Atlantis Dubai - Ramadan buffet at half the price of the Burj Al Arab at AED 145, or stay in a room for AED 800.
Burj Al Arab - for those ready to spend up large, they offer Ramadan buffets for AED 290.
Emirates Airline - 3 night hotel packages from about AED 250 per person per night (for twin/double rooms).
Ewaan at The Palace, Old Town Dubai - watch the Dubai Fountain with your Arabic Iftar buffet. Probably expensive since the press release didn't give a price.
Holiday Inn Dubai Al Barsha - launch of Xennya Terrace rooftop terrace with Ramadan buffets, and food also at the Zen themed Gem Garden.
JW Marriott Hotel Dubai - indoor Ramadan tent with buffet and live cooking stations.
Jumeirah Beach Hotel - Ramadan tent on the beach
Madinat Jumeirah - Ramadan tent on or overlooking the beach
Al Manzil and Qamardeen Hotels - traditional Iftar buffet in the Conservatory and Esca restaurants, and Suhour in The Courtyard (outdoors).
Monarch Dubai - room + Iftar + Suhoor for two for AED 725.
Raffles Dubai Iftar AED 155 at Azur restaurant (overlooks the gardens) from 18:00-21:30. Rooms for AED 700 include breakfast, Iftar or Suhour.
Samaya Hotel Deira - 3 nights for the price of 2, and 7 for the price of 5 promotions during Ramadan, Iftar buffet AED 99 (in the Staircase Restaurant)
Sheikh Mohammed Center for Cultural Understanding Iftar dinner, costs AED 75 dhs (was free in the past but credit crunch resulted in sponsorship of dinners drying up 2009). SMCCU is in the Bastakiya area of Dubai. Tel +971-4-3536666.
The foundation used in this hotel is Pile Foundation and a total of 230 – 40 meter long concrete piles were drived into the sand. The foundation is held in place not by bedrock, but by the friction of the sand and silt along the length of the piles. Engineers created a surface layer of large rocks, which is circled with a concrete honey-comb pattern, which serves to protect the foundation from erosion. It took three years to reclaim the land from the sea, but less than three years to construct the building itself. The building contains over 70,000 cubic meters of concrete and 9,000 tons of steel.
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The self-styled 'seven star' hotel, the Arabian Tower, is Dubai's most iconic symbol — at least until the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, is completed. Indeed, when Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed commissioned the project, his brief to the architects was to create a structure as memorable as the Sydney Opera House and Eiffel Tower, an outline so strikingly simple a child could draw it. And what's not to love about the sleek sail-shaped exterior architecture?Step inside, however, and you'll swear the interior designer was on acid. To call it gaudy is an insult to things truly gaudy — let's call it vulgar, with liberal use of every colour under the sun and extravagant application of gold.
If you do want to experience this Arabian nouveau riche nightmare, the only way to get a look (unless you're staying of course) is to pay for a voucher that can be redeemed at any of the hotel's shops, bars or cafes. Classy. If you must, redeem your voucher at the cocktail bar where the views of the Jumeirah coast are spectacular on a clear day. The drink prices, of course, are equally breathtaking, the snacks are very average, and the decor reaches a spectacular new low — it's even worse up here than it is downstairs.
You're better off giving the interior of the Burj a miss and using the dirhams you'd pay inside on a good bottle of white at the nearby Bahri Bar at Madinat Jumeirah, where you can settle into a comfy cane sofa on the big veranda and enjoy the stunning views of the Burj Al Arab's sexy exterior.
Dubai's souks in the morning
A visit to Dubai's lively souks — Middle Eastern-style bazaars — is a must. But avoid them in the morning when they're stinking hot and lacking atmosphere. After a couple of hours of the midday sun, the stallholders shut up shop and head for a feed and a sleep — a wise decision.
You'd be wise to do the same and spend the heat of the day relaxing by the hotel swimming pool, lingering over lunch, hitting the cool slopes at Ski Dubai or shopping indoors at Dubai's swish air-conditioned malls. Leave the souks for a post-sunset stroll, when the city comes alive again as the temperature drops and the atmosphere builds.
The long 9 years it took to be built has turned the Dubai seven star hotel into an architectural wonder. The Burj Al Arab's imposing structure reaches a height of 321 meters, unquestionably dominating the Dubai skyline. It's designed in the shape of a billowing sail, resembling that of a famous Arabian ship. Burj Al Arab also houses the tallest atrium in the world. The foundation of this seven star hotel rests on an artificial island, and from a distance it is the most magnificent mast and unfurled sail a ship ever had!
While we were puzzling last week about Harry Potter deals at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, we couldn't help but notice that their housekeeping staff obviously have a degree in magic too. Towel origami has gone mad at Jumeirah Beach.While part of us thinks that the time spent twisting our towels into elephants, swans and dragons could be better used on vacuuming the dust under the bed that we always find when we check we didn't leave socks there, we do appreciate it as an art form. We also want to know what happens to the eyes. Do they recycle them?
We're not quite sure if it's corny or clever, but the special deal of the summer (designed, of course, to attract families) is the Wizards and Witches package. Included with your accommodation is a copy of the seventh Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, a wizard welcome gift, Wizard adventures (whatever they might be) and for the kids, a place in the Jumeirah Beach Hotel Magic School. The press release has been particularly careful about satisfying the concerns and curiosities of prospective guests:
