Advantages: Location
Disadvantages: More of a business Hotel than for lesuire

...I decided to treat my mum and me to a short break to Abu Dhabi last year and choose the Millennium Hotel to stay in. We managed to find a taxi easily enough at Abu Dhabi airport and after a short drive (30mins) we arrived at the hotel. On first impressions I was a little disappointed. I had all these grand images in my head, but in reality the hotel seemed pretty standard. The room itself was quite basic (considering the price we paid), but it was clean and the beds were very comfortable. The hotel does have a nice swimming pool (although a little on the small side) and area for catching some sun. Getting around Abu Dhabi was fairly easy, taxi's are always available and very cheap. One trip I would recommend is the desert safari and evening barbecue. Driving up and down the sand dunes in the deserts was thrilling, I... Read review

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Advantages: Peaceful, lovely pool, helpful staff, nice rooms
Disadvantages: Middle of nowhere, food not brilliant.

...I wasn't expecting too much from this hotel, but was pleasantly surprised. My husband was being sent on a few days business trip to Dubai during the school half term, and I decided to tag along at the last minute with our two kids. With only a day to go I didn't expect a great choice of hotels. Sure enough, the only hotels coming up with suitable vacancies were the Kempinski at $850 a night (no thank you!) and this one, at $170 a night. I was a bit confused though as several hotel finder sites put it as Dubai, but the address was Abu Dhabi. Looking on the map we found why, it is nearly exactly haflway between the two emirates. As my husband was working quite nearby and we had a hire car, this was not a problem. If you come from Dubai, it is about 40 minutes drive from the airport (but could be longer if you are unfortunte... Read review

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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... Read review

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Advantages: Nice rooms, some nice restaurants, friendly, good location
Disadvantages: Lobby coffee shop, small pool and gym, expensive internet

...Opened less than three years ago, the Millennium Hotel in Abu Dhabi is one of the newest hotels, in a city which is growing rapidly, boosting its tourist industry and raising its international profile. Unlike Dubai down the road, however, it is trying to keep its traditional character, and to retain a degree of class and exclusivity, and to avoid kitch and tackiness. This hotel it is part of the Millennium Group, owned by a company from Singapore. A few years ago they bought the UK's Copthorne Hotels and now proudly claim to be the 40th largest hotel chain in the world, according to their website! The hotel is located less than a block from the seafront Corniche, close to central Hamdan Street. It has 325 rooms and they promise a "yes we can" attitude. So how did they do? Entrance and lobby The car stopped just outside... Read review

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Advantages: Central Location, comfortable
Disadvantages: Cramped rooms, broken cots, noisy

...The Crowne Plaza Hotel Abu Dhabi A few weeks ago I was in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates for a couple of days. Wife and baby came with me. It was only the second time that the little one had been with us in a hotel, so we wondered how he would take to it! LOCATION The hotel is very central in Abu Dhabi. Coming into the city from the airport it is about a 25 minute drive; coming in on the main road, once you're in the city centre turn right onto Hamdan Street from the first underpass and it's two blocks down on the right hand side. The street is full of shop, restaurants, cafes and offices. Within five minutes walk there is a Burger King, Starbucks and more. A couple of large malls are within a five minute drive. ARRIVAL There is an entrance facing onto Hamdan Street but the main entrance... Read review

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Advantages: Apartment independence with Hilton hotel comfort
Disadvantages: Cheap soap dispenser, some slow service

...viewed from Dubai as "smaller", "more sleepy", even "boring", it is certainly less glitzy and has less "WOW!" factor but is also less artificial, less tacky and therefore more real, more genuine and has more soul. I was in Abu Dhabi for a couple of weeks with the family and, instead of being stuck in a single hotel room, we decided to get ourselves into a serviced apartment and chose a block of apartments run by the Hilton, The Hilton Corniche Residence The apartments are located quite centrally just off The Corniche, what was the coast road until they reclaimed another patch of land, building out into the bay. Thankfully the new strip of land is being used for parks abd public areas, not building. What was The Corniche will now be the Old Corniche and the new seafront road will be called... well, you guess. LOBBY AND ARRIVAL... Read review

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Advantages: Beach Club, Restaurants, Service, Choice
Disadvantages: None really.

...If you're going to Abu Dhabi the chances are that you want to chill out, shop, or both. Either way, the Hilton is well located for both. OK the hotel is not actually on the beach - but it is just across the road and there is a handy subway that goes almost from the front door of the hotel to the Hiltonia beach club. But more on that later. Arrival I had booked an airport pickup and sure enough, I was picked up. As we emerged from customs, there was our name on the board. I identified myself and moments later we were escorted to the door and we, and our bags, were loaded into a Mercedes taxi, no less, and we were on our way. A fine start, we were impressed already. There are three Hiltons in Abu Dhabi; as well as this one there are also the Bayouneh Hilton and the Hilton Corniche Residence. Make sure you get to the right... Read review

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Advantages: It is Excellent in every respect
Disadvantages: Very Expensive

...storeyed 2 bedroom luxury boat, there is plenty of choice . Cochin is connected to many international destinations and all major cities in India and most Middle Eastern cities like Dubai, Baharain, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi .. One can visit places like Munnar which is a lovely hill station in the western Ghats with tea plantation and waterfalls .There are many resorts situated here and most tourists visit Munnar while visiting Cochin..... Read review

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Advantages: A chance to meet a very diverse community, as you are in the UAE you are very close to some amazing countries (for example, 2 hour flight from the himilayas, an hour flight from Oman, 2 Hour flight to India)
Disadvantages: Some Emirates or states are 'dry' which means no alcohol, Can be especially difficult to get a job (especially men), a general reluctancy to give work permits - resulting in a constant flight out of the country (2 months if you're British)

...- or going - to University. I hope that you find this useful. Introduction about the United Arab Emirates -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The United Arab Emirates is located on The Arabian Gulf, and the Arabian Sea, whose capital is Abu Dhabi located to the south west of the United Arab Emirates (which may I say is the 8th largest oil producing state in the world- bearing in mind, that the whole emirate, is not much bigger than greater London, or County Durham) The United Arab Emirates is split in to several "emirates" or counties, which are a unification of different ruling families. The ruling family of the Dubai Emirate, is the Al Maktoum family which own a vast amount of companies, including the Jumeirah International group of hotels, and "Emirates" airlines. The countries statistics... Read review

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Advantages: absolutely breathtaking - far better than the pyramids
Disadvantages: expensive

...On a weeks cruise down the Nile we opted for an excursion to Abu Simbel. After paying out loads of cash for the holiday of a lifetime I decided we weren't going to miss out on any excursions. An extra £500 and a wake up call of 5am we had breakfast and caught an internal flight. After climbing off the coach we began the short walk to the temple. There were street vendors on the road down to the temple, selling souvenirs and ornaments, who were probably the most polite vendors that we found in Egypt. There were also a few kiosks selling cold drinks and snacks. Our guide took us on the short cut up over the hill instead of walking around the road. At the top of hill we were greeted by the most impressive manmade sight I have ever seen - the temple was far bigger than you can ever imagine. The whole group that we were with, were speechless... Read review

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