Regent Beach Resort
This three star hotel, situated on Jumeirah Beach, has eighty rooms in villa style blocks available at a budget, for Dubai, price.
It’s a pretty no frills experience, but still has all the usual amenities, although internet access is extra.
Facilities include two restaurants, a cafe, a health club, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, playground, swimming pool and [...]
Jumeirah Beach Hotel
The award winning five star Jumeirah Beach Hotel is built directly on Jumeirah beach (guests have exclusive access to around 34,000 square metres of the beach).
Amongst the raft of awards it wins each year, it has already picked up over 100 since opening in 1997, it was voted top hotel in the Middle East by Condé [...]
Burj al-Arab Hotel
Rated by many as the best hotel in the world, with a price tag to match, the Burj al-Arab is Dubai’s flagship hotel.
This 202 room Arabian themed luxury hotel, built on its own private island off Jumeirah beach, rates itself as a 7-star, or 5-star deluxe hotel.
Guests can be transferred to the hotel by helicopter [...]
Jumeirah beach polluted by dumped sewage
Randy British ex-pats aren’t the only thing polluting Dubai’s beaches.
Despite the never ending procession of new apartment blocks and mega-structures, the tourism reliant emirate still lacks the basic facilities necessary to process the sewage it generates. As a result of rapid expansion and poor planning Dubai’s beaches have been contaminated with raw sewage, leading doctors [...]