Honest review
Families in Dubai can simplify the shortlist: Jumeirah Al Qasr settles the children question better than most.
Judge for yourself: beside the pool lies a full 1,000 sq m play territory with playgrounds and children's pools, and the programme — from craft sessions and face painting to sports and film screenings — is run by a qualified team. Parents keep the beach: private, sandy, two kilometres long, first line from the water.
All of it lives within Madinat Jumeirah, the largest complex of its kind in the world, in the centre of the city, right on the Persian Gulf.
The rooms hold to the Arabian style: traditional patterns, a marble bath with a separate shower, a private balcony. On categories: garden and canal views are calmer, the Gulf view is the postcard — choose for your scenario.
An address for an everything-in-one-place family holiday — when you want the palace, the real sea, and the children usefully occupied.
