Atlantis, The Palm
Atlantis, The Palm is a five-star entertainment resort at the tip of the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, the man-made palm-shaped island off the city's coast, facing the open Arabian Gulf. Families come for what's on site: Aquaventure World, one of the world's largest waterparks, and the Lost Chambers Aquarium, both included in the room rate, alongside a long beach, dozens of restaurants and a kids club.
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Is it worth it?
The quick read before the detail: who it suits, what is folded into the room rate and the facts to weigh first.
Atlantis, The Palm opened in September 2008 and is run by Kerzner International. It is a resort built around entertainment: 1,544 rooms across two towers, and on the same grounds the Aquaventure World waterpark, the Lost Chambers Aquarium, three hotel pools, a beach, a spa and 35 restaurants and bars. What sets it apart from every other Dubai resort is that the waterpark and the aquarium, both large enough to draw day visitors from across the city, are included in your room rate. It suits families who want the days filled on site rather than a calm, low-key base, and it works best once children are around five and old enough for the slides and the marine life. It is a luxury-priced resort with no all-inclusive option, so the spend beyond the room needs planning.
Best for
You want the entertainment on site: a huge waterpark and a big aquarium included in the room rate, with enough restaurants and pools that you barely leave the grounds.
Maybe not for
You want a calm, low-key resort, an all-inclusive that caps the spend or a base for exploring Dubai without a taxi for every trip.
Best ages
Around five and up, when children can take on the slides and the aquarium. It works with a baby or toddler, with cots, high chairs and babysitting, but it is not built around under-fives.
What stands out
Aquaventure World, one of the world's largest waterparks, and the Lost Chambers Aquarium, both included for hotel guests and open around the clock.
What to check
Which restaurants are open, since some of the headline restaurants are paused and that can change, and whether the kids club is included on the room tier you book.
Where is it?
At the tip of the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, facing the Arabian Gulf, about 25 to 30 minutes from Dubai International.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
Where it sits, how the two towers are laid out and what the scale means day to day with young children.
Atlantis stands at the very tip of the Palm Jumeirah crescent, the outer ring of the palm-shaped island, with the open Arabian Gulf on three sides. It is a salmon-pink building of two towers joined by an arch, and it is visible from much of the Dubai skyline. The whole point of the place is scale: as well as the 1,544 rooms there are 42 acres of waterpark, a three-million-gallon aquarium, three hotel pools, a full beach, a spa and a shopping avenue, all inside the grounds.
The resort splits into two towers, and which one you are in shapes your week. The East Tower is the busy hub, with direct access to the waterpark, the aquarium, most of the restaurants, the kids club, the Wavehouse entertainment centre and the retail Avenue. The West Tower holds the spa, the fitness centre and the calmer Palm Pool, and is generally the quieter side with far less foot traffic. Getting around the site is on foot within and between the towers, and the East side is where families with children spend most of their time.
Because the waterpark and aquarium are open to the public, the resort takes non-resident day visitors as well as hotel guests, so it is busy for much of the year and busiest in the peak season from November to March. Reviewers regularly mention long waits at the popular slides and at restaurants in those weeks. It is a theatrical resort, leaning into its lost-city theme through the decor, the room design and the venue names, and it is emphatically not a quiet, design-led hotel. Families who want calm and intimacy will find it overwhelming; families who want plenty going on will find it delivers exactly that. Wi-Fi is complimentary throughout the resort and the waterpark.
One point worth clearing up when you book: Atlantis, The Palm shares its name with Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, but they are separate resorts under separate ownership, and it is Kerzner International that runs the Dubai property. For the wider city, its areas and its seasons, see our Dubai guide for families.
Aquaventure World
The waterpark and the aquarium are the reason most families choose Atlantis, and both come with the room.
Aquaventure World is included free for hotel guests, with 24-hour access, and it is also open to day visitors who pay to get in. At 42 acres it is one of the largest waterparks in the world, with over 105 rides, slides and activities in total and a Guinness World Record for the most waterslides in a single park. For most families it is the single reason to book Atlantis over any other resort in Dubai, and children tend to spend hours there and want to go back the next day.
