Celbrating in Dubai

Katie Kirk on 21 August 2012
I took my partner Lee to Dubai as a surprise for his 30th Birthday. We stayed at the One & Only Palace which is a beautiful hotel.

Everything about this holiday was WOW!! If you love the heat, fine dining & shopping Dubai is the place for you.

Attention to detail in the hotel was 1st class, on the first day we decided to hit the beach which is privately owned by the hotel, and the sea was like getting in a bath so we decided to go near the pool as that was a good place to cool down!!

The restaurants within the hotel where amazing we had a choice of absolutely everything, all beautiful and of a very high standard.

The One & Only have 4 Hotels- one of them being on the Palm & they provide a water taxi service across for guests and on the last night we went to the One & Only Palm to have a meal and this was fine dining at its best & such an amazing experience.

I am a bit of a shopaholic and loved the malls- you can find everything from jewellery to all your designer makes I was in heaven - you literally could spend a week shopping :o)

Whilst we were here we went to the famous Atlantis Waterpark, We had loads of fun and for the day we were kids again!! I would absolutely go back and and wouldn't hesitate taking children for a family holiday in Dubai. Dubai is a place I have been lucky enough to visit a few times mainly on business but this trip was purely pleasure and by far the best- we will be going back!!!!

Dubai is a great place to go on holiday and it’s also ideal as a stop over for a few nights when flying to the Maldives, Australia, Indonesia it really is a gateway to the world.