1. Push The City Limits
Escape the city for Eid Al Fitr with a much-needed beach retreat at The Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Hamra Beach. Secluded, surrounded by water and ensuring luxury at every turn, switch off your phone and revel in this reflective time of year at one of RAK’s most elegant abodes. The hotel’s Stay Longer On Us offer means the longer you stay, the bigger the discount. Stay for three nights, save 20 per cent; stay four to six nights, save 25 per cent; or stay more than a week and save 30 per cent. Not a hard task when you can call this Al Shamal Ocean View Villa your home..
2. The Edge Of Elegance
Another of Ras Al Khaimah’s grand dames is Waldorf Astoria - a truly palatial hotel that errs on the side of grandiose luxury with all that it says and does. Decked throughout with a soothing palette of creams and soft sea blues, it is the epitome of elegance known throughout the brand and around the world.
Book its Waldorf Astoria Suite Life offer this spring, and they’ll gift you $100 in daily credit, allowing you to order breakfast in bed, indulge in dinner at the über-cool Umi, enjoy a round of golf or slink into its underwater-themed spa, for some refuge and restoration.
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3. The UAE’s Biggest Playground
Always top of our wish-list for a weekend away for its ability to offer an escape to the whole family, the three-hotel triumvirate approach to staycations is unique to JA The Resort. There’s more to do here than you’ll probably have time for at this one-million square metre playground, so make a To Do list and get ticking... You’ll find tennis, badminton and squash courts, a world-class golf course and mini golf, jet-skiing, windsurfing, seaplane tours, horseback riding, seven pools and 800m of combed private beach (yes, literally) just for hotel guests.
Book into a Residence or One Bedroom Suite at either JA Beach Hotel or JA Palm Tree Court with their Resort Credit Staycation offer, and you’ll get Dhs400 back to spend on F&B and/or available experiences every day during your stay.
4. In The Heart Of City
With its perfect location slap bang next to The Galleria Mall on Al Maryah Island, Rosewood Abu Dhabi is the ideal urban bolt-hole for those who want to while away their afternoons, pre-Iftar, in the company of Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Dior. Whispering refined elegance from its wood panelled lobby and ever-peaceful Sense Spa to the mahogany and marble Royal Suite, it offers a calming balance to the city that lies just beyond.
The More Rosewood offer allows guests to stay for a third night free, when booking two consecutive paid nights, including early check-in and late check-out, giving you just that little bit more relaxation you never knew you needed.
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5. Just In The Neighbourhood
One of the newest kids on the Palm Jumeirah block, Avani Palm View Dubai Hotel & Suites ticks all the contemporary boxes modern travellers look for, with its pared-back vision of luxury. Wanting guests to feel ‘at home’, Avani Palm View has also mastered the art of a relaxed neighbourhood hotel.
Its just-launched staycation package is available all year round, giving guests flexible check-in as early as 12pm, late check out ’til 4pm, breakfast at Seven Seeds, Dhs200 F&B credit and, for parents wanting to win brownie points, four complimentary tickes for Dubai Parks.
6. Stay Where You Are
Few urban hotels exude as much serenity as Park Hyatts do - contemporary elegance in design and unparalleled yet hushed service from its staff, two signatures that stamp their mark whatever the destination. Located in Msheireb Downtown Doha, the world’s first sustainable downtown regeneration project, Park Hyatt Doha is no different, making it the perfect abode for longer-term stays.
Stay more than 29 nights and take advantage of The Great Relocate package, which offers World of Hyatt guests housekeeping, gym access, airport pick-ups, IT concierge, F&B discounts and more.
7. An Arabian Adventure
With the quiet, reflective period of Ramadan upon us, escape to the desert-inspired Al Wathba, A Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa and let your mind, body and soul be taken of with the launch of Saray Spa.
With treatments inspired by nature, and keeping Arabic healing rituals and traditions alive, you can immerse yourself in a hammam, a snow cave experience or a caviar collagen boost facial treatment by La Vallée. Emerge in time to enjoy the luxuries of your Royal Villa, with its own plunge pool, before breaking fast at Bait Al Hanine.
8. All Taken Care Of
Not wanting to venture too far from your urban comforts, Al Jaddaf Rotana’s new Ultimate Urban Escape package delivers a new unlimited experience with its all-inclusive package. Perfect for city slickers, you can choose from one of the stylishly appointed 318 rooms and suites, before relaxing in the knowledge that everything else is taken care of. Breakfast in Timo, lunch at the beautifully landscaped pool-side restaurant Aquarius, then indulge in a three-course dinner at List Bar.
