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DUBAI WHERE TO STAY ?
DESERT PALM RETREAT
Home to the Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge, this luxurious hotel and polo club is the inspiration of one of Guards Polo Club’s high-goal patrons Ali Albwardy. Although this elegant oasis, situated just outside the centre of Dubai on the Hatta/Oman Road offers excellent polo fields and superb ponies, Desert Palm offers much more than polo. It is home to the excellent Lime Spa, which provides the perfect blend Asian and European treatments. Not surprisingly, its spa menu offers treatments for tired polo players too, including a popular sports massage. Desert Palm’s collection of restaurants includes the revered Rare, where delicious Wagyu steaks vie with an impressive wine list that rivals some of France’s leading restaurants.
The less formal Epicure restaurant, situated alongside one of the hotel’s cooling swimming pools, offers more eclectic dishes with great menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Appropriately for a polo club, Desert Palm also provides the wonderful Jewel Afternoon Tea, enabling guests to linger on the hotel terrace and follow a game on the hotel ground while sampling a wonderful array of delicacies all served on striking yet delicate china.
In view of the hotel’s emphasis on fine dining and
excellent wines, the team at Desert Palm is happy to
arrange cooking and wine-tasting tutorials during your visit, as well as a polo lesson or two.
www.desertpalm.ae
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Camel racing in Dubai often takes place at 7am so always check race times before heading out to the track.
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