Journey from Al Ain to Fujairah

Here is my first draft of an article to show you what the car journey looks like from Al Ain to Fujairah. It takes about 3 hours to get to the beach hotels there like Al Aqah Beach Resort (our favourite), Sandy Beach, etc. If you have a Garmin satellite navigation device, or the Tom-Tom [...]

Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort Hotel, Fujairah – views from balcony

Here are some photos taken from the balcony at Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort Hotel in Fujairah… Looking to the north, the row of green trees in the middle of this shot marks the edge of Al Aqah’s land… Coming south down the beach, you can see the canvas tent covering the climbing frame [...]

Danat Hotel, Al Ain

The Danat Hotel in Al Ain was, until 2010, called the Intercontinental Hotel (and still affectionally known as the ‘Intercon’). The Danat is very busy with tourists and new arrivals to Al Ain who are sometimes lodged there temporarily until their apartments or villas are ready to move into. Here are some photos of it… [...]

Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort Hotel, Fujairah

The reason we Paynes moved to Al Ain was because we discovered this hotel a few years ago and then came twice a year ever since, then finally decided to move to this country as we like it so much! We’ve stayed at this hotel 11 times so far, ranging from 2 to 15 nights [...]

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Sohar, Oman

This terrific hotel is only a 65-minute drive from the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain – so it’s much closer than Abu Dhabi or Dubai for a quick getaway. You can get across the border 2 ways… by driving past the Hilton, heading east via the Hili border crossing Don’t try crossing at the border [...]

Hilton Hotel in Al Ain

We spend one afternoon most weekends at the Hilton Hotel in the south east of the town… …because of its excellent facilities. There are 3 pools: a laps pool for adults… a paddling pool for infants…   …and a large family pool with water features and a water slide. Here’s a video lasting a few [...]