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Advantages In the airport, inexpensive, convenenient

Disadvantages Only 40 rooms, no in-room internet

What to do?

You are travelling via Abu Dhabi, it's midnight, you've arrived to discover that your onward flight is delayed, or cancelled. Or perhaps you're flying from Abu Dhabi, you've checked out of your hotel and come to the airport for your overnight flight, and it is delayed. Or - as in my case - the midnight flight was full, I was hoping to get on at the last minute but no luck, and the next flight was not until ten in the morning.

For whatever reason, you are facing a night at Abu Dhabi airport, the floor looks very hard and the chairs only marginally less so.

It's at a moment like this that you can be relieved to discover the Airport Hotel!

Location
The airport is at least thirty minutes drive from the city, an hour from the Jumeirah area of Dubai, so an airport hotel is preferable to heading into town.

The Abu Dhabi Airport Hotel is located in the main terminal building, next to the Gulf Air lounge which is "airside" ie after passport control and customs. This is ideal if you are transferring between flights, as you have no worries about visas, clearing passport control etc. When you arrive, follow the walkway to Arrivals and turn left at the end. The Gulf Air lounge will be straight ahead.

If you are flying from Abu Dhabi, then you will need to check in and go through passport control in order to get to the hotel. Check in for most flights opens just three or four hours before departure, but in my case I explained to the airline that I was flying with in the morning (Etihad) that I wanted to go through to spend the night at the hotel before flying and they were very happy to oblige me with an early check in and boarding card - they even checked in my suitcase and it arrived safe and sound. Once through passport control, the Gulf Air lounge is on the right.

Once you get to the lounge, which is upstairs, the hotel check in desk is just next to the Gulf Air lounge reception.

Check In and Rates
The check in was quick and simple. I just had to fill in a small form, let them take a photcopy of my passport and show my boarding card. The receptionist confirmed the departure time of my flight in the morning and offered a wake-up call. She explained where I could get breakfast, gave me a room card and pointed me down the corridor at the side, towards the rooms.

The check in desk is at the entrance to the Gulf Air lounge, so I could get a good view into the lounge, past the seats, to the bar! Hint - there is no bottled water in the room, but if you go to the lounge bar and tell them you are staying in the hotel they will give you a bottle of mineral water.

Rates at the hotel are Dhs330 for a single room and Dhs440 for a double - that's in United Arab Emirates Dirhams. In US Dollars that's $90 for a single and $120 for a double. Not exactly a bargain, but I happily paid it rather than spend a night on the airport floor!

Rooms
The rooms are not extravagant or luxurious by any stretch of the imagination - expect, perhaps, compared to the five foot patch of floor behind the duty free DVD shop.
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    Sounds a lot better than the floor! Jo

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