This luxury five star Arabian retreat in Abu Dhabi’s Liwa desert will be built by TDIC seven kilometres from the main Hamim highway, crossing the Empty Quarter (Rub Al-Khali), made famous through the work of desert adventurer Wilfred Thesiger.

Qasr Al Sarab will be just 90 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport and will have a five star hotel, a luxury health spa, conference centre, adjoining excursion and tented villages, a children’s playground and an observatory from where guests can monitor the awe-inspiring Liwa night skies. Its spa is designed along the Hammam healing baths theme as a place of time-honoured rituals for cleansing and revitalising both body and soul. Deep in the desert, the spa is tucked into tranquil courtyards with trickling fountains and aromatic hanging gardens.

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150 rooms and 50 one-bedroom and 10 two-bedroom villas, luxury health spa, conference centre, children’s playground, Adjoining tented village where guests will be able to sample traditional desert pursuits including falconry.