By, Sharron Livingston
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Israel’s seaside hotspot, Eilat, has been scrubbing up nicely recently with a new gleaming waterfront and wonderful beach promenades. And now that there are direct flights from London this is a good time to consider a seaside jaunt en-famille.
The gargantuan 375-room Dan Eilat hotel with its pink-hued tapering architecture designed by Israeli architect Adam Tihani, lords it over the Red Sea beach front on the child-friendly North Beach (no sea urchins around here) yet it’s only a short walk into the city’s vibrant centre.
It features a spacious two-storey U-shaped lobby connected with a winding glass staircase with rock formations complete with a cascading waterfall and sculptures on the ground floor.
The rock theme continues outside with lush vegetation around the two shapely blue pools, one of which is for swimming, the other with its flumes is for playing. There’s a separate whirlpool elsewhere in a quiet corner. A casual poolside restaurant, the Grotto, and a juice bar serves the area and children can play in the large supervised children’s playroom “Danyland” or in the toddler’s pool.
