The Best Places to Stay in Palm Jumeirah

The lobby staircase wraps around a crystal chandelier shaped like a palm tree, which tells you exactly what kind of hotel this is. The St. Regis Dubai, The Palm occupies the lower floors of a 52-story tower on Palm Jumeirah, with 264 rooms and suites looking out over the Arabian Sea and the Burj Al Arab. A Forbes Five Star property, it runs a rooftop garden, restaurants, and a beach club reached by shuttle.

1. Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
2. Michelin Guide 1 Key

A resort hotel sitting on the tip of Palm Jumeirah, with private beach access and a skyline view that makes Dubai look like it was designed as a backdrop. The rooms lean grand, the pools are plentiful, and the spa exists for people who want to pretend the city outside doesn't. Six restaurants cover enough ground that you could avoid leaving the property for days, which may or may not be the point of a Palm Jumeirah holiday.

1. Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star

The Palm Jumeirah is already a flex, and Andaz leans into it: this is a resort hotel sitting near the top of the frond-shaped island, where the rooms curve like something from a retrofuturist dream and the views swing between city skyline and open sea. The design is playful and a little space-age, the scale is unmistakably Dubai, and there's a Mexican restaurant with a front-row seat to all of it.

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