page was blank, which today is a codex in the eyes of the fifty competitors in the transat attitude.
Exercise mirroring the Royal Mirage on the coast - within reach of a motorized shuttle - this One & Only cultivates the “playacool” of silvery whites and couture beiges over a hundred Pucci-capricious rooms, luminescent sprays worthy of 'a Istanbul-based Vegas with the levitations of pontoon-lounge 101. An ultra-stylish boutique hotel, as is often the case in the small South African tribe Sol Kerzner, and if the service is sometimes clumsy - a constant in the city - remains this young beauty Hamiltonian at the edge of the water and two tables signed by "three-pimps", that of Colagreco on the ground and that of Yannick Alleno here.
For the spa, black orchid and royal bee, obviously it's Guerlain.
For whom:
lovers of beach resorts, platinum fashionistas and spoiled children.
The room to book:
Première Palm Beach.
The price:
from € 1,100 per night (based on a double room).
One & Only The Palm, West Crescent, Palm, Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 4440 1010.
Rixos The Palm, as a tribe
Rixos The Palm, a hotel-club where almost everything is included.
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At the eastern tip of the palm crescent, the exact opposite of One & Only, the Ottoman from the Accor family strikes a pose on his pile of sand.
So close is the coast, beyond the private island of the Sheikh within reach of oar, and yet it will be necessary to cover some 15 km by road to reach it.
What does it matter since the clientele comes here for the promise of the brand, that of a hotel-club where everything, or almost, is included, from leisure activities to meals and drinks.
Families like to bask the pill while sipping colorful drinks, their kids busy, under Caribbean palm trees which quiver in the evening to the sound of frenzied rhythms.
In its category, undoubtedly one of the most pleasant offers in the area, with 250 rooms graciously posted at the end of the island which are better than those in the neighboring barracks.
In short, the "Djerbienne" stage at bullette.
For whom:
exhausted parents, with children who never are.
The room to book:
Premium Sea View on the 4th floor.
The price:
from € 550 per night (double room basis with full board).
Rixos The Palm Hotel & Suites, East Crescent Plog40 Palm, Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 44575555.
Grosvenor House, for the panoramic view of the Marina
Grosvenor House, a Luxury Collection hotel from Marriott.
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The former London residence of the Dukes of Westminster, where Queen Elizabeth first learned to ice skate, projects her clone of priapic vanities onto the glistening waters of the Marina.
Erected on 45 floors in a vague neo-Art Deco dress, here are two towers rather than one on the edge of the canal connecting the Gulf to the interior lake, proud representatives of the Luxury Collection from Marriott.
A stone's throw away, by pedibus or water shuttle, we dive into the heart of one of Dubai's most fiery nocturnal settings: buildings in dazzling processions, moving boats and festive terraces.
The English house, however, offers some good reasons not to move too much: Indego, the annex of Vineet Bhatia, the first Indian chef to be awarded the Michelin in London and Geneva, Rhodes W1 of the star of the
Brit-twist who
died too soon and, double bingo of the Franco-Fiesta, the twins of the East
Atmosphere
, a Buddha Bar and its youngest Siddharta Lounge.
For whom:
revelers, it's always beautiful a city at night.
The room to book:
Premier Room in tower 2, overlooking the Marina.
The price:
from 350 € per night (based on a double room).
Grosvenor House West Marina Beach, Al Emreef St - Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 4399 8888.
Jumeirah Emirates Towers, for business
Jumeirah Emirates Towers, the perfect address for business trips.
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For a long time they are no longer the tallest in the city, but the binoculars cut in aluminum and glass by the Hong Konger Hazel Wong keep the allure of well-born girls, earth-sun-moon triangulation for the blink of an eye. Islamic eye, pride of the 300 meters surmounted by a 40 needle, one for government offices, the other for the sheikh's little inn.
400 keys anyway.
We are at the heart of the DIFC reactor, in front of the triumphal gate erected by Gensler - the world's leading architectural firm -, a reference assumed with the Arc de Triomphe, which commands a duty-free zone run by 2,000 companies.
The poisonous charm of Nasdaq-Dubai full of aces, art galleries, racing cars in the parade and, from your glass-floored suite to the floor and reserved above the 30th floor with Burj Khalifa view, the vertigo of a trader with braces soon to be doped by the entrecote at Josper at the Cantine du Faubourg, the Frenchie-fête spinning table, a lemony sea bream at La Petite Maison, a summit mash at Atelier Robuchon, and to finish in majesty this Minuty chilled at the Luna Sky Bar in the Four Seasons neighbor.
For whom:
the jaded New York concrete trip, the allergic to false beaches.
The room to book:
Club Junior Suite.
The price:
from € 250 per night (double room basis).
Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Trade CentreTrade Center 2, United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 4330 0000.
The Ritz Carlton, a pure classic
Located on a private beach along the famous JBR Walk, The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai is now a classic.
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Built in the last century, almost in the Middle Ages since 23 years ago, the ancestor holds its course from the top of its five floors aligned in front of the Gulf.
Distant solitude of a young palace, when Dubai emerged from the ground, because today it is leaning against the hedge of JBR and Marina towers, Artaban jealously preserving the exclusivity of a park planted with real trees on the seafront. Before one day a promoter condemns him to a devastating facelift, he must be frequented for his unique character as an old handsome tattooed with the lion of Caesar Ritz, this charming Riviera pose that dates back to the days of Pimm's-Champagne and sports coupes.
