Dubai Marina & Palm Jumeirah
Not your classic hostel, this place in a Marina high-rise consists of dorms in apartments, with men and women on different floors. It's a hop, skip and…
Must-see hotels in Middle East
Muscat
Perched on top of a hill overlooking the pearly-white suburbs of Muscat, this Arabian-style hotel, with its crenellations and casements, marble lobby and…
Southeastern Iran
This little guesthouse is far better inside than you'd guess from the tin-pot little reception desk. New mattresses are comfortable and there's an air of…
Tel Aviv
This city hotel, on the corner of Dizengoff and Arlozorov Sts, is just a five-minute walk to the sea and Hilton Beach. Its simplistic but comfortable…
Sharqiya Sands
This intimate camp, run by a Bedouin family, offers personal service in the heart of the dunes. Accommodation is in barasti (palm-leaf) huts with shared…
Wadi Musa
This hotel has recently undergone a refurbishment and rooms are now luxurious with new soft furnishings. There are good views across Wadi Musa and the…
Iran
Right beside the covered bazaar and far better than you'd expect for the price. Pars' rooms are simple, but the rock-hard beds have fresh, clean sheets,…
Muscat
Beside Ruwi Bus Station, this budget hotel – with its bright and cheerful lobby, fish bowl, enormous plastic potted orange trees, and large rooms with…
Oceanic Khorfakkan Resort & Spa
United Arab Emirates
This Khor Fakkan landmark, with its distinctive rooftop rotunda, is still going strong thanks to package-tour deals. Yes, it's a bit (well, a lot) dated,…
Muscat
In need of a makeover, this tired old Mutrah stalwart has large rooms, seven with grand views of the harbour. Given its prime location, plumb in the…
Iran
For now Gonbad's best option, the modest Ghaboos is nothing special but has en suite rooms with decent showers and comfortable new mattresses; there's…
Sharjah
Mere steps from Al Qasba and Al Majaz Waterfront, the Golden Tulip has mostly good-sized rooms – some with lagoon views – with rather frumpy, bland…
Sharqiya Sands
Located at the end of a long corridor of orange sand, this camp makes a good base for deeper exploration into the sands. Concrete huts decorated with…
Iran
Set around a pleasant courtyard of orange trees, this clean and central – yet surprisingly peaceful – mosaferkhaneh (cheap hotel) lies just a minute’s…
Tel Aviv
A boutique business hotel, Lily & Bloom combines chic classic interior design and modern comfort, all housed in a restored Bauhaus building. Located close…
Abu Dhabi
With some of the cheapest rates in town, this friendly little 55-room hotel opposite the gold souq largely caters for Indian and Asian business clientele…
Jebel Akhdar
Offering apartment-style accommodation, this new Omani-run hotel in the middle of Saiq offers either one-bedroom or two-bedroom flats. The flats are…
Saudi Arabia
Farasan Park Hotel is the only place suitable for tourists to stay on the islands. This resort is relatively close to Farasan Town yet backs onto its own…
Kuwait City
This central city hotel has simple, clean rooms with dated soft furnishings. It's in a prime downtown location just five minutes' walk from Souq…
Savoy Central Hotel Apartments
Bur Dubai
These roomy studios with kitchenettes and big purple sofa beds put you within steps of fabulous budget eats and the Al Fahidi metro station, and are a…
Oman
Housed in a multi-storey building, this budget hotel is marooned in the bondu (waste ground), alongside the old WWII runway. The communal area is decked…
Southeastern Iran
Recently refurbished with a pleasant restaurant and coffeeshop. Some rooms have rather busy decor with whole-wall picture wallpaper, but many have sit…
Haifa
Stacked inside a 23-storey tower above a shopping arcade, the 90-room Hotel Theodor feels more aimed at business than pleasure. Still, rooms are clean and…
Golan Heights
This well-lit camping area is securely fenced (against wild boars and jackals) and has shade tents and barbecue pits; the hot showers are supposed to…
Iran
This friendly, 36-room hotel has little character and the furniture isn't particularly stylish but rooms are spacious, with desk, sitting area, curtained…
Hajar Mountains
With powder-blue roundels and a wealth of rather quaint decoration, this hospitable if labyrinthine hotel sports an elaborate ceiling on the 5th floor and…
Jerusalem
Located near the hub of Jerusalem’s shopping and cafe district, homey, family-run Palatin has 33 small but reasonably comfortable rooms with writing desks…
Dubai
In the heart of polyethnic Satwa, the Chelsea has traditionally furnished rooms with patterned carpets, shiny-dark furniture and floor-to-ceiling windows…
United Arab Emirates
This hotel tower doesn't get any 'wow' style-points, but rooms are all super clean and comfortable if a bit dowdy. Cheaper rooms don't have sea views…
Iran
Portrayed as Semnan's best hotel, this 2014 complex is certainly very comfortable and guests get free evening use of the attached water park (men and…
Southeastern Iran
Signed 'Guefd Hufe' in Latin script by a typographically challenged translator, this very basic guesthouse has spongy mattresses on new beds. Walls are…
Dubai
Although the lobby exudes buttoned-up business flair, this mid-size hotel actually has plenty in store for leisure travellers, including a superb location…
Oman
The only place to stay in Rustaq is Shimook Guesthouse, opposite Rustaq's new public park. This unexceptional two-storey hotel is accessed via a steep…
Oman
The artist engaged to work on the exterior of this hotel must have been homesick as the overflows are decorated with cashew nuts and tropical birds, while…
Israel
Though there are larger luxury resorts on Herzliya's beachfront, Okeanos is one of the best hotels because of its location in the mid-section of the main…
Jerusalem
Despite old-fashioned furnishings and some cramped rooms, Allenby 2 remains one of the more popular B&Bs in Jerusalem. With 11 rooms spread over a few…
Iran
The Gajereh is an unstylish resort-style place spread haphazardly across one side of the valley, around 3km from Dizin ski resort. Rooms are large but…
Downtown Dubai
The functional but comfortable Novotel adjoins the convention centre and has generic if well-thought-out rooms with a sofa that pulls out in case you've…
Iran
Perfectly central, with some windows overlooking Saat Sq, this is a typical bare-bones mehmanpazir with shared toilet and no shower whatsoever – but,…
Salalah
This well-maintained hotel with its Arab-style flourishes (like florid furniture, geometric tiles and darkened windows in the foyer) is recommended for…
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