10 Best Things to Do In Atlantis The Palm Dubai

One of the best things to see and do in Dubai is to visit Atlantis The Palm, a luxury resort that you will love for its impressive facilities and wide range of entertainment and water sports activities. Among the main attractions of Atlantis The Palm is its Aquaventure water park with thrilling slides, lazy rivers and water play areas for children. You'll also enjoy swimming with dolphins at Dolphin Bay and visiting the aquarium at The Lost Chambers, where you can see a wide variety of marine life.

Aquaventure is one of the largest and most popular water parks in Dubai, offering a wide range of water attractions, including more than 30 water slides, fast-flowing rivers, a beach and swimming pools.

With your day pass, you can enjoy the dark and twisting Aquaconda water tunnel, or hop on a float and ride the rapids of a river. If you're looking for more extreme fun, I recommend climbing the Ziggurat and launching yourself from over 27 metres in the Leap of Faith.

My recommendation, especially if you are travelling with children, is to book your tickets for Aquaventure in advance, as they also include unlimited access to the Surf's Up wave attraction, tickets to The Lost Chambers aquarium and a talk about sharks with a feeding session, so you will need to plan your day if you want to make the most of this great plan.

Useful information

• Price: £85 per person.
• Opening hours: Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00.

By purchasing tickets for Lost Chambers Aquarium, you can explore a variety of marine species and have a great time. Among the experiences you could enjoy there are the attractions and slides at the Aquaventure water park. You will also have the opportunity to see around 65,000 marine animals at the Lost Chambers aquarium.

During your tour of the marine park, you can learn many details about life in the depths of the sea thanks to the various interactive exhibits and educational activities offered at the park.

Another attraction you'll love at The Lost Chambers are the mega glass tunnels where you can get a panoramic view and close-up look at marine life, including sharks, lobsters, rays and piranhas.

Details of interest

• Price: £35.
• Opening hours: Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00.

As a city with many cultures and many types of cuisine, there is no doubt that one of the things you should do in Dubai is try the different foods and dishes made in kitchens throughout the city. In this case, Atlantis The Palm is an excellent place to take a private food tour of Dubai to discover local cuisine and more.

There are multiple options for enjoying good food within the hotel. You can visit The Burger Joint restaurant in the Aquaventure water park, which offers burgers and fast food. But in addition to gourmet burgers, here you can try different meat, chicken and vegetarian options, as well as French fries, onion rings and other typical fast food side dishes.

Here is a list of other incredible restaurants you can find at Atlantis The Palm:

• Hakkasan: a luxury restaurant serving Cantonese cuisine with a Michelin star.
• Bread Street Kitchen and Bar: owned by chef Gordon Ramsay, where you can try the best of British cuisine.
• Ossiano: awarded a Michelin star, here you can sample seafood dishes.
• Kaleidoscope: enjoy a variety of international dishes, from spicy Indian food to delicate French pastries.

Details of interest

• Price: to eat at any of these restaurants, you will have to pay a minimum of around £108 per dish per person. The gastronomic tour costs £137 and allows you to sample dozens of dishes.
• Opening hours: the restaurants are open almost all day long because they are there to satisfy the tastes and needs of those staying at the hotel. The gastronomic tour lasts 3 hours.

Would you like to enjoy an experience full of excitement? Booking a speedboat ride in Dubai has everything you need: you can enjoy the adrenaline rush at top speed or relax during the ride.

Either way, you'll have a great time watching the city skyline, beaches and tourist attractions from the water. The routes of these tours may vary depending on the type of tour you choose, but almost all of them will give you the opportunity to see and discover iconic landmarks such as the Burj Khalifa, the Burj Al Arab and the rest of The Palm, among others.

You can also enjoy a photo session during the trip, either for yourself and the other participants in the activity, or of the scenery you will enjoy during the ride.

Details of interest

• Price: from £37.
• Duration: 45 minutes.

One of the attractions that is sure to impress you most about this hotel is its private beach, which is only accessible to hotel guests. On the private beach, you can relax and enjoy the sun, as well as various water activities, including water skiing, paddle boarding, windsurfing and much more.

In addition, by booking a yacht trip around Dubai Marina, you can see the beach from a different perspective and observe how it stretches for more than 1.4 kilometres and is surrounded by tropical vegetation within the artificial island of Palm Jumeirah in Dubai.

