Synopsis
Giles Coren and Monica Galetti visit an extraordinary hotel built where people usually struggle to survive - deep in a Middle Eastern desert.
- Programme: Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
- Series: 4
- Episode: 5: Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Geography | Tourism | Opportunities of landscapes
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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