ANANTARA THE PALM DUBAI RESORT, UAE

PERCHED ON THE famous Palm Jumeirah, Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort boasts 400 metres of private shoreline and the UAE’s only overwater villas. The resort’s leisure aspect embraces water in the form of three temperature-controlled swimming lagoons; thrilling water sports like wakeboarding, stand-up paddleboarding, and water skiing; and bespoke experiences like fishing trips. The resort’s luxury spa has 24 treatment rooms, including a holistic cocoon room and Ayurveda room; five couple suites with a steam bath or sauna, experience showers, solo pool bath and whirlpool with Microsilk technology; Turkish and Moroccan hammams; Thalasso wellness treatments; Zaki Salon; and wet areas like aroma steam room, crystal and gemstone steam room, bamboo sauna, herbal bath, liquid sound pool, Kneipp walk, salt inhalation room, and ice grotto. The treatments span a broad spectrum: from traditional Ayurveda therapies like abhyanga and shirodhara to modern ones like IV therapy to innovative magnesium body treatments. anantara.com