Зимний отдых Winter holidays

My husband had an anniversary at the end of January, so we decided to visit the UAE. We travel abroad regularly, but to the Emirates for the first time. We chose the hotel at the last moment, because. Prior to this, during the week received two refusals from other hotels. But they were happy with the choice. The hotel is located in a good area, although on the second line but close to the beach and promenade. Settled quickly, did not take a deposit, but there was no minibar. At the reception there are two Russian-speaking managers Anar and Karim, which of course is very convenient. The room is spacious, beautiful, a huge bed and there is a small kitchen area with a kettle (which was convenient, given the presence of a small child). The child was provided with a free crib. At breakfast, the assortment, as they wrote, is monotonous, but it will turn out to be a tasty snack. From fruits - watermelon, melon (green), grapefruit, apples, bananas, pineapples, oranges and canned pineapples and peaches. True, in bad weather, a queue formed at the entrance. The beach is large and not many people, but dirty (mostly cigarette butts). Construction near the beach is almost inaudible. The water is clean and invigorating. During our week-long vacation, there was one rainy day, then windy, it was comfortable on the beach somewhere from 11-15, then it was already cool.
Certainly not without shopping. We went to the Dubai Mall - a huge number of people, mostly branded stores, were horrified by the queue for a taxi, but we had to stand. I liked the Mall of the Emirates more, the main purchases were made there, a small minus - for some reason there are no places to rest, there is nowhere to sit except for a cafe. The queue for a taxi was shorter, but also moved more slowly. Marina mall is 15 min. walk from the hotel, you can also skimp there, there is also a large supermarket, but with baby food the choice is not very good. We went to Marina Jumeirah, the so-called. Venice is not a bad place, beautiful architecture, lots of souvenir shops. But I thought you could walk more along the canals there, but it turned out that the hotel occupies a large area, and everything is in cafes and restaurants near the water. It turned out a walk through the bazaar)))). Taxi for vacation is not expensive, but not for nothing. You can’t call discounts crazy in stores, just the accumulation of all famous brands in one mall is certainly convenient. They skimped on the fur in the store on the promenade, the Russian girls served very politely and lost 35% of the declared price. The hotel forgot to congratulate my husband on DR, I reminded at the reception, apologized, said that there was a malfunction in the computer program and the next day they brought a fruit platter and a cake (small but tasty). Of course, the availability of free internet is sooooo convenient, and such little things as a bathrobe, slippers, towels for the beach.
In general, the holiday was a success - such a combination of a beach holiday in winter and shopping with discounts. Happy with the trip and the hotel too.

on the way back, there was an unpleasant situation at the airport, when my husband and me with a one-year-old child were put at different ends of the plane ((((. On the plane, it turned out that everyone was scattered around the cabin like that, even a mother with a three-year-old son was put separately. The stewardess said that fight with drinking companies. Therefore, I advise you to strongly ask at check-in to put them together. Have a good holiday!