HotelEmirates Palace

Not for nothing is this called a Palace: a "gargantuan sandstone monolith" covering the equivalent of 70 football pitches, and each of its 400 rooms a "mini-palace". Even the standard rooms are 15 sq m and have "gigantic" flat screen TVs. The suites' 680 sq m dwarf the king-size bed and incorporate reception areas, chandeliers, "velvet-soft carpe [more]

The hotel is very big and guests can "borrow a golf buggy" or "motorised scooter" to get around the grounds which are "a kilometre from one end to the other" The hotel is set on a "mile-long sandy beach" and when viewed from the city centre it looks like a "fairytale castle". Made from "pale pink sandstone", it has "numerous domes" including one [more]

Tom Otley reports about his stay at the Emirates Palace in the May 2006 issue of Business Traveller Asia Pacific. He is impressed by the building, which "dominates" the corner of Abu Dhabi City. He points out, that there are two ways of being admitted to the hotel, which is "owned by the government and operated by Kempinski". Arriving as a guest of [more]