Private beaches and swimming pools will be a short stroll from a leafy mountain spa offering Kneipp Kur treatments, exceptional sports facilities – including indoor climbing – and a permanent French-based circus. Equally, an amble through the cobbled streets – or leisurely drive on a buggy – will lead to a circular courtyard fill of Swiss restaurants and designer boutiques. But the island’s star attraction will be the joy of eating Fondue and Raclette in climate-controlled, snow lined streets under the Dubai sun.