Sky Pool Villa Palm View

Identical in plan to its sea-facing twin — the pool along the terrace behind a glass edge, loungers and a parasol beside it, a bedroom with a day-bed at the window, a private pantry, a guest washroom, a dressing room and a full marble bathroom. Personal butler, in-room check-in, Marhaba at the airport.

From this side the pool runs out towards the whole island laid flat below, with the causeway, the villa fronds, and the towers of the Marina and Downtown standing across the water at the end of it. After dark it is the better of the two, because the city lights up and the sea does not. Take the sea view for the sunset and this one for the night.