The signature slide is the Leap of Faith, a near-vertical body slide that drops you through a transparent tube running inside the shark lagoon. The Tower of Neptune is another of the big-drop slides. Away from the daredevil end, the long lazy river combines a gentle float with a rapids section and is a favourite across ages, and there is a wave pool and a beach within the waterpark grounds, Aquaventure Beach, open to hotel guests and to paying day visitors. There are zip lines too.
For younger children there is a large dedicated area, marketed as the World's Largest Kids Zone, with around 14 mini slides, two tipping buckets, a climbing frame and splash areas built for smaller children. Little Pirates Playground is a separate outdoor play area for under-twelves, open all day with no booking needed. Towels are free at the hotel beaches; day visitors who have not booked a room pay extra for towels at the waterpark. The one thing to plan around is the crowds: the slides and queues are at their longest in the peak season and during school holidays.
Dolphin Bay, within the waterpark area, runs dolphin and sea lion encounters for an additional fee. Some sources raise ethical concerns about captive dolphin interactions, so it is worth reading up before you decide whether it is for your family.
65,000 animals undergroundThe Lost Chambers Aquarium
The Lost Chambers Aquarium is a walk-through maze of themed underground chambers built around the ruins of Atlantis, home to roughly 65,000 marine animals, and it is included for hotel guests. Children old enough to take it in, from around four, tend to take their time round it, and the tunnels and tanks fill an easy hour or two out of the sun.
At its heart is the Ambassador Lagoon, a tank of nearly three million gallons holding sharks, rays and shoals of fish, one of the largest of its kind. You can see into it free of charge through a 33-foot viewing pane in a public part of the hotel, so even without going into the aquarium proper there is a giant window of marine life to stop at. Paid experiences layer on top for those who want more: snorkelling and scuba diving in the Ambassador Lagoon, AquaTrek, behind-the-scenes tours of how the animals are cared for and aquarium yoga, all of which need booking ahead. Hotel guests can visit the aquarium around the clock, so a late evening walk-through, once the day visitors have gone, is a quieter and more atmospheric way to see it.
Every restaurant and bar
Thirty-five places to eat and drink, which ones suit young children, plus the board and booking to know about.
Atlantis has 35 restaurants and bars, one of the largest single-hotel dining line-ups in Dubai. There is no all-inclusive, so as a standard guest you pay for meals à la carte, and Dubai dining sits at the upper end. Tour operators do sell a Half Board Dine-Around package, which is the practical way to hold the food bill down, and there is 24-hour room service through an app.
The resort has been reviewing which restaurants it runs, so several of its headline names are paused for now. As of April 2026 that means three at The Palm with no reopening date: Ossiano, the underwater fine-dining restaurant; Hakkasan, the modern Chinese; and Brasserie Frantzén. The line-up changes, so if one of them is part of why you are choosing Atlantis, check it is running on the official site before you book. One more to rule out if you're working from an older review or blog post: Ronda Locatelli, Giorgio Locatelli's Italian restaurant, closed for good in May 2022 after fourteen years and hasn't reopened.
The restaurants that suit a familyWhere a family actually eats
The two buffets are the everyday anchors with young children. Kaleidoscope is the international buffet, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Saffron serves a South East Asian and international buffet with a breakfast option. Between them the breakfast buffet is the daily highlight families single out, for the range and the quality, and a buffet is the easy choice when a small child's appetite arrives on its own schedule. The Shore is a casual, family-focused restaurant facing the waterpark, and Wavehouse, the entertainment centre, doubles as a place to eat while children play nearby, which makes it the practical food-and-distraction option for an evening.
For a meal out as a couple or with older children, Nobu is the standout, the original outpost of the Japanese-Peruvian restaurant and one of the largest in the world at 410 seats. Bread Street Kitchen and Bar is Gordon Ramsay's British-inspired brasserie and is on the half-board list. FZN by Bjorn Frantzén is a Scandinavian-influenced fine-dining room, named Time Out Dubai's Restaurant of the Year in 2025, and Seafire Steakhouse and Bar is a contemporary steakhouse with a Josper grill; both come as a paid supplement on the half board. Other options include Ayamna, a Lebanese and Middle Eastern restaurant; En Fuego, Mexican and Latin American with live mariachi; and Plato's, a traditional Arabic café setting that serves afternoon tea. For something quicker there are casual outlets including The Burger Joint, Beach Buns, Asia Republic, Shawafel, Street Pizza and The Edge.
