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Anantara Desert Islands Resort & Spa, Abu Dhabi

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Description & Facilities

STAR RATING:

5 Stars

Hotel Type:

Hotel

Amenities:

Wheelchair-accessible
Car park (fee)
24-hour reception
Check-in hour 15:00 - 00:00
Check-out hour 12:00 - 12:00
Wi-fi
Airport Shuttle
Room service
Laundry service
Bicycle hire service
Day-care centre (fee)
Babysitting service
Multilingual staff
Bellboy service
Air conditioning in public areas
Hotel safe
Currency exchange facilities
Lift access
Newspaper stand
Shop
Garden
Terrace
Concierge
Gym
Newspapers
Luggage room
Clothes dryer
Private beach area
Café
Bar
Restaurant 3
Non-smoking area
Smoking area
Poolside snack bar
Air conditioning in Restaurant
Conference room
Meeting room
Projector (fee)
Business centre
Sun loungers
Parasols
Children playground
Kids’ club
TV lounge
Game room
Steam bath
Hot tub
Massage
Spa treatments
Spa centre
Diving
Sailing (fee)
Fitness
Archery (fee)
Horse riding (fee)
Cycling / mountain biking (fee)
Tennis

Located on the natural island of Sir Bani Yas, the Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara invites you to explore the wonders of an oasis in Abu Dhabi. After a day encountering exotic wildlife, retreat to the secluded luxury of Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara. Intimate walled tropical gardens surround the resort's free-form infinity-edge swimming pool. Contemporary design and natural beauty fuse to evoke Arabian mystique.

The resort is located 8 kilometres off the coast of Abu Dhabi which is a 20 minute journey by boat from Jebel Dhanna Jetty. In order to guarantee a seat on the boat, kindly contact the resort directly and provide reservation number for reference and resort will assist to reserve the seat.

Daily departure from Jebel Dhanna Jetty to Sir Bani Yas Island: 12 PM, 3 PM, 6 PM and 11 PM. Additionally only on Fridays 10:30 AM.
Daily departure from Sir Bani Yas Island: 9 AM, 1 PM, 4 PM, 8 PM.

Please note that the boat transfers are subject to availability, weather conditions and clearance from Abu Dhabi Ports Authority.
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Hotel
Anantara Desert Islands Resort & Spa
Flight Time
6.5 hours (approximately)
Weather

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January

"Poor"
"Hot 24c sunny"
"Very pleasant in the low 20's but filly in late afternoon, cold winds blowing in."
"We were lucky the majority of the time it was sunny and warm/hot although it did rain a few days but that was expected as it's a tropical country"

February

"Mid. 20's every day"
"perfect for skiing"
"Perfect. Not too hot and pleasant, dry heat."

March

"Mixed as you would expect when visiting cloud forests, rain forests, mountain regions Caribbean and Pacific beach resorts."
"Hot"
"Very good"
"hot and sunny"
"Hot"
"Hot"
"hot"
"Very hot 37d"
"Amazing weather - hot every day"

April

"very good"
"Hot and Dry ... aircon is a must!"
"Hot"
"28 degrees and sun shine, perfect"
"Very good.Sunny, variable cloud, about 20 c.1 thunderstorm."

May

"very good"
"perfect, nice tan"
"WARM & SUNNY"
"BRILLIANT SUNSHINE ~ IN THE UPPER 2O'S"
"warm/hot sunshine"
"not as good as it has been in the med"
"Stunning, almost too hot...almost!"

June

"Very good"
"hot & sunny"
"Fantastic."
"Very changeable."
"Warm in the high 30s but we have previously know it be up to 50s."
"Very hot"
"Lovely"
"Heat wave"

July

"Excellent, hot and sunny"
"Sometimes almost too hot. Generally very good."
"Fantastic, hot, but that's what we like"
"Very hot"
"Beautiful.Very hot."

August

"hot and sunny"
"Mixed"
"Hot"
"45 degrees centigrade."
"Hot hot hot!!!"
"Sunny and hot max 35c min 23c"
"very good"

September

"Good"
"wonderful."
"The weather was hot blue skies the whole time mwe were there"
"very good"
"Very hot. 38degrees at 9 am"
"Very hot"
"Hot and sunny"
"We travelled in September 2016 ... the minimum temperature was 39 degrees and the maximum was 44 degrees."
"Rained on our visit to Cannes cold to start with then was 35 degrees"
"Great"

October

"ok, it is england!"
"very hot"
"Great"
"Perfect"
"Amazing!!"
"The weather was amazing, very hot and perfect at night time."
"Hot! Gorgeous"
"Ideal!"
"Hot"
"Amazing"
"Hot"
"good"

November

"30 degrees"
"Hot perfect"
"Good, very dusty for three days, one wet and one glorious"
"Godd"
"Hot but comfortable"
"Very warm"

December

"Warmer than Jordan"
"perfect not mega hot but lovely and warm"
"Hot low 20s"
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