About the project
A website for a palace hotel on a private lagoon in Jumeirah, Dubai: seventy-four rooms and eleven villas, three tables, a hammam under a dome of stars and a four-step reservation flow.
Dar Zilal is a palace hotel on a private lagoon in Jumeirah, Dubai, built in 2017 by masons and joiners from Fez and Sharjah. The website is designed to feel like arriving there: a full-bleed first view of the building and the water, with the hotel name set large across it.
The brief
Show a palace hotel the way a guest meets it, with real atmosphere, while keeping the rooms, the tables, the hammam and the booking easy to find.
The approach
Cinematic photography leads every page, set under a quiet Bodoni and script type system, and every section ends on one clear step toward a stay.
Homepage and pages
The home page moves from the lagoon through the rooms and villas, the abras that cross the water, three tables, the hammam, the grounds, four excursions and a short story of the house, and ends on an availability bar and the reservation.
Inside the site
Six inner pages go further: rooms and villas, dining, the hammam, the palace itself, the excursions beyond the gates and a plan-your-stay page with the details of getting there.
A four-step reservation flow handles the dates, the room, the guest details and a review, then ends on a confirmation with a calendar file, all on the site. It is built with Astro, with GSAP and Lenis for motion and scroll.
The outcome
A complete eight-page hotel site, including a reservation flow with a price breakdown, a confirmation and a calendar file, ready to book from the first screen.
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A website for a palace hotel on a lagoon in Dubai: rooms and villas, dining, a hammam, excursions and a four-step reservation flow.