Child-friendly menus are the norm across the family restaurants. In busy periods the popular rooms fill and waits get long, so it is worth booking ahead. With so much on site, most families rarely leave the grounds for food.
How the board and booking work
The Half Board Dine-Around package, sold through tour operators, gives you daily breakfast at Kaleidoscope or Saffron and a dinner chosen from a set list of the casual restaurants, among them Ayamna, Bread Street Kitchen and Bar, En Fuego, Wavehouse, Saffron, Kaleidoscope, Plato's and The Shore. The fine-dining rooms, Seafire, Nobu and FZN, are available on that package for a supplement rather than being included. Book the busier restaurants ahead in the peak weeks, and lean on the buffets and room service when plans slip.
Rooms and suites
Every room and suite, then the three hotel pools and the beaches below.
Rooms run from an entry-level Deluxe up to a handful of extraordinary suites, and around nine in ten of them connect, which is a real plus for a family who wants two rooms side by side. The rooms reflect the completed 2019 refurbishment, with leather headboards and subtler ocean motifs in place of the older pastel scheme. The table below is the line-up; the guidance after it is which suit a family with a baby or toddler. The table doesn't give room sizes in square metres, so check current room sizes on the official site if that's part of your decision.
| Room | Beds and outlook | Sleeps |
|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Room | King or two queen beds, a balcony and a view over the Palm Jumeirah or the Arabian Sea. The entry room, and most connect. | 2 adults + 2 children, or 3 adults + 1 child |
| Ocean Deluxe Room | The Deluxe Room in an enhanced sea-facing position. | As the Deluxe Room |
| Family Deluxe Room | Two adjoining Deluxe rooms with a connecting door, so children can sleep next door. | Up to 6 |
| Imperial Club rooms | Several room types sold with Imperial Club lounge access and an exclusive beach section. | By room type |
| Club Suite | A separate living area and one and a half bathrooms, in one- or two-bedroom layouts. | 1 or 2 bedrooms |
| Signature Suite (incl. the Underwater Suite) | The Underwater Suite is a triplex with floor-to-ceiling bedroom windows into the aquarium. | Varies |
| Royal Bridge Suite | Three en-suite bedrooms, a private lift, a butler and a chef, spanning the arch between the towers. | 3 bedrooms |
For one child, a Deluxe Room works, with a king or two queen beds and a balcony over the Palm or the sea, and it sleeps up to two adults and two children. For a separate space to settle children to sleep, the Family Deluxe Room is the practical choice: two adjoining Deluxe rooms with a connecting door, sleeping up to six between them. The Imperial Club is a level layered across several room types rather than a room in itself, and it is the one to weigh carefully as a family, because it comes with lounge access for breakfast, afternoon tea and a cocktail hour, an exclusive beach section and, most usefully, complimentary daily kids club that other guests pay for. The Club Suites add a separate living area and one and a half bathrooms in one- or two-bedroom layouts.
At the top end the suites are more spectacle than practical family rooms. The Underwater Suite is a triplex with floor-to-ceiling bedroom windows looking straight into the aquarium, and the Royal Bridge Suite, spanning the arch between the towers, has three en-suite bedrooms, a private lift, a butler and a chef. Cots and high chairs are available in the rooms, and room service runs 24 hours through an app.
One note on choosing a room if bedtimes are early: the West Tower is the quieter tower overall, but its Palm-facing rooms sit closest to the adults-only Casablanca Beach Club and can catch music until late. A sea-facing room, in either tower, keeps you away from that. It is worth flagging your preference when you book, since rooms are allocated ahead of arrival.
Beyond noise, which tower suits you can also come down to what you'll use most. East Tower rooms sit closest to Saffron and the waterpark entrance, handy if breakfast and the slides are a daily habit. West Tower rooms sit closer to the beach, which suits a family planning to spend more time there than in the waterpark.
Pools and water features
Away from the waterpark there are three hotel pools. The Family Pool is a zero-entry lagoon pool, meaning the water starts at ground level with no steps, so a toddler can wade in from the edge; it is where most families with young children settle, and it gets lively in the peak season. The Palm Pool is the calmer of the two family pools, a better option than the Family Pool if you want space away from the waterpark's crowds and noise without leaving the hotel grounds. Children are welcome there too, so it isn't an adults-only trade-off in the way Casablanca Beach Club's infinity pool is. The Casablanca Beach Club infinity pool, which opened in September 2025, is adults-only at 21 and over and is not family territory. On top of all of that, everything in Aquaventure World, the wave pool, the lazy river and the children's splash areas, is a short walk away and included.
