A fantastic resort.. An amazing experience..

A fantastic resort.. An amazing experience..

10km deep into the Liwa Desert, this resort by Anantara is completely surrounded by golden sands and some of the most amazing picturesque sand dunes..

We stayed here for a couple of nights towards the end of our Abu Dhabi trip last year. It's about a 3 hour drive from Abu Dhabi itself, and when you get close to the location, you need to go off the main road, and travel about 10km to this resort in the middle of the sand dunes.

When you arrive at the entrance, your almost in awe of the amazing palace like entrance and the views surrounding this vast resort.

We stayed in a Deluxe Terrace Room, which comes with an outside terrace. You can see the photos on the Anantara website.. but I must say the room was fantastic and the view from the terrace even more so..

The lobby area is on another level.. loads of ornaments and decorations, a library, and shops all to make your stay even better. Considering the resort is in the desert I suppose they need all the facilities on site, as there isn't much chance of you getting out anywhere to do other things..

Hotel provides activities such as desert safari, quad biking etc, so there is plenty to do..

The service provided by the staff was fantastic.. we were made to feel very welcome during our whole stay.. extremely friendly staff throughout the hotel and restaurants.

The restaurants were a little pricey for the variety of food that was available.. but I guess that is expected when there is nothing else around in the near vicinity.. It's not like we could drive out to town for a quick meal or something..

Overall, we loved this resort.. I would highly recommend this resort to anyone who is looking for something unique.