Anantara Eastern Mangroves Abu Dhabi Hotel Monica Tindall As the sun sets behind Abu Dhabi’s iconic skyscrapers, a serene oasis of tranquillity awaits on the other side of the city. On the edge of the urban sprawl, Anantara Eastern Mangroves Abu Dhabi Hote…
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Rixos Marina Abu Dhabi – 24-hour Stopover
Rixos Marina Abu Dhabi Monica Tindall Abu Dhabi is a growing global city that offers visitors a unique blend of culture, grandiose architecture and modernity. The city’s strategic location makes it an excellent transit point for travellers on long-haul flight…
InterContinental Dubai – Festival City – Stopover
InterContinental Dubai – Festival City – Stopover Monica Tindall Long gone are the days when I was willing to catch multiple long-haul flights one after the other to reach a destination. Gee, when I lived in Venezuela it would take us up to 48 hours som…
HeliDubai – Scenic Helicopter Tours Dubai
Monica Tindall What better way to explore the luxurious city of Dubai than with a helicopter tour? Dubai, home to some of the world’s most incredible architecture, seems to hold steady to the goal of building the longest, fastest, tallest and biggest of eve…
Pierre’s Bistro & Bar, InterContinental Dubai
Pierre’s Bistro & Bar, InterContinental Dubai Monica Tindall I’m not sure what I expected to find at Pierre’s Bistro and Bar at InterContinental Dubai but it certainly wasn’t a tropical pink fantasy with flamingoes, jungle palms, gold-trimmed stoo…
InterContinental Abu Dhabi -Luxury Hotel
InterContinental Abu Dhabi – A Grand Dame on the Marina Monica Tindall Long flights, the 14-hour plus kind, are not for me! I vowed a number of years back to never put myself through that torture again. So to break up my summer travel between Asia and Europe I st…
Byblos Sur Mer, Lebanese Restaurant, Abu Dhabi
Byblos Sur Mer – Abu Dhabi Monica Tindall Specialising in marina views and a complete food and beverage experience, Byblos Sur Mer is InterContinental Abu Dhabi’s Lebanese restaurant. It’s comes with high repute and we’ve been told that guests travel all …
The Best of Dubai – A Luxurious Jaunt
The Yum List recently spent four fabulous days in the city of the future, Dubai. Based on our fav experiences from the trip, here’s our run down of where to eat in Dubai, where to stay in Dubai, and what to do in Dubai. The Best of Dubai (click on […]
The Spa at JA Jebel Ali Golf Resort, Dubai
Bordered by a beautiful golf course on one side, and white sandy shores and serene blue sea on the other, I already feel calm and at ease, ready for an afternoon of pampering, at The Spa housed in the JA Jebel Ali Golf Resort. Beach with Garden Greenery Golf Course M…
Connection Chauffeur, Limo UAE, Dubai
Monica Tindall A luxury romp in Dubai must start and end with a classy transfer, and Connection Chauffeur has a range of luxury vehicles to get us around the city in style. Our much anticipated four days of extravagance sees us taking in aerial views of the city in …
Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
“An elegant retreat in a desert sanctuary” Dubai, in the least, could be described as ‘exciting.’ Towering skyscrapers, high-speed motorways and what seems to be interminable development, are interwoven with stunning mosques, traditional souk markets an…
Dunes Cafe, Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai, UAE
Dunes Cafe at the Shangri-La Hotel Dubai has a great breakfast buffet. Recently given an overall, the range and quality of items in the morning line up is rather extensive. More to come on the hotel in upcoming posts, but for now, here’s a photo memory of some o…