Friday, July 10, 2015

The Facades: Selected Hotel Facades in Dubai, United Arab Emirates / 09/2014 [1]


 1. The InterContinental Residence Suites Festival City, Dubai, UAE



 2. The InterContinental Festival City Hotel, Dubai, UAE



 3. The Crowne Plaza Hotel Festival City, Dubai, UAE



 4. The Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights Hotel, Dubai, UAE



 5. The Raffles Hotel, Dubai, UAE



 6. The Raffles Hotel, Dubai, UAE



 7. The Raffles Hotel, Dubai, UAE



 8. The Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai, UAE



 9. The Holiday Inn Hotel Bur Dubai - Embassy District, Dubai, UAE



 10. The Holiday Inn Hotel Bur Dubai - Embassy District, Dubai, UAE



11. The Palazzo Versace, Dubai, UAE


Friday, July 3, 2015

The Facades: The InterContinental Hotel & The Crowne Plaza Hotel Festival City, Dubai, UAE / 09/2014 : [BONUS : LARGE SIZE PHOTOS]



1. through 15, we walked along the [New] Dubai Creek towards Festival City, especially to see by ourselves the facades of the InterContinental Hotel Dubai Festival City and the Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City, what sight, gorgeous exteriors, all two hotels are reached along the Creek Promenade and within 10 minutes walking from the InterContinental Residence Suites Dubai Festival City, it feels like a bit of an IHG Town this side of the [New] Dubai Creek. Gorgeous facades, beautiful hotels, stunning design and the Creek as a backdrop and in the late afternoon / early evening we were joined by a memorable sunset too here in Dubai. We stayed at the InterContinental Residence Suites and we're glad to have walked towards the other two IHG managed hotels, since then at the Dubai Marina these hotels especially the IC's have been complimented by the new IC Dubai Marina. Enjoy, as we look forward to visit again Dubai in our future and might stay again with IHG.


Thursday, July 2, 2015

InterContinental Residence Suites Festival City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates / 09/2014 : Our Breakfast at Mezza Luna [6]


1. through 10, we enjoyed our breakfast at Mezza Luna located on the lobby level of the InterContinental Residence Suites Festival City, Dubai, UAE. We received a warm welcome, wonderful service and the food selection and quality are very memorable for the right reasons. Gorgeous juice, coffee, fruits, egg dishes, waffles, smoothies, pancakes and more, very inviting to linger a little bit longer in upscale, yet relaxed and friendly surroundings. Highly recommended when staying at this hotel. Yes, we would look forward to stay at the IC again and eat again at the Mezza Luna in our future. See also our Mezza Luna Dinner review, experiences and photos here in our blog published earlier. Enjoy.


Sunday, June 28, 2015

The Facade, Our Impressions: InterContinental Residence Suites Festival City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates / 09/2014 [5]


1. through 10, a beautiful designed building, the Marsa Plaza, the home of the InterContinental Residence Suites Festival City in Dubai, UAE. We loved the pleasing aspect of the exterior, a gorgeous building, beautiful location with the [New] Dubai Creek out front and we could walk along the Creek towards the InterContinental Hotel Festival City Dubai, these two hotels are within easy 10/15 walk from each other or less than 5 minutes via complimentary shuttle bus. The Suites are subtle and beautifully integrated into the Festival City landscape in this part of Dubai, which is also near to the airport making it ideal to stay after or before a flight in comfort. We enjoyed our stay and would love to stay there again in our future. Enjoy.


InterContinental Residence Suites Festival City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates / 09/2014 : Our Dinner at Mezza Luna [4]


1. through 10, we enjoyed our dinner at Mezza Luna, the Italian inspired Trattoria is a beautiful and relaxed place to meet, to enjoy and to feel well, located on the lobby level of the InterContinental Residence Suites Festival City in Dubai. Beautiful food, friendly and fast service, plus a gorgeous setting and value. We loved the textures of our meals, the flavors and presentation was memorable too, as was the service, which was swift and friendly at the same time. We would indeed look forward in our future to enjoy our dinner here again and yes, we would equally love to stay again at this hotel, located near the airport and the [New] Dubai Creek area. Having written this, on the next morning, after a memorable night at our Studio Suite at this hotel we came to visit again Mezza Luna to enjoy our breakfast. Overall, highly recommended, beautiful style, setting, service, value and choice alike. Enjoy.