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Carved cedar balconies of the Lagoon Rooms above the turquoise lagoon at Dar Zilal

Sleep on the lagoonseventy-four rooms, eleven villas

Every room faces the water. Breakfast and the abras come with every stay.

A carved balcony above the water, a deep stone bath under a low arch, and the first abra passing at six.

Check-in from 15:00 · Check-out by 12:00

Lagoon rooms

Our quietest rooms sit on the first four floors, close enough to the lagoon to hear the abras pass. A carved timber balcony for coffee, a deep stone bath in a niche under a low arch, and lime-plaster walls that stay cool through the afternoon.

A Lagoon Room: a linen-dressed bed facing open timber doors and a balcony over the turquoise lagoon
A Lagoon Room bath: a deep sand-stone tub in a niche under a low arch, a pierced cedar window above
52 m² · King or two twins

Stone tub and rain shower. The lagoon, from the balcony. Floors one to four.

From AED 2,400a night for two, breakfast included

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A Mashrabiya Suite: sunlight through a carved cedar screen falling across a majlis of low cushions
A Mashrabiya Suite majlis: carved cedar doors open onto a balcony over the lagoon, a brass coffee tray on the table

Suites behind cedar screens

Hand-carved cedar screens run the length of the suite and throw the late sun across the floor in stars. The bedroom faces the water; the majlis next door has low cushions, a brass coffee table and room for a third guest on the daybed.

  • 95 m²Size
  • King, plus a majlis daybedBed
  • ThreeSleeps
  • 20 suitesIn the palace

From AED 4,900a night for two, breakfast included

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Tower suites

Six suites inside the crenellated towers, each across a whole floor, with windows on every side. A narrow stone stair climbs from the dressing room to a private roof majlis, the highest seat in the palace after the bar.

Bed
King, and a twin room on request
Bath
Marble bath under a small dome
View
The lagoon, the sea and the city
Sleeps
Four
Roof
Private majlis terrace

From AED 8,800a night for two, breakfast included

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A Tower Suite: an octagonal room with tall windows on every side and the lagoon below
The private roof majlis of a Tower Suite: cushions along a crenellated parapet, the palace and the sea beyond

Lagoon villasa house on the quay, with a boat at the door

Two storeys of sand-stone on the water’s edge: two bedrooms upstairs, a sitting room and dining majlis below, a plunge pool on the terrace and your own jetty with an abra and a boatman on call. A butler looks after the house from arrival to departure.

A Lagoon Villa terrace: a plunge pool, day beds and the private jetty on the lagoon
  • 310 m²Size
  • One king, two twinsBed
  • SixSleeps
  • 11 villasIn the palace

Two bathrooms and an outdoor shower · Plunge pool, terrace and jetty · Butler and private abra

From AED 14,500a night for two, breakfast included

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With every stay

Breakfast served in a suite: coffee, dates, labneh and warm flatbread on a brass tray
  1. ( 1 )Breakfast at Al Bustan or on your balcony
  2. ( 2 )The abras, every twenty minutes, 06:00 to midnight
  3. ( 3 )Loungers and towels on the private beach
  4. ( 4 )The hammam pool and warm room, 09:00 to 21:00
  5. ( 5 )Coffee and dates in the Majlis, morning until late
  6. ( 6 )The hotel’s car from DXB, twenty-two minutes

Choose your dates

Rates are per night for two, breakfast included. Tell us your dates and we hold the room while you decide.

Nights
3
Guests
2

  • Check-in from 15:00
  • Check-out by 12:00
  • Children under 12 stay free
  • Free cancellation up to 7 days before arrival, 14 for villas
Three tableson the lagoonSee the dining rooms
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