Man-made sand on a calm lagoonThe beach
The main family beach is Royal Beach, two to five minutes' walk from both towers, facing the sheltered lagoon side of the Palm rather than the open Gulf, so the water is calm and gentle for paddling. Aquaventure Beach sits within the waterpark grounds and is open to hotel guests and paying day visitors. The Casablanca Beach Club opened in September 2025 in place of the resort's previous Nasimi Beach Club, keeping the same adults-only, party-oriented character; at 21 and over, it is not one for the children.
The beaches here are man-made and lagoon-facing, so while the calm, shallow water is a genuine plus for young children, they do not have the natural feel of a Mediterranean or Caribbean beach. Reviewers still describe the sand and water as clean and pleasant. There are watersports at the beach, along with Segway tours through the gardens, and the concierge can arrange yacht cruises and helicopter tours that depart off site.
Babies and toddlers
The kids club and its tiered charge, the soft play for under-threes, babysitting and the honest read on younger children.
The main children's programme is the Atlantis Explorers Club, for ages four to twelve, a drop-off club spread across 1,798 square metres with ten themed play spaces and a team of 86 childcare staff. Sessions run in three blocks: morning from 10am to 1pm, afternoon from 2 to 6pm and evening from 7 to 11pm. The club is Worldwide Kids Accredited, held since 2023, and Atlantis is also a Luxury Childcare Association member.
The important thing for families with a baby or toddler is that the drop-off club starts at four. For nought to threes, Little Explorers is a parent-supervised soft play area, indoor and outdoor, and a parent or guardian has to stay throughout; it is play time together, not childcare you can leave them at. Older children have The Zone, for teens aged thirteen to seventeen, with a mocktail and snack bar, games consoles, karaoke, a chill lounge and DJ parties.
Whether the kids club costs anything depends on the room you book. Standard guests pay per session. A Deluxe Room comes with one complimentary session for the whole stay. Imperial Club guests get complimentary daily access. There is also a dining route, Kids Drop-Off and Dine, giving a complimentary Explorers Club session per full-paying adult when you eat at Nobu or FZN, for children aged six to twelve, with proof of age and advance booking and a cap of six children per restaurant a day. That scheme also listed Ossiano and Hakkasan, which are currently paused, so the participating restaurants may be fewer for now.
For an evening to yourselves, babysitting is available for children from seven months, for an extra charge, and can be arranged around the clock. Cots and high chairs are available in the rooms. Taken together, Atlantis works for a family with a baby or toddler, but it is pitched more at slightly bigger children, from around five, who can make the most of the slides and the marine life. It is not a resort designed from the ground up for under-fives the way a dedicated crèche resort is, so it is worth weighing whether the entertainment is worth the premium at your children's ages.
Beyond the pool and the beachThings to do at the resort
The Wavehouse is the indoor entertainment hub, with a bowling alley, more than 50 arcade games and a FlowRider surf simulator that older children and adults can ride, plus a terrace bar and restaurant so parents can eat while children play. It is a good rainy-heat-of-the-day option and an easy evening.
The ShuiQi Spa in the West Tower, referred to as AWAKEN Spa in current resort materials, has treatment rooms, a whirlpool, steam rooms, saunas and ladies' and gents' salons, with the fitness centre and its classes and personal training alongside. Aquarium yoga runs in the East Wing for an additional charge and needs booking ahead. The Avenue is a luxury retail mall inside the resort, with names such as Tiffany and Co. and Porsche Design among the tenants. The concierge can also set up off-site trips, from yacht cruises and helicopter tours to desert safaris and city tours, and Dolphin Bay's encounters sit within the waterpark grounds for a fee.
Out and about from the PalmThe area and days out
Atlantis is self-contained enough that a family with a baby or a young toddler can happily spend the whole trip on site without feeling they have missed out. The crescent has little beyond its hotels, though, so anything further afield means a taxi or a private car from the tip of the Palm.
