Compatriots deservedly fell in love with this hotel

Written: 27 september 2011
Travel time: 8 — 9 september 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 9.0
LE MERIDIEN AL AQAH BEACH RESORT 5 * is located in a mountainous area on the coast of the Gulf of Oman of the Indian Ocean. There are two more hotels nearby: FUJAIRAH ROTANA RESORT & SPA 5 * and IBEROTEL MIRAMAR AL AQAH BEACH RESORT 5 *. Near these three hotels there is nothing but a small supermarket and a gas station.
The hotel is beautiful, the rooms are large and comfortable. We didn’t have a balcony, but in such heat + humidity we don’t need it: in such heat the main thing is GOOD AIR CONDITIONER! The territory is green.
ENTERTAINMENT: in the season from September to March there is good animation, sports. We even saw a stand with events (were in the hotel one day on a promotional tour from ARABIANNLINK)
In the evening we walked along the shore to the neighboring FUJAIRAH ROTANA RESORT & SPA 5 * and there people had fun listening to Russian songs in a cafe.
Then they accidentally wandered into the neighboring IBEROTEL MIRAMAR AL AQAH BEACH RESORT 5 * to some informal gay disco...

We liked the hotel, the beach + sea are comfortable, the breakfasts are decent.
In the summer until mid-September in the UAE HEAT and humidity. The air is 40-50 degrees and the water is 35 degrees (in the evening and at night the air is 35 degrees and the water is almost body temperature) Climate: sauna + bath + hot jacuzzi, nothing to breathe... I wonder: "How can you relax in the UAE in the summer with kids in such HEAT ??? " Even adults try not to go outside during the day... they move from the air conditioner in the hotel to the air conditioner in the bus to get to the air conditioner in the mall.
The high season in the UAE is comfortable for recreation from October to March (sometimes in December-January, some heat-loving tourists may find the SEA cool... 20-25 degrees and there are big waves.
CURRENCY: if possible, change dollars upon arrival (at the airport 1 dollar = 3.60 dirhams) to start at least 100 dollars, because. There is almost no place to change money near the hotel. . .
Tours can be paid in dollars.
In exchange offices in the city, 1 dollar = 3.66 dirhams.
100 dirhams = a little less than 1000 rubles (for a quick calculation, Russians can simply add a zero to the end of the amount and get an approximate cost in rubles)
We talked with a couple from Ukraine and the wife told us that her husband decided to "please" her on the 45th wedding anniversary and took with him an old "stash" of old dollars (until 1996 with small portraits)... OLD hundred dollar dollars do not change anywhere (even in a bank ), and old fifty-dollar bills are changed at a predatory rate = 2.5 dirhams
CHECK YOUR "STASH" (and your parents): OLD SAMPLE DOLLARS until 1996 (with small portraits)) are not accepted in the United Arab Emirates !!!
ARAB EMIRATES - A GRAND COUNTRY - A MYSTERY OF THE EAST!
Translated automatically from Russian. View original