Shangri-La, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi

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Goran Kosanovic, VRX Studios / Shangri-La

Shangri-La · Grand Canal & Khor Al Maqta · Abu Dhabi

A sense of the place

Shangri-La, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi — room — A Deluxe Room at Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri seen through a pointed Moorish arch: a bed with a gold brocade runner, a desk with a leather chair and a lamp, a wicker chair and a fruit bowl on the balcony, and open glass doors between curtains onto palms and the channel in hazy afternoon light; nobody in frame — © Shangri-La

Shangri-La, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi — restaurant — Bord Eau, the French restaurant of Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri: round tables laid with orange leather placemats and pink roses, green velvet medallion chairs and a curved burnt-orange banquette with mustard cushions, teal and green tufted booths against terracotta walls, a large painting of a ballerina, tall bevelled mirrors, wrought-iron sconces, an arched lamp with a fringed shade and a floral carpet; nobody in frame — © Shangri-La

Shangri-La, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi — exterior — Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri seen from the water: the symmetrical sand-and-peach main building with tiers of arched windows and a dark carved-wood mashrabiya pavilion at its crown, a row of tall pointed arches over the terrace, two domed glass pavilions on a rock breakwater at the waterline, and low arcaded wings with palms and white parasols along the beach stretching left and right under a clear blue sky; a small floating pontoon at left and a single tiny figure by a white-draped table on the sand at right — Goran Kosanovic, VRX Studios / Shangri-La

Shangri-La, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi — the view — The abra waterway of Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri framed by two stone columns: a wooden abra boat with a maroon fringed canopy moored on a turquoise canal, a picnic basket, juice bottles and a small laid table aboard, and white Moorish arcades with flowering planters round the water under a deep blue sky; nobody in frame — Adrian Chambre / Shangri-La

Shangri-La, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi — lobby — The lobby rotunda of Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri: a gilded dome with an eight-pointed star of white ribs over a ring of carved Moorish window screens, a great wrought-bronze chandelier with candle lights, a round marble table with a tall arrangement of pink lilies and roses on an inlaid marble floor that mirrors the lights, and arcades with candle sconces, armchairs and arched windows hung with curtains all round; nobody in frame — V7 Photography / Shangri-La

Why it's in the collection

Because an Arabian village on the Khor Al Maqta channel looks straight at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, with abras running its own canal to the souk – and Shangri-La holds it to four-star standing, listed at exactly the tier it holds.

An Arabian-village resort on the Khor Al Maqta channel, facing the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque across the water; a Shangri-La hotel.
Abras along the resort's own canal to the Souk Qaryat Al Beri; a private beach on the channel; pools and gardens; CHI, The Spa.
Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star 2026 for the hotel.

The neighborhood

First light over Grand Canal & Khor Al Maqta

Grand Canal & Khor Al Maqta

The channel between the island and the mainland, facing the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, with two of the eleven hotels. The mosque's white domes rise on the far bank, and the Maqta and Mussafah bridges cross the channel, the Bain Al Jessrain quarter between the two. Around the channel lie the Qaryat Al Beri complex with its souk and canals, the Grand Canal along the shore and the mangroves of the eastern lagoons; the airport is fifteen minutes away.

The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, across the channel.
The Souk Qaryat Al Beri, at the end of the canal.
Zayed International Airport, about fifteen minutes by car.

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