Most people I show around Al Marjan Island are buying a weekend home or a holiday rental. Here are the honest numbers, what is built and what is still coming, and what daily life looks like between the beach and the causeway.
Al Marjan Island is a man-made group of four islands off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah, joined to the mainland by a causeway, with about 7.8 km of sandy beach. It is freehold, mostly apartments and resort hotels, and it is where the Wynn Al Marjan Island resort opens in September 2027.
The four islands are Breeze, Treasure, Dream and View, laid out in the shape of coral. Marjan, the emirate's master developer, started reclaiming the land in 2004, and the island opened in 2013. Today it has the highest price per square foot in Ras Al Khaimah.
Drive times are approximate and depend on traffic.
Alana's view
Drive over the causeway once at sunset and you will understand why people from Dubai buy here for their weekends.
The island wakes up slowly. Early on, it is runners and cyclists on the corniche path and a few swimmers in flat water. By ten the beach clubs open and the hotel guests come down.
I tell buyers to picture their own weekend: Friday evening drive up from Dubai, a swim before breakfast, lunch on a terrace, nothing to organise. That is what the island does best, and it is also what your holiday guests will pay for.
I also tell them what it is not. There is no school on the island and no big supermarket, so families who live here full time drive to Al Hamra for the weekly shop. And there are cranes: a lot of the island is still being built.
Ask me to show you Al Marjan IslandThe island prices by the square foot more than any other part of Ras Al Khaimah. Here is where the market stood in late 2026, with the parts other agents tend to skip.
Ask me for current prices| Measure | Figure | Change over 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| Average apartment asking price | About AED 2,600 per sq ft | Roughly flat |
| Studios | About AED 2,800 per sq ft | Up a few percent |
| 1 bedroom apartments | About AED 2,550 per sq ft | Roughly flat |
| 2 bedroom apartments | About AED 2,600 per sq ft | Roughly flat |
| Average apartment rent | About AED 69 per sq ft a year | Down about 9% |
Bayut price index for September 2026 and rent index for August 2026. Ready homes in older buildings such as Pacific and Bab Al Bahr usually ask less than new launches. Asking prices, not sale prices, and not financial advice.
Alana's picks
Picked by me from current Hunt and Harris listings. Each one opens with every photo and detail.
Al Marjan Island
Alana's pick: a home she would show you herself
AED 1,910,000
Pacific, Al Marjan Island
A corner two bedroom on the eighth floor of Pacific, with the sea on more than one side and beach access downstairs. It's tenanted, so it earns from the day you buy, and Wynn Al Marjan Island opens nearby in 2027. Pets aren't allowed in the building.
Suits investors
Al Marjan Island
I see new homes on Al Marjan Island every week. Tell me what you need and I will send you the ones that fit.
Tell me what you needAn hour or so from Dubai, and you wake up next to the sea.
Hotel guests and weekend visitors look here first. You can rent out with a holiday home permit from RAKTDA.
I can walk you through buildings on a video call, in English or German, before you fly in.
Off-plan towers with payment plans, most handing over in 2028.
Moving here with children? Al Hamra has the school and the supermarket on your doorstep. Want calm water and nature? Look at Mina Al Arab.
Questions people ask me
The questions I hear most from buyers, tenants and owners. If yours isn't here, ask me directly.
Ask me on WhatsAppIt can be, if you buy for the right reasons. Al Marjan Island has the highest price per square foot in Ras Al Khaimah and Wynn Al Marjan Island opens there in September 2027, but apartment prices barely moved in the year to September 2026 and rents fell about 9%. The building, the view and how you plan to rent it out decide whether the numbers work.
Wynn Resorts confirmed in August 2026 that Wynn Al Marjan Island will open in September 2027, all at once rather than in phases. The resort has 1,530 rooms and suites, 22 restaurants and bars, and a theatre.
Yes, with a holiday home permit from the Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA). You register online, the home passes a safety inspection, and you collect a small tourism fee per occupied night. Some buildings add their own rules, so I check those for you before you buy.
Yes, people do, but plan for it. There is no school and no large supermarket on the island, so families drive about 10 minutes to Al Hamra for both. In return you get the beach, the corniche path and hotels on your doorstep.
Apartments on Al Marjan Island asked about AED 2,600 per square foot on average in September 2026, according to Bayut. Ready homes in older buildings such as Pacific and Bab Al Bahr usually cost less per square foot than new launches.
Buy ready if you want to use the home or earn rent now and see exactly what you get. Buy off-plan if you are happy to wait: most current launches hand over in 2028, with payment plans such as 60/40 or 70/30. Handover dates can slip, so I read the payment schedule and the handover clause with you.
A property worth at least AED 2 million, ready or off-plan from an approved developer, can qualify its owner for the UAE's 10 year Golden Visa, and several properties can be combined. Many apartments on the island pass that value. The immigration authorities make the final decision.
