Superior Versace Room Creek View

Everything true of the city-facing Superior is true here — the separate living and dining half, the walk-in wardrobe, the Hollywood vanity, the super king under a carved silver headboard — with two differences that change the room more than the plan does. The first is the palette: this side is saffron and cream rather than gold and ivory, which reads warmer at the end of the day. The second is the ceiling. These sit high in the building under the roofline, so the flat white ceiling gives way to a slope on one side, and the room is taller and quieter for it than the plan suggests.

The balcony doors are at the far end and the Creek is what is behind them: flat, green, completely still, with the far bank low and built up across the water. It is the least Dubai-looking view in Dubai. It holds 4, 3 of them adults at most, and no ORO Lounge here either.