The Pointe, a waterfront dining and entertainment spot at the base of the Palm's trunk, is a 10 to 15 minute drive and makes an easy evening out. Dubai Marina and JBR are around 15 minutes, where The Walk and The Beach are flat, family-friendly promenades. The Dubai Mall and the Burj Khalifa are about 25 minutes, with the Dubai Aquarium, the Dubai Ice Rink, KidZania and the tower's observation deck all in one place. Dubai Parks and Resorts, out at Jebel Ali and about 45 minutes away, brings together LEGOLAND, MOTIONGATE and Bollywood Park, a full day for children of about four and up. Historic Dubai, around Al Fahidi and the Creek, is 25 to 30 minutes and puts the Gold and Spice Souks and some cultural context within reach for older children. Desert safaris, the classic Dubai day out with dune driving, camel rides and a Bedouin-camp dinner, are arranged through the concierge and suit children from about four.
With a baby, the heat, the car journeys and the fact that most attractions are not built for under-threes mean the resort itself often makes the easiest days; families with older children will get more from a trip or two off site. For the city as a whole, our Dubai guide for families goes into the areas and the seasons in more depth.
Loves and gripes
What families rate and what frustrates them, how it stacks up against the alternatives, the journey in and the weather by month.
We have not stayed, so this is drawn from a wide read of guest reviews and family-travel write-ups. It rates highly: 9.2 out of 10 on Booking.com from more than 20,000 verified guests, and a Forbes Travel Guide four-star rating held for a fifth year running in 2026. TripAdvisor reviews are positive too, sitting in the four to four-and-a-half out of five range. What follows is the pattern that comes through most consistently.
What families rate
- The scale and the sense of arrival, with the grand entrance, the Chihuly glass sculpture and the fountains on the way in.
- Aquaventure World, the core reason families choose Atlantis, with children happy to go back day after day.
- The Lost Chambers Aquarium, which holds children of around four and up.
- The Wavehouse bowling, arcade and FlowRider for an easy evening while parents eat.
- The breakfast buffet, a daily highlight for range and quality.
- Warm, attentive staff, which stands out at a resort of this size.
- Round-the-clock access to the aquarium and waterpark for hotel guests.
Common gripes
- Cost, the single most consistent concern; luxury room rates and no all-inclusive, with food, activities and the kids club all adding up.
- Crowds, since the waterpark and aquarium take day visitors, so it gets very busy in peak season and at weekends.
- The location at the tip of the Palm, which means a car or taxi for every trip off the resort.
- The kids club not being free unless you are on the Imperial Club tier, a gap against some comparable luxury resorts.
- Late music from the Casablanca Beach Club reaching Palm-facing West Tower rooms.
- The atmosphere, which is rarely calm; families after a quiet, intimate resort find it the wrong fit.
How it compares
The closest waterpark alternative is Jumeirah Beach Hotel, next to the Wild Wadi waterpark, which is smaller than Aquaventure; it is a little better connected to the wider city and its rates are typically lower, but Atlantis is larger and adds the aquarium. Jumeirah Al Naseem is calmer and more stylish, with a kids club from age three, under-fours eating free and Wild Wadi access, which makes it the stronger choice for a family whose children are all under four, though it lacks Atlantis's entertainment scale.
On the Palm itself, Rixos The Palm is the only comparable resort with a genuine all-inclusive, and its Rixy Kids Club takes children from birth to twelve, with a Toddler Town area for under-fours where a parent stays and drop-off from four. It has no waterpark or aquarium, so it wins on value and on removing the daily-spend worry, while Atlantis wins on entertainment. Further out at Jebel Ali, JA Palm Tree Court has a crèche from four months, huge grounds, many pools and a long beach at lower rates, which suits families whose youngest is under two or three and for whom the waterpark is beside the point, though it is further from the city. In another country and at another stage again, the Martinhal Sagres in Portugal is built around the baby and toddler years, with a nursery from six months, where Atlantis is built around the excitement of the waterpark and aquarium from about five.
From the airport, and the seasonGetting there and when to go
Most UK flights land at Dubai International (DXB), about 25 to 30 minutes from the resort by road. Al Maktoum (DWC), sometimes listed as Dubai World Central, is the alternative and takes roughly 50 to 60 minutes. A car, taxi or hotel transfer is the sensible way in with a pushchair, luggage and car seats, and any hotel transfer needs arranging in advance. The Palm Monorail does reach the resort, but it does not connect to the wider Dubai metro and is awkward with heavy bags and young children, so it is not the arrival-day option. Once you are settled, the crescent is self-contained, so the monorail and taxis are for days out rather than daily life.
