Good hotel, but few Russian TV channels

Written: 25 march 2014
Travel time: 15 — 20 march 2014
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; 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: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 9.0
First of all, I want to note that there is still a refrigerator in the room. The hotel is in a good location. next to RIGGA metro station. The hotel is adjacent to a grocery supermarket on a side street. There are many cafes and restaurants around. If you go right in 300 meters - one of the cheapest malls "Isyahan". Some things here on sale are several times cheaper than in neighboring stores. For shopping, you should go further, right past the Union metro station diagonally across the square to Nasser Square, where there are many different small shops and here the line of Deira's previously cheapest shops begins, leading to the gold bazaar. Now everything is expensive in Dubai, and what was bought for 50 dollars 5 years ago now costs 150. You can save 20-30 percent on electronics and European brands. In the metro, immediately buy a silver card (21 dirhams). 1 dollar - 3.65 dirhams.
The card is designed for several trips, to replenish the account on it, it should be presented to the metro ticket office along with the amount by which it must be replenished. What is important, this card allows you to ride the bus. Therefore, you can leave El Mamzar beach at any time by bus number 28, and not wait for the hotel bus until 17:00. Take the bus to the Union stop. The bus to the beach should be booked in advance and as early as possible. There are no buses to the beach on Mondays. On this day, El Mamzar is closed to the general public. By taxi to El Mamzar beach 21 dirhams. On Tuesdays, the bus goes to El Jumeirah Beach. All beaches are paid (5 dirhams). A taxi to El Jumeirah Beach can be reached for 35 dirhams. From the nearest metro stop (Bisnes Bay) to this beach 50 minutes on foot or 15 dirhams by taxi.
You can also drive to the beach of the new area of ​ ​ skyscrapers - Marina. It takes 45 minutes by metro and 10 minutes on foot. The beach is free but there is no shade.

No equipment rental. Umbrellas are either given out in neighboring hotels to residents, or bought in stores. With difficulty I settled down here in the shade from the trunk of a palm tree. There are very few of them here and they are without a crown. But it is beautiful here and you should get acquainted with this area of ​ ​ Dubai.
A free fountain show takes place in the Dubai Mall in the evening every half hour. There is also an aquarium, a zoo and much more.
The hotel is clean, air conditioning works silently, cleaned well. Of the TV channels, there are only RBC and Shanson. The bar shows the English Premier League and the Champions League.

Breakfasts and dinners are quite acceptable. Ice cream with whipped cream is of high quality here. There is an excellent gym.
The hotel is quite suitable for both leisure and shopping in Dubai Mall, as well as in the numerous shops of Deira and Bur Dubai, where it is easy to travel by boat from the embankment for 1 dirham.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original