Swain-selected stayBab Al Shams, United Arab EmiratesBab Al ShamsA distinctive base for a journey designed around you.Selected by our Destination ExpertsExploreThe storyGalleryExperiencesPlan your stayThe stayWhat to know about this stay.Bab Al Shams Desert Resort holds 248 rooms, suites and Desert Pool Villas built in the style of a traditional Arabic fort, its courtyards, fountains and stone alleyways giving the walk between room and dinner a sense of place rather than a hotel corridor. Rustic Arabic-style rooms open directly onto the desert or onto quieter garden courtyards, roughly 45 minutes from central Dubai and far enough from the city's light pollution to reveal a genuinely dark desert sky.The resort's setting inside the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve makes it one of the few properties in the Emirates built specifically around the desert itself rather than the coastline, and Desert Pool Villas extend that setting into a private plunge pool for guests staying more than a single night. A closer lookBab Al Shams, in detail.Beyond the stayExperiences nearbyThe desert itself is the whole reason to come here, and a camel trek at sunset, watching the dunes shift color as the light drops, tends to stay with people longer than almost anything else on a Dubai trip. Falconry displays put centuries-old Bedouin tradition on show up close, and dune drives cover the more adrenaline-driven side of the same landscape. Stargazing away from the city's light pollution reveals a sky Dubai's downtown hotels simply cannot offer. Desert Pool Villas let guests extend all of it into a private plunge pool of their own, a quiet way to end a day that started on a camel. Plan with SwainAdd Bab Al Shams to your journey.Tell us where you want to go and how you like to travel. We will recommend the right route, length of stay, and experiences.Start planning →
