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Forget the glitz and glam, this cool un-Dubai hotel is a hub for creatives, digital nomads, and those in the know. There’s plenty of co-working spaces, a lobby filled with thousands of books for all to read, a podcast recording room, a pottery studio and desks filled with typewriters and paints for guests and visitors to get creative. In the daytime communal spaces are filled with savvy business owners, artists, trendy expats and Emiratis looking for something different. Hotel guests spend most days lounging on beds and bean bags around the rooftop pool, nibbling tacos and sipping margaritas from the pool bar. Swim to the pool’s edge for the best views of the Museum of the Future which lights up in the evening. Come evening, once you’ve had a full body massage at The Extra Hour Spa, and your hair styled at the on-site hairdressers, you can choose from five restaurants and bars within the hotel. Dressed up guests should venture downstairs to the delicious Indian restaurant Tandoor Tina before heading up to the roof for sun-down punchy cocktails at Monkey Bar. For a more casual vibe, you can get a large steine and bratwurst at Bavarian bar Ernst – the first hotel serving pork in Dubai.

The hotel has 434 rooms and suites split over multiple levels, with interiors on the first floor public spaces coloured beige like the desert. As you head higher up, more colours are introduced to each floor as a homage to Dubai rising from the desert and becoming the futuristic hub it is today. Room interiors are modern and playful – there’s hammocks, freestanding baths to roll into from bed, walls filled with local photography and polaroid cameras should you wish to buy film from the lobby and snap away. Sophie Knight

Address: Trade Center St, Trade Centre, Trade Centre 2, Dubai