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 | Radisson Blu Resort Sharjah: Nice hotel - but DRY!!
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Just come back yesterday and thought I'd comment.....
Hotel itself is a good 4* standard - a typical business hotel that could be anywhere. I would guess that this was built about 30 years ago, so the rooms do look "well used" - could do with a refurb. Nice dining area, buffet breakfast good choice. We visited early Sept which is low season (too hot!) and 2 out of 4 restaurants were not open at all. Choice was Persian a la carte or daily lunch and dinner buffet in main one for 75Dh. Didn't actually try this but lots of people did. We went to a couple of shopping malls in the evening and ate in the food court while we were there, or were out in Dubai.
Position is at the head of Sharjah creek and you get a good view right along it from upstairs rooms, but it is rather industrial on the far side, and quite a big eyesore from the beach. I think there was probably nothing there when the hotel was built but now its all crept up around it. Nice pool with snack bar but small and would be very crowded with 50-60 people there - about that many sunbeds.
But it's only 50 yards to the private beach which was nice and sandy (150m long) and does have lots of beds with large fixed umbrellas for shade.
The surroundings are all built up and really nothing special - lots of tower apartment blocks being built. Along the hotel side of the creek there are lots of dhows moored which is interesting to walk along, but that's about it. I read a guide book ( too late!) which said you can do Sharjah in half a day, and I can't argue.
BUT the big minus for me was THE WHOLE OF SHARJAH EMIRATE IS DRY!!!
No alcohol on sale anywhere since 2001. Funny how they don't mention that on the offical Sharjah tourist websites!
Sooo... it's a nice hotel and cheap to stay but you might want to hit the duty free on the way in. There is a free shuttle bus into
Dubai at 0900, 1300, 1600 and 2100, but cabs are only 40-50Dh.
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