Several of the hotels are outstanding examples of modern architecture. Facilities are generally exceptional with swimming pools, tennis courts and fully equipped health centers and leisure facilities being the norm.

Many hotels have a number of restaurants and some of the larger ones offer as many as 14. Most waterfront hotels have excellent beaches and extensive water-sports facilities.

Your choice of hotel will depend on the options on offer by your tour packager, the location and type of facilities that your require and of course your budget. To help you make an informed choice of accommodation, we have listed the major hotels in each emirate with a brief description of facilities.

The star-rating is not definitive? it is provided as a rough guide to hotel standards.

Self-catering apartments and villas are also available and for the budget traveler the UAE does offer a number of hotels.