First time in UAE, overall experience is good

Written: 9 may 2021
Travel time: 30 april 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 8.0
Before deciding to go to the UAE, I read a lot of reviews, everyone shares their general impressions, but there are few specifics, I hasten to share my impressions, while the memories are fresh, I hope this will help you.

The trip was planned for Maisky, a family of three. We were in Turkey, Egypt, too, and more than once, it's time to change direction. My wife and I wanted to go to the sea, everything with quarantine measures was too long, my son is fifteen, emotions and new impressions are important, so we mutually decided to go to the UAE. Of the seven emirates, Fujairah was chosen. Comfortable climate, the Indian Ocean (all other Emirates face the Persian Gulf) and close to Dubai, these are the main reasons why it is here.

Reviewed many hotels. In fact, doubt often arises, as in the saying - everywhere is good where we are not and the nearby hotel seems to be something better.

In fact, all the hotels are located along the same coastline, in about twenty minutes it is possible to walk along the ocean and see each one, so whichever one you choose, you are unlikely to be disappointed, in this case it is a matter of taste and wallet, and of what you need specifically , see booking, read reviews. We went to Miramar because it was recommended to us. We took breakfast and dinner, there is All inclusive, but we don’t sit on the spot, so that’s why. But ...here is an important point, if you don’t take excursions and prefer a beach holiday, it makes sense to take a full package - the price is high for literally everything, for understanding coffee 5 USD, a glass of wine, juice, ice cream 10 USD. Also now I would definitely recommend spending 2-3 days in Dubai and only then on to Fujairah, the road takes about 1.
5 hours there and back, well, the cost of excursions is correspondingly lower - the only flaw in planning, despite this, did not affect the overall impression in any way, I liked everything very much, I did not want to return.

The staff is attentive and helpful and most importantly not intrusive. From excursions I recommend desert safaris by jeeps. Previously, I took it in Egypt - friends ...there is not even a comparison, such an extreme, the Arabs undergo special training and receive special. license, when the car climbs a dune at speed, and then literally breaks into a tailspin, in general, emotions cannot be expressed in words, and the photos are amazing. Be sure to go to the water park, this is the Atlantis hotel, for the whole day. Please note that it is on.
in the price of visiting the aquarium on the ground floor, first there then everything else - you won’t regret it, the question is absolutely not about the fish, I have seen a lot of things like this, it is implemented in such a way that the hotel stands on the foundation of the sunken Atlantis. Well, of course, a sightseeing tour to Dubai, of course, also for the whole day, it includes a boat trip with lunch, climbing the world's highest tower - the Burj Khalifa, and you will also see evening fountains with illumination.

A few words about the Dubai Mall, well, again, what anyone needs and if you have extra time and money, you can spend the whole day there. For me personally, it's wasting precious time on material things. Also consider what the UAE is famous for, there is a lot of money in the state, therefore prices are oriented towards rich people, not in our understanding and representation.

I would like to finish this, but I’ll draw the attention of tourists, in the country there is “dry law”, in some emirates it is allowed to use it on the territory of the hotel, and even then not everywhere, if you are complained to the police or noticed in an unsightly way in a public place, you will at least earn a punishment with whips they can go to jail.

Well, and most importantly, it’s hard to resist not to use a swear word, well, don’t be wise ...kami, respect someone else’s culture, because you are poisoned on a visit, and not to your home. Really ashamed happens for ours. When you see a woman in a hijab, and towards you she shoves her body in a T-shirt, shorts and slates, because in such a dress she will come to dinner at the hotel, our beautiful girls will throw a tunic over their swimsuit and there too. And ignorance of English is compensated by rudeness and loud reading in syllables, but in Russian, this is generally a circus .. .
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