Dubai Summer Sale 2019

THE CHIC BVLGARI SCENE The 5* BVLGARI Hotel

For more than a hundred years, divers harvested natural pearls from the clear shallows of the Arabian Gulf, so it seems fitting that Italian jeweller Bulgari would set its latest hotel project on reclaimed land that juts out into these pale blue waters. It’s taken seven years for this Bulgari hotel to rise up from the sea: an elegant, sea-horse- shaped arc of terra firma with 101 bedrooms, 20 villas, a beach club, an apartment complex, a yacht club and private marina – Bulgari’s first – with berths for 50 boats. Of course, Italian touches dominate the design: travertine marble from Tivoli in the bathrooms; grey Vicenza stone walls in the spa, where the back-lit green onyx reception desk is also a thing of great beauty; furniture by Flos, Flexform and B&B Italia. But most striking of all is the exterior, where white-lacquered steel awnings are pierced to

resemble coral, at the same time emulating shade-giving Middle Eastern fretwork screens. Take a dip in the pool where the Bisazza tiles look like vintage Bulgari brooches, or tuck into a brioche ice cream from Il Café (one of four restaurants) and then hide away in La Limonaia, the secret lemon-tree garden. For an out-of-town jaunt, jump in one of the hotel’s fleet of Maseratis to visit the new Louvre Abu Dhabi. Or don’t leave at all, and instead be rubbed and scrubbed and washed in rose water while you lie on heated marble in the hammam. Chic and understated, this is a slice of Italian style amid the sky-high glitz of Dubai.

3 night package | market price € 1499 from only € 1299 pp 5 night package | market price € 2019 from only € 1719 pp 7 night package | market price € 2519 from only € 2119 pp

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