Showcasing Dubai’s first over-water villas, together with premium beachfront villas, unique lagoon-access rooms and great value apartments, this resort offers a winning formula of fabulous design, impeccable service and a stunning location. It is also the perfect pick for families, with children under 12 yrs staying free and complimentary kids’ and teens’ clubs.

Just 45 minutes' drive from the airport.

On the eastern crescent of The Palm, with views of Dubai’s impressive city skyline.

260 rooms, set within two-storey Thai-style villas, gently curve around two and a half acres of lagoon pools to create a tropical oasis feel. Premier and Deluxe Lagoon View Rooms are first floor with a furnished balcony, while the ground floor Premier and Deluxe Lagoon Access Rooms are highly recommended for their private terraces, with steps straight down into the lagoon. Inside, dark wood floors and soft lighting are complemented by air-conditioning, a flat screen TV, WiFi, a Nespresso machine, mini bar and an elegant bathroom with double vanities, bath and rain shower. Deluxe Rooms are slightly larger and can interconnect for families or the 134 apartments are very affordable and offer one or two bedrooms, a separate living room and fully equipped open kitchen. Deluxe Family Lagoon View Rooms are double storey and include a king bedded room with en-suite bathroom upstairs and a second twin room for kids downstairs. The 15 One and Two Bedroom Beach Pool Villas enjoy a prime beachfront location and feature sliding glass doors onto a terrace with plunge pool, and Two Bedroom Villas additionally include a separate living room. The 18 One Bedroom Over Water Villas, on stilts and fully over the water, have a sea facing bed and sunken bath, both with views to the city skyline.

Prepare to be impressed with 7 restaurant, bar and lounge venues, serving a diverse range of flavours. Crescendo is the resort’s main restaurant offering international fare from live cooking stations, while The Beach House is a lunch and dinner venue for Mediterranean cuisine and the perfect spot for after dinner shisha to the chilled out beats of the resident DJ. Mekong specialises in the tastes of the Orient, with Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese dishes all featured and Bushman’s Australian Grill, our favourite, serves the best steaks, as well as fresh seafood.

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Relax by the resort’s impressive infinity pool, fronting onto the pristine white sand beach, or enjoy a cooling dip in one of a further three lagoon-style swimming pools. The impressive Anantara Spa houses 24 luxurious treatment rooms, includes a traditional Turkish Hammam and offers Ayurveda and a range of blissful and soothing therapies with Arabian and Asian origins. There’s also watersports including waterskiing, windsurfing and kayaking, free kids’ (4-11 yrs) and teens’ clubs, a children’s pool and two tennis courts.