{"id":988,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/rak\/en\/uncategorized\/rak-hilton-review-uae\/"},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:12","slug":"rak-hilton-review-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/rak\/en\/reviews\/rak-hilton-review-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We Still In The UAE? This Super Affordable Hotel Is Only One Hour From Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\nDubai is FULL of hotels. So why travel an hour outside the city, to Ras Al Khaimah of all places, to visit one on your weekend?<\/p>\n
This was\u00a0exactly the question I asked myself as we drove towards the Hilton Al Hamra Beach & Golf Resort in RAK (**RAC\u00a0city territory). On arrival,\u00a0I was surprised to find that the hotel\u00a0was pleasantly\u00a0busy,\u00a0but\u00a0as the weekend went on I began to see why people make this hotel\u00a0a staycation destination. Here are a couple of the reasons why…<\/p>\n
Away from the crowds and traffic, a genuinely slower pace of life awaits you in RAK.\u00a0It’s only an hour’s drive\u00a0from Dubai,\u00a0although it\u00a0felt slightly longer on the way back, as the dreaded Saturday evening blues took over. A taxi each way costs about AED 200, alternatively, you can\u00a0hire a car\u00a0for as cheap as AED 120 per day.<\/p>\n I’m usually\u00a0all for exploring a new place,\u00a0but we genuinely felt no desire to leave the resort. Our afternoons were taken up with eating and drinking, (lucky us) but the best bit? If you’re energetic and feeling brave you can totally act like a kid again. Everything from jet skiing,\u00a0flyboarding (which is basically powerful\u00a0jets pushing you upwards from the surface of the water) parasailing, tubing, paddle\u00a0boarding and kayaking are all available at\u00a0the resorts private beach.<\/p>\n If you’re not a water baby, head to the resort’s incredibly scenic 18-hole\u00a0golf course, or perhaps attempt to scale\u00a0the nearby Hajar mountains; (check out some great trails here<\/a>) whatever you decide, you certainly won’t be bored.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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2.\u00a0There are PLENTY of things to do<\/h3>\n
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