After hanging out at the swimming pool, never far from the pool bar, we admire the crossfade of the sunset behind the Ferris wheel and get ready for a beautiful gastrofestive evening.
4 km around, and sometimes on foot, a long range of restaurants and bars will keep the night awake.
For whom:
you who taste the great classics until 7 pm, and the java afterwards.
The room to book:
Club Ocean View.
The price:
from 600 € per night (based on a double room).
The Ritz Carlton, The Walk, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 4399 4000.
Address Montgomerie, to go green
Golf enthusiasts will head to Address Montgomerie.
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Impossible to imagine that ten minutes from the processionary towers of the Marina hides the soft green hinterland of Dubai, a chlorophyllous secret nestled in the intertwining of Emirates Hills, a private complex of ultra-select villas set around the Ryder Cup winner Colin Montgomerie golf course.
Sumptuous moments of calm at the swimming pool, without sound system or kids club, for the lucky ones who will have been able to book one of the nine “course view” rooms on the twenty or so of this luxurious inn which is undoubtedly the smallest hotel in the Emirates.
We dine on the Monty's terrace, intoxicated by the undulation of the greens festooned in the distance with palatial lights, but you might well indulge yourself in the saddle of lamb from the neighbor Carine, ranked among the best Mediterranean bistros in the region. coast.
For whom:
the happy few of the decibel-detox, friends of green nipples.
The room to book:
Premier Golf View.
The price:
from € 250 per night (double room basis).
Address Montgomerie, Emirates Hills, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 4390 5600.
Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf, a mini… Dubai
The Madinat Jumeirah complex unfolds its 90 hectares along the Gulf.
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Under the good guard of the Burj al Arab, mainsail of bling-Dubai, the lakeside complex of Madinat Jumeirah unfolds its 90 hectares fringed by coastal sand, over its four hotels, fifty restaurants, as many shops and canals.
A village with its neighborhoods, and so much to experience on land and on the water that it will be difficult to get out of it, all to the happiness of the mini-cruise in an electric excursion boat, from the turtle basin to the plates Tuscan by il Borro, down to the last twilight drink of The Shimmers in front of the handsome neo-Yemeni profile of Mina A'Salam, our favorite if it weren't for the Dar.
We will therefore go by cart to the Al Masyaf pavilions, about twenty between the beach and the interior, to turn the key of an Ocean Deluxe or full-frame Suite on the wave.
Makeshift haven irrigated with green leaf waters to taste outside of the two cool winter months, when you can fully enjoy the joys mixed with the long ribbon of sand and the enchanting park.
For whom:
a fan of caravanserai under the fins.
The room to book:
Gulf Summerhouse Ocean Suite.
The price:
from € 1,100 per night (based on a double room).
Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf, Madinat Jumeirah, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud St, Al Sufouh 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 4366 8888.
The Westin Mina Seyahi, for Dubai nights
The Westin Mina Seyahi, the relaxed chic of the Marriott family.
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Adorned by Massimo Bertelli with dazzling mosaics and Murano, a well-designed establishment can only withstand the shock of its 15 years, especially if it occupies 500 m on the gulf front.
Sacred Westin, the relaxed chic of the Marriott family, with its 300 rooms on six floors, its swimming pools fleeing towards the sea, its Jungle Bay slides for the kids and especially its short nights.
So cool is this vintage in beige sarong from before the giant resorts, yesterday very penard, today in the heart of the JBR fiesta triangle, stuck-tight with the most dashing pizzeria in the area and a few steps from a lounge-bar terminal.
No doubt you will come to put your towel there, but more surely to find the tempo of the international tribe of Dubai, the one who crunches the
tartufata
with truffle cream on the decked deck of Bussola, option the grilled octopus with thyme of the Fish neighbor and ends at Barasti, a sort of giant beach-pub heavily responsible for the biggest rascal parties in the area.
The anti-bivouac with tourists cut off from the world, the city pulsates, the sound rises, you are in the place.
For whom:
commandos of "celibattants" and dashing couples.
The room to book:
Executive Sea View.
The price:
from € 300 per night (double room basis).
The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, D94 - Dubai Marina - Dubai - United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 4 399 4141.
Bulgari Resort, chic chic chic!
Very elegant, the Bulgari Resort is a little gem on the beach.
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L'Épirote Voúlgaris, without finding its goldsmith's work there, would necessarily be sensitive to the design of those who, a hundred and fifty years earlier, imagined this clear spindle swaddled with coral patterns, laid coolly on the sandy bay of a seahorse island. .
Full of light, of a very Mediterranean delicacy, here is the work of the starchitect with two Golden Compasses Antonio Citterio, associated with the French Patricia Viel.
There, on the beach, a few villas of indescribable beauty await you, but you can be content with one of the 70 rooms, sometimes open to the sea, sometimes offered in the morning sun towards the seaside area.
And everywhere the heart-catcher of transalpine elegance, marble and granite spell, the sensuality of the passages, this wood like a skin.
On the catering side, a
linguine
with lobster packaged by the brigade of the triple star of Abruzzo, Niko Romito.
No desire to move.
For whom:
a man wearing a Bulgari Serpenti Viper and the one he loves.
The room to book:
Deluxe Beach View.
Price:
from € 1,400 per night (double room basis)
Bulgari Resort, Jumeira Bay Island, Jumeira 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Phone.
: +971 4777 5555.
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