Dubai Extravaganza!

We stayed in the Westin near The Palm, which has a number of lovely meandering pools, lots of places to sunbathe next to the pool, on the grass or on the beach, and a beautiful warm water swim up bar.

The food is absolutely outstanding! They have anything you could possibly want either for breakfast, lunch or dinner; including the traditional breakfast of crunchy, crispy bacon, eggs anyway you like it - beautifully cooked. Any kind of deliciously hot baked bread you can dream of, fruits galore - watermelon, cantaloupe melon, kiwi presse, strawberries and of course all succulently ripe, low fat yoghurts. Even sushi, cakes to die for....and liquid nitrogen cooled sorbets! Every time I turned around there was something else I hadn’t seen before.

Then of course you have the large, extremely comfortable rooms with their signature "heavenly" beds that you are in danger of never getting out of, and luxurious bathrooms with top of the range products.

And what to do? There are so many activities, Aquaventure waterpark at Atlantis, Wild Wadi water park, next to the Jumeirah Beach hotel, dolphin swimming, jet-boating, skiing, desert safari or just relaxing on the beach, by the pool or having spa treatments.

Other beautiful hotels include the amazing Jumeirah Beach Hotel, with its great facilities for families, calm Mina a Salam - an adults hotel and the rest of the Madinat Jumeirah including the villas and Al Qasr, Westin Meridien and many more.