The hotel itself is beautiful and has great aesthetics to it. We were able to get a pretty good deal of 553 dirhams (US$150) for a night before tax and service charges. The only drawback was that with the triathlon starting midday, it was difficult to arrange check-in with warming up for the race, but having my wife there made things easy. It was nice being able to take a five minute walk to the hotel, drop my bike off, have a shower, and come back for the awards and post-race food.
Because the track goes in and around the hotel, there were a number of great vantage points from our room and the various bars, restaurants and common areas. I went for a walk around the hotel and saw the rooftop pool with bar and various other outdoor restaurants and cafes. We'd had some food provided by the triathlon organizers and weren't that hungry so we chose to eat in the room where the kids were comfortably watching television. There was one bar overhanging the track, that would be really cool to watch races from. I was planning on going there for a drink with my wife, but by the time the kids were asleep I was pretty tired from the day I'd had and just wanted to go to bed.


Hi Aron,
ReplyDeleteI'm starting a blog on Abu Dhabi, and by coincidence have written a post on Yas Hotel, although not from the same perspective.
If you don't mind me posting it, here is the link ... www.epfdp.net, and i'll post a link to your blog there as well.
Cheers
Hey Paul,
ReplyDeleteNo problem. Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the pictures of the hotel. Haven't been there yet but just might get off my butt from over here near Emirates Palace and see the thing now.
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