Advantages: Tallest building in the world! Amazing views, not too expensive
Disadvantages: Need to book in advance, queues

Burj Khalifa needs no other introduction than that it is the tallest building in the world. And by quite some considerable margin. It is located in Dubai in the Downtown area and offers unrivalled views over the city and the desert beyond. If you are in D ... Read review

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Dubai really doesn't appeal. However Burj Khalfia sounds like a worthwhile trip. Ann by anwar

That view is incredible! by hogsflesh

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I was travelling at 10 metres per second
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Advantages: Nice rooms, nice hotel, excellent location
Disadvantages: Restaurant terrible and overpriced, expensive, fussy

My opinion of this hotel is somewhat mixed; we had a bit of a frustrating stay here to be honest. The hotel, when we booked it, was a Pullman Hotel, but changed on the day that we arrived to Sheraton. Despite the fact that we were assured pre stay that we ... Read review

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Back. by mi_wa

well covered by cha97michelle

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Advantages: Fun, Safe, Clean, Friendly Staff
Disadvantages: Expensive, some stuff closed

Wild Wadi is a themed water park on Jumeirah Beach in Dubai. We had a day there on our recent trip and enjoyed it more than we thought we would and I'd recommend a visit if you are in the area. It is competing against the more famous Atlantis Water Park o ... Read review

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£40 entry would make me think twice, but I'd certainly want to visit by Bollinger28

Great review! by hanmillie

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A Fun filled water adventure!
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Get soaked at Wild Wadi
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Have a splashing time at Wild Wadi!
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Advantages: Near markets, shops, reataurant, sea, pool
Disadvantages: Uncommunicative staff, room not as clean as expected, outdated

...hotel reservations. The hotel being Portemilio Hotel & Resort in Kashlik, Jounieh – Beirut Lebanon. My husband was more excited than I was, only because he h ... Read review

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Well-written and informative, welcome to Ciao! by lillamarta

top work! by Funzo

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Advantages: More comfortable than you might expect - warm and welcoming hosts
Disadvantages: None - unless of course you don't like desert

Milky Way Camp, Wadi Rum For some reason Ciao were not prepared to accept this under 'hotels' - although in all but the technical sense that is what it is - but are happy for it to be listed as an attraction. Odd. Me and the whole "tent" thing= ... Read review

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I love places like this. by koshkha

Interesting Read by MrGump

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Advantages: Location: just a few streets from the beach
Disadvantages: None - but the food isn't as swanky as the website makes it look

Arrival & Check-in We arrived in Aqaba full of desert sand and with nothing on the agenda other than to check into the hotel and chill out. There was talk of diving and scuba and boat trips. I was in the mood for a day off, so for once the hote ... Read review

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We went snorkelling when in Aqaba!! by catsholiday

Same with any swimming pool I find - stand around and start freezing to death! Lissy by Secre

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Advantages: It's a desert
Disadvantages: It's a desert

Wadi Ramm Wadi is one of those words that doesn’t seem to translate very well. I'm no Arabic scholar but the impression I get is that most people think of a Wadi as being a river bed. Well, yes… but perhaps the more generic "valley" might be a be ... Read review

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I understand your reason why, but all the same it doesn't much appeal. Deserts repel me; I'd only go for the human relics, and L's house doesn't sound as if it quite measures up! by torr

An exceptionally interesting review - and subject here.....oddly enough the name "Thesiger" jumped off the page at me - at school I boarded in Thesiger Dormitory.....two years after I left there my father moved to Thesiger Road! R. by RICHADA

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Wadi Rum
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Under The Desert Moon
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Advantages: Lovely place to visit
Disadvantages: None for me!

Pigeon rock Beirut is a very busy city, just like London or even a bit busier (disregarding when London hosted the Olympics of course). Nearly all important "places" such as governmental sites reside in Beirut which explains why most people pr ... Read review

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Excellent review, it sounds wonderful :-) by melinda3536

Never even considered Beirut or Lebanon as travel destinations if I am honest! by mattydalton

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Advantages: Awe-inspiring
Disadvantages: None - unless you're in a rush

I'm no Indiana It wasn't that big a drop if we're honest. In ordinary circumstances I might have just handed someone my daysack and jumped. But these weren't ordinary circumstances. It was the end of a long day, our authorised but unusual rout ... Read review

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An excellent review of a fascinating place. John by Coloneljohn

Oh my. Sounds amazing. I have to say I've been swithering about the rating because I suspect this is actually much too long a review for the average consumer - I think this should be published in a travel guide for those with time to read at leisure. But the writing is exceptionally good - and I'm pretty sure you've included all relevant information, though I was so caught up in the story-telling style that I can't be sure. by Kukana

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The Ancient city of Petra. Jordan.
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Petra
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"A rose-red city, half as old as time."
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Advantages: It's free, it's en route, you get to wander at will
Disadvantages: None - unless you're not able to make up your own interpretation

Shobak isn’t the kind of place to make the focus of a day out. It’s more the sort of delight you stumble across on the way home. In the late afternoon sun, the walls cast a golden glow from vantage point above the road. An early 12th century Crusader c ... Read review

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I'd have been most disappointed to have missed on a chance to explore the tunnels and the catacombs :o( by Bollinger28

Nice review by mozzie76

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Advantages: The peace, the views
Disadvantages: none

Into Dana Another day, another dusty sky. It was clear by now that it wasn’t going to be clear for the duration of our stay. Global warming is a fact – whether it’s man-made, a natural blip in the eon-scale-fluctuations of normal-for-earth, or so ... Read review

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Excellent review. John by Coloneljohn

Fascinating - but not a place that I'm inspired top visit. R. by RICHADA

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Advantages: Easy walking in a beautiful place,
Disadvantages: None

...into the waters of the Wadi Ibn Hammad, this was beyond "pleasant surprise" territory, somewhere into delighted relief. Jordan was already proving to be full of surprises. Not all of them pleasant. The temp ... Read review

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Beautiful writing, and great photos too. Wow. by Kukana

Excellent review. I'd like to visit. John by Coloneljohn

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Advantages: Cheap, nice weather
Disadvantages: Restrictions

My Husband is Pakistani and his family now live in Saudi, we have been married for almost 10 years and this was my first visit to this country in May 2012. The first thing to note is how difficult it is to get into this country, the reason that I have no ... Read review

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Pleased you finally got your visa and had the chance to visit to see your family with your hubby, nice review to read hun, thanks x by pinky50

Interesting thoughts there. I think I'd find the early starts, late finishes and a sleep during the day hard to get used to as well. by Bollinger28

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A totally different Culture
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Arabian Experience
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Work few years here for a better life in future
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Advantages: It's a crusader castle
Disadvantages: A bit clinical and unatmospheric

...(also rendered in English as Karak from the Arabic Al-Karak) is about 85 miles south of Amman on the Kings Highway. Having found the town , you cannot miss the castle. The town has grown up around the castle, which sits in the mos ... Read review

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When we visited there were hundreds of students wandering around and one group were singing and dancing, all very social. The castle was impressive too. by catsholiday

I'd love to see it, and Krak des Chevaliers even more - but then I am a bit of a castle anorak. Anything built by Pagan the Butler can't be all bad. by torr

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Advantages: Location - and the restaurant is quite good
Disadvantages: A booking is not the same as a reservation and the annex is horrible

Rest House, Guest House, Restaurant I had the dubious privilege of enjoying all three of these linked establishments, but they really don't warrant individual advertisement so I decided to combine them all under the Rest House which is where, no ... Read review

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Not very enticing! by dee7778

Thanks will avoid if we ever go back to Jordan. by catsholiday

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