But what makes this artificial beach even more special is that it was built with more than 7 million cubic metres of sand brought directly from the Persian Gulf.

Interesting details

• Price: from £39.
• Opening hours: 2 to 3 hours.

Although not strictly an activity within the hotel, you can take a trip to the Dubai desert from the Atlantis The Palm Hotel. This is undoubtedly one of the best experiences to be had in this country, as it is a desert safari that you will enjoy aboard a 4x4 and includes camel riding and sandboarding.

During the 4x4 excursion, you will have the opportunity to enjoy panoramic views of the desert and the surrounding landscape, and stop at various points along the way to take photographs.

Most of these desert safaris in Dubai include dinner and a tanoura show, as well as henna tattoos or hookahs, all of which are optional.

Details of interest

• Price: from £43.
• Duration: from 4 hours, depending on the activities you choose.

Also very close to the Atlantis Hotel is the Burj Khalifa, one of Dubai's most iconic buildings, which also holds the record as the tallest building in the world, with a height of approximately 828 metres. The most striking feature of this impressive tower is its blend of Islamic and modern architectural styles, in addition to its impressive height.

I recommend buying your tickets to the Burj Khalifa in advance, and remember that you can get there from the Atlantis The Palm hotel in just a few minutes.

With a total of 163 floors and an observatory on levels 124 and 125, you definitely can't miss a visit to this special place in the centre of Dubai.

Interesting details

• Price: from £35.
• Opening hours: you can enjoy the observatories of this building during the day or at night, although opening hours may vary depending on the season.

In addition to all the fun you can experience at Atlantis The Palm in Dubai, one sight you definitely can't miss is the panoramic views of the city skyline. A great place to do this is the Skyview Bar, a cocktail bar located on the 27th floor of the Burj Al Arab. The most impressive thing about this place is that it is 200 metres high, so the panoramic views of the city are breathtaking.

Although not located within Atlantis The Palm, the views from this bar allow you to see The Palm in all its splendour. You can easily get from Atlantis to the Burj Al Arab, even on foot.

Inside the Skyview Bar, you can try a wide range of exclusive cocktails, fine wines and premium spirits. You will also have the opportunity to sample an exquisite selection of international snacks and desserts. As for other drinks, you can choose the afternoon tea option, which is popular with visitors.

Details of interest

• Price: the minimum consumption to enter the Skyview Bar is £70 per person for the evening. Dishes may vary in price depending on their preparation and ingredients.
• Opening hours: Monday to Thursday and Saturday and Sunday from 3pm to midnight. On Fridays, it is open from 7pm to 2am.

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One of the things you should do if you go to the Atlantis The Palm hotel with children is to take them to enjoy the different attractions inside. The best thing about this is that there are specific areas for children to enjoy the hotel's entertainment too. The play areas are divided by age, with some for children and others for teenagers.

Among the plans for children you can find:

• Creativity areas, where children up to 12 years old can give free rein to their imagination with different drawing and painting activities.
• A play area with a wide variety of games and toys for children of all ages.
• A video game room, where you can take your children to play with Xboxes, PlayStations and state-of-the-art computers.
• Underwater cinema/theatre, where they will have the opportunity to learn more about marine animals, watch films adapted for them and learn incredible facts about the ocean.
• Daily marine educational programmes.
• The Zone, a place just for teenagers aged 13 to 17, where they can meet, interact, play and dance without adults or children.

Details of interest

• Price: Prices for different activities may vary depending on the type of activity you choose.
• Hours: Hours vary according to the type of activity the children or young people will be doing. However, activities for children and young people generally take place in the morning and afternoon.

If you want to spend time enjoying relaxation and the spa services offered by the hotel, I recommend visiting ShuiQi Spa, one of the largest and best-known spas in the United Arab Emirates. The spa attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world, not only for its facilities, but also for its wide variety of relaxation and wellness treatments.

Hydrotherapy baths, steam baths, saunas and relaxation pools are just some of the services you can enjoy at the spa. You can also enjoy massages, facials, body therapies and wraps. Best of all, all treatments are performed with high-quality natural and organic products.

If you enjoy a fitness lifestyle, you can also enjoy the spa's exclusive gym. There you will find a variety of multi-purpose exercise machines where you can work out while enjoying panoramic views of the ocean, an incredible experience.

Details of interest

• Price: prices vary according to the type of treatment you want and its duration.
• Opening hours: the spa is open according to the season.