The second trip to Dubai and again successful.

Written: 28 march 2013
Travel time: 15 — 22 march 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For business travel; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
Liked the hotel. The location is good. Close to metro, supermarkets. The rooms are very good. We lived in room 407. Hall, bedroom, large kitchen and a small balcony (not all rooms have balconies). Were in the room microwave, kettle, electric stove with oven, necessary utensils, rather big refrigerator, ironing board, iron, hair dryer. Gel, shampoo, soap, body cream (replenished), toothpaste and brushes, shaving machine and cream, thread, shower cap, sticks, slippers.
We took the tour with breakfast. Breakfasts are normal. Although monotonous, they were not hungry.
Products were mainly bought in a supermarket near the Reef Mall. There is also on the opposite side near the metro, there is something cheaper. Shrimps were boiled every evening and dinner was ready.
They cleaned the room well. Linen was changed every day. Hot water around the clock.

They drove to the beach only for a paid Al Mamzar at 9.00, back at 12.30. Once they asked for it to Jumeirah Beach, they took it to a free one. Didn't like it very much. Mamzar is better. The weather was good, the water was 24-25 degrees. True, the water level decreased, it took a long time to go to plunge, but it was very clean and calm. There was a storm the day we left.
We traveled around the city by subway. There were silver cards from the previous trip. Very comfortably.
We took a taxi (18 dirhams from the hotel one way) to Festival City Mall. Nice place, few people, you can spend the evening.
We also saw the old part of the city. We walked to the ethnographic village and the house of Sheikh Zayda (entrance 2 dir). Nothing much to see, but walked along the canal. We went to the historical museum (3 dirhams). I liked the museums.
According to the advice from the reviews, we wanted to get to Al Karama souk. To be honest, it's just a waste of time. Nothing to do there, the goods are the same, annoying sellers.
We walked along Dubai Marina (by metro from the hotel 5.30 dir), then we got to Babut Mall, also an interesting place (it’s better to go from the far end and take a map, we missed, we went in the center). Since it is the farthest way to go there (50 minutes from the hotel by metro ~ 7 dir), it is better to combine a trip there with a visit to, for example, Marina, which we did. We also visited the Emirates Mall. We saw a show in Sky Dubai with penguins. Once again we walked near the Burj Khalifa, appreciated the new transition from the metro to the Dubai Mall and, of course, looked at the fountains. Finally found the fountain to the song of Michael Jackson. I liked it very much.
Last time our safari trip was canceled because of a downpour, this time we got it. We went from Orient Voyage ($50, picked up from the hotel). We were lucky, we were in the first car with a first class driver and good company. We were satisfied with the trip.
We flew with Windrose Airlines. Lunch must be ordered in advance for an additional fee when buying a tour. Drinks are free. The meeting side of Travko. Excursions are expensive and do not justify the cost.
In general, this time we planned our vacation and saw everything that we did not have time to do last time.

P. S. I want to thank everyone who writes detailed reviews with advice, thanks to which we were able to organize our pastime in Dubai.
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