2 Best Hotels in Bur Dubai and the South Bank, Dubai

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We've compiled the best of the best in Bur Dubai and the South Bank - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

Grand Hyatt Dubai

$$$ | Sheikh Rashid Rd., Umm Hurair, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

As Bur Dubai's largest hotel, with a colossal 600 rooms and almost 200 serviced apartments, this property makes a real statement. The building is designed in two sweeping sensuous curves and is surrounded by 37 acres of beautifully manicured grounds on Dubai Creek. On-site amenities are extensive, including an ample choice of eateries, a nightclub, kids club, cinema, and a large sports club. Big free-form pools sit among tropical gardens. Public areas are on a grand scale, decorated with flourishes and flounces popular in the 1980s. Rooms are spacious with a classic international design, including pale stone, and tan and brown hues. The Grand Hyatt has excellent conference facilities and often holds large conventions.

Pros

  • Wide range of quality activities on-site
  • Excellent pools and gardens

Cons

  • Very large hotel that risks being impersonal
  • Kids' club is a paid activity for five years and over
Sheikh Rashid Rd., Umm Hurair, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4-317–1234
Hotel Details
Credit cards accepted
674 rooms, 186 apartments
No Meals

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Palazzo Versace

$$$$ | Culture Village, Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
When they were constructing this hotel, there were plans to chill the sand on the beach overlooking Dubai Creek; although that plan was discarded after an environmental uproar, it's a testament to how luxurious this hotel is. Public areas are as outstanding as one would expect for a Versace property. The rooms are gorgeous, like something straight from a Venetian palace, with parquet flooring and Versace-designed furnishings and prints. There are mosaics, marble, flocked wallpaper, and a 12,900-square-foot Imperial suite. Dining on-site offers some exceptional choices, but you have to hop in a car to get just about anywhere else.

Pros

  • Exceptional luxury with unique furnishings
  • Apartments available in neighboring residential area

Cons

  • Surrounding area is still underdeveloped
Culture Village, Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4-556--8888
Hotel Details
215 rooms
No Meals

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