Rooms are styled with authentic Greek furnishings and brightly coloured throws, and some feature large, stately fireplaces.
Doubles from £60 Strident, vibrantly designed rooms are the centrepiece to this addition to the Commercial District's hotels: think sherbet-coloured throws and Day-Glo soft furnishings.
Buy now Verdict If you prefer bright and bold designs that will bring the warm summer colours into your home this winter our favourites are BHS' Purple, multi coloured woven throw and Habitat's red wool and silk throw.
But, from where I'm standing, staring across a sandlot buzzing with Indians, Emiratis and other Arabs who've gathered to watch a bunch of barrel-chested South Asian labourers in brightly coloured pants throw each other around in the sand, Dubai doesn't look all that cut and dried.
Purple Multi-Coloured Woven Throw: £30, bhs.co.uk This multi-coloured woven throw in lovely purple jewel toned colours is perfect for adding colour and brightening up your bedroom or living room.
Each strip of plants swirls out from the centre like the showers of coloured sparks thrown out by a catherine wheel.
People dance as others throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations in New Delhi.
Participants throw coloured water and powders on one another, and, on this one day only, license is given for the usual rankings of caste, gender, status, and age to be reversed.
Holi in northern India brings people of all backgrounds together to drink from the same cup and throw coloured powder (and, occasionally, bodily fluids) at each other.
Often associated with the beginning of a new season and the triumph of good over evil, people all over India gathered in the streets to throw coloured powder (gulal) over family, friends and complete strangers.
