Mercure Grand Jebel Hafeet


In summer, this mountaintop hotel overlooking the town of Al Ain offers a cool retreat. Depending on your taste, the rooms may seem heavily dated or retro-tastic, but the inviting pool area with slides is great for the little ones and the views down onto the surrounding oasis and vast desert beyond are grandiose.


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1. Jebel Hafeet

1.54 MILES

This jagged 1240m-high limestone mountain rears out of the plain south of Al Ain. Its arid crags are home to red foxes, feral cats and the rock hyrax,…

2. Al Ain Camel Market

6.45 MILES

Dusty, noisy, pungent and chaotic: Al Ain's famous camel market is a full immersion in traditional Arab culture. All sorts of camels are holed up in pens,…

3. Al Ain Zoo

7.21 MILES

Al Ain's remarkable zoo is the region's largest and most acclaimed; its spacious enclosures, inhabited by indigenous and exotic species, are impressively…

4. Al Ain Palace Museum

9.46 MILES

This nicely restored, rambling palace was the residence of Sheikh Zayed, the UAE's founding father, from 1937 to 1966. There's frankly little to see…

5. Al Ain National Museum

9.5 MILES

Al Ain's main museum was closed to undergo a major restoration in late 2018 with reopening stated for 2020 at the earliest. Before its closure, this…

6. Al Jahili Fort

9.58 MILES

Surrounded by a lush park, this squat fort was constructed in the 1890s as the summer residence of Sheikh Zayed I (1836–1909) and expanded by the British…

7. Al Ain Oasis

9.67 MILES

This tranquil world of wide paths meandering past walled date-palm gardens, right in the centre of Al Ain, is a welcome respite from the city hubbub. The…

8. Qasr Al Muwaiji

10.44 MILES

This carefully restored fort was the birthplace of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, current president of the UAE. A stylised falaj marks the entrance…