8.00 - Kickstart your 24-hour holiday with breakfast at Hessa Street Kitchen at Radisson Hotel Dubai DAMAC Hills. During day and night, it serves up a Pan-Asian culinary experience, but for mornings it’s all about big, hearty, nutritious breakfasts. If you’re an early bird, you can catch the, well, buffet from 6.30am, fuelling up on shakshouka, eggs Benedict, pastries, pancakes and more in the palm tree-inspired space. There’s plenty of coffee too because everyone knows how much that first one counts!
10.00 - Appetite sated? Well then, let’s hit the pool! The rooftop at Radisson RED Dubai Silicon Oasis definitely has all the trappings for a relaxing day under sun, spliced with some seriously good vibes. The ultra-hip hotel is packed with personality, with REDRoof the place to be for long, lazy days. Offering pool day passes from just Dhs100, which you get back on credit to spend on food and drinks at the pool bar, it’s the gift that keeps on giving! You can nibble on poolside bites whilst sipping spritzers, smoothies, cocktails or mocktails, as day turns into night. With views over Dubai’s Digital Park and a live DJ and entertainment on various nights, it’s good vibes only on this rooftop.
19.00 - Swap out your swimwear for something a little more glam, as you’ve got dinner booked at somewhere special: Certo. The award-winning Italian restaurant at Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Media City, is a Dubai favourite, whipping up dish after dish of authentic homemade Italian recipes, from antipasto misto to wood-fired pizza, risotto alla pescatora to stinco di agnello. On Friday evenings, the La Dolce Vita brunch features a live pasta station, pizza and antipasti, all served to a soundtrack of live music. Sip from one of the above-ground wine cellar’s myriad bottles; Spot a collection of black and white photos evoking the spirit of a true Italian lifestyle; Savour the taste of a classic tiramisu; And simply enjoy the experience of la bella Italia at Certo.
23.00 - Time to hit the hay? Check in for the night at Radisson Beach Resort Palm Jumeirah, one of the coolest new urban resorts sitting on the sandy shore of Palm West Beach. Pick from one of 389 rooms or suites, all flooded with light thanks to floor-to-ceiling views that spill out over the Arabian Gulf. For a good night’s sleep, lay your head down in a 60-square-metre One Bedroom Suite with Sea View, with its calming tones of natural wood, blues and creams, and Ain Dubai twinkling in the distance.
8.00 - When you wake up, throw open the curtains, sip a cappuccino whilst soaking up your sea views from the comfort of your sitting room, then enjoy a healthy breakfast and a dip in the private pool at Wane Beach Club. For maximum pleasure time, reserve a cabana so you can soak up the sun in style.
12.30 - Time to put your glad rags on, as it’s brunch time at FireLake Grill House & Cocktail Bar. Located in Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Waterfront, you’ll be right in the thick of things, as the hotel sits on the banks of Dubai Water Canal in Business Bay. Serving up a taste of the American Midwest, using charcoal, wood ovens and open flame cooking, where smoke and fire enhance the homegrown flavours, brunch is a melting pot of slow-roasted short rib and sizzling seafood barbecued to perfection with just the right amount of local spice. The Deep South Social Brunch also has a new menu, featuring a seafood tower of Dibba Bay oysters, smoked trout dip and chilled prawns with New Orleans remoulade, as well as BBQ mushrooms and grits, Jumbo spot prawns, grilled swordfish and Wagyu rib-eye steak. You can wash it all down with FireLake signature cocktails, such as a spiced mint julep, a FireLake sazerac or a dragoncello sour, whilst kick-backing on the terrace listening to some live music.
16.00 - Then wrap up your 24-hour weekend away with sundowners at BAI Bar & Terrace at Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Canal View. Sip cocktails on the terrace for happy hour from 3pm - 7pm, and enjoy panoramic views of the skyline as golden hour casts its glow over the canal. A weekend very well spent, we’d say!