best place for staying close by...
May 25th 2010, 6:55 am
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Re: best place for staying close by...
Found this (about RAK's Banyan Tree) on another forum:
http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/mess...TopicID=106943
Have a great weekend!
http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/mess...TopicID=106943
Have a great weekend!
Last edited by NorthernLad; May 25th 2010 at 6:57 am.
May 27th 2010, 5:19 am
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have a great time. the villa's are lovely.
remember, a 2K sea swim before breakfast is what is required. lovely
remember, a 2K sea swim before breakfast is what is required. lovely
May 30th 2010, 2:57 pm
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May 30th 2010, 5:12 pm
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ok...back too...so here's my report...
the villas are really fab, they are massive, nicely decorated (very simple) and come with a small private pool and garden...ours wasn't overlooked by anyone, which made you feel quite free to do whatever you wanted, lol...
a few guests were bordering on chav...and you had a sense of going from the sublime to the ridiculous, with some fully covered local women swimming in the pool, and then one massive eastern european woman in a tiny, tiny g-string bikini strutting her stuff...
overall, service was a bit crappy...and there's only one decent restaurant there so if you were staying for more than a few days you'd need to go outside i reckon, although the food there was actually really good...
that said, the resort in general looks lovely, the beach is fab, and the sea was just perfect...i'd definitely go again...
MM, xx
the villas are really fab, they are massive, nicely decorated (very simple) and come with a small private pool and garden...ours wasn't overlooked by anyone, which made you feel quite free to do whatever you wanted, lol...
a few guests were bordering on chav...and you had a sense of going from the sublime to the ridiculous, with some fully covered local women swimming in the pool, and then one massive eastern european woman in a tiny, tiny g-string bikini strutting her stuff...
overall, service was a bit crappy...and there's only one decent restaurant there so if you were staying for more than a few days you'd need to go outside i reckon, although the food there was actually really good...
that said, the resort in general looks lovely, the beach is fab, and the sea was just perfect...i'd definitely go again...
MM, xx
May 31st 2010, 6:20 am
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May 31st 2010, 8:28 am
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Trust me, if she had she wouldn't have said "bordering..."
As it happens, I never left my villa (well apart from breakfast and one trip to RAK to get something from carrefour). Fantastic little villas and we just stayed there and had room service.
As it happens, I never left my villa (well apart from breakfast and one trip to RAK to get something from carrefour). Fantastic little villas and we just stayed there and had room service.
May 31st 2010, 8:11 pm
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As it happens I'm staying at Cove tomorrow, just missed you guys 
Jun 1st 2010, 4:09 am
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Jun 1st 2010, 9:14 am
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Shadya, Jasmine and myself have just returned from a two night stay at Mercure Grand Jabel Hafeet, Al Ain. You cannot beat the mountain-top view. At GBP65 per room per night (via Expedia.co.uk), we paid less than half their advertised rate of Dhs750 for a double room. Its our favourite pool in the UAE too.
Jun 1st 2010, 9:33 am
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Shadya, Jasmine and myself have just returned from a two night stay at Mercure Grand Jabel Hafeet, Al Ain. You cannot beat the mountain-top view. At GBP65 per room per night (via Expedia.co.uk), we paid less than half their advertised rate of Dhs750 for a double room. Its our favourite pool in the UAE too.