The Top 14 Hotels Near Villa Toscana
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Perched inside Nation Towers on the Corniche, this Forbes Five Star hotel runs butler service as a baseline, not a perk. The Nation Riviera Beach Club puts a private stretch of sand within easy reach, which matters in a city where good beach access is politics. The spa and dining are polished, the kids' club keeps younger guests occupied, and the staff seem to have genuinely read the room, whoever's in it.
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Five towers of iridescent glass catch Abu Dhabi's relentless sun from the Corniche, which is as good an establishing shot as any city offers. This Forbes Five Star hotel sits in the Ras Al Akhdar district near Emirates Palace, and the interiors lean hard into the globe-trotting materials brief: agate crystal elevator walls, petrified wood floors, unusual stuff from unlikely places. The kind of hotel where the lobby itself requires a few laps.
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The in-house gold-leaf specialist is a full-time employee here, which tells you most of what you need to know about this palace hotel on Abu Dhabi's Corniche. A Forbes Five Star, it sprawls across a private beach, a marina, a spa, and enough domes and crystal chandeliers to make Versailles feel restrained. World leaders and royals book the suites; everyone else just enjoys having nearly a mile of beach to themselves.
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Perched on the Al Bateen Marina waterfront, this Ian Schrager hotel threads Arabian design references through a thoroughly modern, high-gloss package. The rooms and common spaces lean into dramatic art and architecture, and the property has enough photogenic angles to keep a certain kind of guest busy indefinitely. Forbes Four Star. If you came hoping to quietly unplug, the vibe here will gently discourage that plan.
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White marble and pearlescent finishes run throughout this Forbes Five Star hotel on Al Maryah Island, a nod to the UAE's pearl-diving past that somehow doesn't feel like a museum. The building's facade, inspired by souk fabrics, deflects the region's brutal sun while looking the part. Business travelers, locals, and holidaymakers circulate through the lobby in equal measure, kept moving by a staff that treats a slow check-in as a personal failure.
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Hawksbill turtles surface just offshore at dawn, which sets the tone for this Forbes Four Star beachfront resort on Saadiyat Island. The palette runs sandy and muted throughout, the pool is one of Abu Dhabi's largest, and even the entry-level rooms clock in at a generous 583 square feet. Restaurants, a spa, and eco tours make it easy to feel busy while doing very little, which is the whole idea.
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A 34-story glass tower on Al Maryah Island, connected by walkway to a major mall and a Cleveland Clinic, which tells you something about who Abu Dhabi is courting. The Rosewood is a luxury hotel with 149 rooms and 40 suites, Arabian Gulf views, nine restaurants and lounges, a destination spa, and an underground wine lounge with a cigar room for anyone who finds the pool insufficiently atmospheric. Forbes Four Star.
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The Grand Canal laps at the edge of the property while the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque fills the view across the water, which is a setting few hotels anywhere can match. The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal is a full luxury resort that leans into old-world European grandeur rather than the city's usual race toward the sky. Villas, a spa, and multiple restaurants fill the grounds, making it easy to stay put entirely.
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A Forbes Five Star beach resort on Saadiyat Island where the sand runs straight into a stretch of Gulf water that really does look like a travel poster. Mediterranean architecture keeps things cool and shaded, butler service comes standard with every room, and six restaurants mean you'll never eat in the same place twice. It's close enough to the airport to feel effortless, far enough from the city to feel like you've escaped it entirely.
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Sand-hued and vaguely palatial, this beachfront resort sits on Saadiyat Island, one of Abu Dhabi's natural islands where actual gazelles wander the grounds freely. The lobby goes contemporary rather than maximalist, with handmade carpets on the walls and a quiet nod to the UAE's conservation ethos. Rooms and villas look straight out to the Arabian Gulf, and seven dining options mean you rarely need to leave, which is rather the point.
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A canal running through the grounds carries guests by traditional abra boat, with the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque sitting directly across the water. This large waterfront resort leans into traditional Arabian design, with shaded gardens full of birdsong and a spread of restaurants ranging from regional Gulf cooking to French fine dining. It earns a Forbes Four Star rating and draws families who want the full Abu Dhabi spectacle without sacrificing calm.
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The views across the water to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque are almost unreasonably good from this Forbes Four Star beachfront hotel on Abu Dhabi Creek. The name means "gate to the sea," and the building's cool blue geometry makes the point without subtlety. Eight restaurants and 369 rooms inside, with the airport close enough that a late arrival doesn't ruin the first night.
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Hawksbill turtles nest on the beach outside this Forbes Four Star resort on Saadiyat Island, which sets the tone: this is a sustainability-minded, design-forward property where the natural world is part of the pitch. A glass chandelier in the lobby riffs on the seven blues of the gulf outside, and every room faces the water. The Louvre Abu Dhabi is minutes away, though the mangroves make it easy to forget the city exists.
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Sand-hued walls and hand-crafted details model a Bedouin village in the middle of the dunes, well outside Abu Dhabi proper. This Luxury Collection desert resort spreads across 99 rooms, suites, and villas, with six restaurants and a Saray Spa pool that frames a view of nothing but open desert. Flamingos gather at the nearby wetland reserve, which is a sentence you don't expect to write about the UAE.