On timing, November to April is the window with young children, and February to March in particular, when the days are warm rather than fierce and the crowds have come off the Christmas peak. December and January are reliably comfortable but the busiest and priciest weeks of the year. Steer clear of June to August, when midday temperatures around 40°C are too much for young children outdoors, though the resort stays open year round and the indoor and shaded spaces keep it usable.
Month by monthWeather
Dubai has a desert climate, with hot summers, warm winters and very little rain. The sea is swimmable across most of the year, and warm to the point of a bath by late summer. The table below shows typical monthly figures, and the resort stays open throughout.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5° | 15° | 22 mm | 2 | 22° |
| February | 26.5° | 17° | 6 mm | 1 | 22° |
| March | 29° | 19° | 9 mm | 1 | 23° |
| April | 34° | 22° | 3 mm | 1 | 26° |
| May | 38.5° | 26° | 0 mm | 0 | 29° |
| June | 40.5° | 28.5° | 0 mm | 0 | 33° |
| July | 41.5° | 31° | 0 mm | 0 | 34° |
| August | 42° | 31.5° | 7 mm | 0 | 34° |
| September | 39.5° | 29° | 0 mm | 0 | 34° |
| October | 36° | 25.5° | 0 mm | 0 | 32° |
| November | 31° | 21.5° | 8 mm | 1 | 29° |
| December | 26.5° | 17.5° | 17 mm | 2 | 25° |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer. The resort is open year round.
Questions
The things families ask most, the official pages worth a bookmark and when this guide was last refreshed.
Is the kids club included, or do we pay?
It depends on the room. Imperial Club guests get complimentary daily sessions; a Deluxe Room comes with one complimentary session for the whole stay; standard guests pay per session. There is also a free session for children aged six to twelve if you dine at Nobu or FZN through the Kids Drop-Off and Dine scheme. If daily childcare is central to your plan, price an Imperial Club room against paying session by session before you book.
Can an under-three go to the kids club on their own?
No. The only drop-off club is the Explorers Club, from age four. For nought to threes, Little Explorers is a soft play area you use together, with a parent or guardian present throughout, so it is play time rather than childcare. For an evening to yourselves with a younger child, book the babysitting instead.
Is Atlantis all-inclusive?
No. It sells room only and bed and breakfast, and tour operators add a Half Board Dine-Around that bundles breakfast and one dinner a day. Nothing on offer caps the whole spend, so budget for lunches, drinks and any fine-dining nights on top of whatever board you book.
Are Ossiano and Hakkasan open?
Not at the moment. Both were paused in April 2026, along with Brasserie Frantzén, with no date set for reopening. Menus and closures at the resort change, so if your heart is set on one particular restaurant, check directly that it is open before you rely on it.
Which room should we pick to avoid late-night noise?
A sea-facing room in either tower is the safe pick. The West Tower is the quieter side, but its Palm-facing rooms back onto the adults-only Casablanca Beach Club, where the music runs late; facing the sea keeps you clear of it whichever tower you are in.
Can we get a babysitter for a night out?
Yes. Babysitting is available for children from seven months, for an extra charge, and can be arranged around the clock. Book it ahead rather than on the night, especially in the busy winter months.
How do we get there from the airport?
A car, taxi or hotel transfer is the sensible arrival with a pushchair, luggage and car seats; Dubai International is about 25 to 30 minutes away. The Palm Monorail reaches the resort, but it does not connect to the wider metro and is awkward with heavy bags, so it is not the way in on arrival day. Arrange any hotel transfer in advance.
When is the best time to go with little ones?
November to April, and February to March in particular, when the days are warm rather than fierce and the crowds have eased off the Christmas peak. Steer clear of June to August, when the midday heat is too much for young children outdoors.
Atlantis, The Palm photos
Open the Atlantis, The Palm photo gallery →Useful links
- Atlantis, The Palm: the resort's own site for rooms, dining, the waterpark and the kids club.
- GOV.UK UAE travel advice: the live safety, entry and local-law position, worth checking before you book and before you fly.
- Dubai with little ones: our guide to the city, its areas and when to go.
Last updated 12 July 2026. Travel advice, opening venues and prices change, so check the current position before you book.
