everything was perfect, very close to everything, great breakfast. The hotel is located in a old area, close to the museum, the creeek and a beautiful mosquee. Few mins by taxy from the airport.We suggest to join cultural centre activities nearby.
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a charming small courtyard hotel, in the midst of old riverside town of Dubai. We stopped for only 1 day/night to break our journey from US to Australia and it was wonderful place to rest and walk in the historic quarter. Staff were very helpful and friendly.
This is a charming little hotel within the pedestrianised Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood (free parking 3 minutes walk from hotel). It is arabesque throughout with lovely inner courtyards and several majlis type seating areas. The rooms aren't necessarily large, but are quite romantic and beautifully decorated and feel both historic and steeped in the regional culture whilst offering 21st century comfort and contemporary, artistic touches.
We enjoyed both dinner and breakfast sitting in the hotel run cafe and under a large tree which grows in the inner courtyard. The food is vegetarian only and both innovative and tasty. The historic neighbourhood itself, complete with wind towers, mashrabiya panels and its tiny streets is really charming and interesting to explore on foot. It has a mosque, a range of shops and galleries selling anything from calligraphy to carpets and a rang of other nice places to visit such as the Coffee Museum. The Creek is 3 minutes walk from the hotel and the Old Souk 5 minutes. Both offer plenty more shopping and eating out options and the Abra (river taxi) stations can also be found here. A taxi to Dubai Mall would probably take 10 minutes. We really enjoyed our stay.
It was a very charming space, each room has a specific theme, and highly influence by art, culture & healthy cuisine!
It's situated in the heart of Old Dubai, so it's definitely an escape form the 'concrete jungle'
a lovely place, very well situated, small, loved the interior design and very friendly, extremely helpful manager and staff. was glad I stayed here and would always recommend it or go back myself (though rather not in July...).
My family and I travelled to Dubai during June this year and stayed at the XVA Art hotel. Since we are two adults and two teenagers, we had two rooms which met our needs very well. This hotel is exactly the kind of place we look for when we travel as you can feel it's personality as soon as you walk in. I think it would sound better calling this place a boutique rather than hotel which sounds so sterile to me. Each of the rooms are like their own individual art gallery with paintings, designs and a feeling of uniqueness. The breakfast was also different and all of us enjoyed it very much. We were originally going to stay at a large hotel in the middle of Dubai but changed our minds shortly before our trip. We are so glad we did as the XVA art hotel gave us a neat glimpse of the culture that still exists in this part of the middle east. I want to finish by saying that one of the things that made us especially comfortable was the kind help we received from one of the employees name "Bong." What a fantastic gentleman who answered all of our questions with a smile, took care of us and made us feel at home. Thanks again.
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