Alaya, Tilal Al Ghaf
Alaya is a gated grand-villa neighbourhood within Tilal Al Ghaf, Dubai, developed by Majid Al Futtaim. Real listings tagged "Alaya, Tilal Al Ghaf" show a five-bedroom-led product, roughly 5,000 to 8,200 square feet, offered in two facade styles the developer calls the Modernist and the Mediterranean. Royale Stays manages the setup, pricing and guest side of listing a property here for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Majid Al Futtaim
Type
Grand villas, mostly 5BR (Modernist or Mediterranean facade styles)
Sizes
Roughly 5,090 to 8,214 sq ft (per real listings observed)
Status
Delivered, active resale and rental listings, not on the area's under-construction list
Location
Tilal Al Ghaf master community, private beach access to Lagoon Al Ghaf
About Alaya
Alaya is a gated sub-community within Tilal Al Ghaf, Dubai's lagoon-centred master community developed by Majid Al Futtaim. Unlike Aura or Elan's townhouse-scale product, Alaya sits at the top of the community's villa range: a collection of grand villas built around a "park in a forest" concept, offered in two facade styles the developer calls the Modernist and the Mediterranean.
Majid Al Futtaim Communities launched Alaya in November 2021 as an "ultra-exclusive and sustainable neighbourhood," describing a collection of 130 grand villas spread across a roughly 200,000 square metre site. Real sale and rental listings tagged specifically "Alaya, Tilal Al Ghaf" on Bayut confirm the neighbourhood is delivered and occupied: it is not among the five Tilal Al Ghaf projects Bayut's own coverage names as still under construction (Plagette 32, Lanai Islands, Bo Monde, Alaya Beach and Serenity Mansions, each with a stated 2026 to 2027 completion date).
The 130-villa, 200,000 square metre figures come from Majid Al Futtaim's own November 2021 launch announcement (reprinted by Construction Business News Middle East) and were not independently cross-verified by a second outlet this session. Alaya should not be confused with Alaya Beach, a separate, still-under-construction neighbourhood elsewhere in Tilal Al Ghaf, or with "Alaya Gardens," a listing tag that appears in Bayut's own data for similarly priced villas nearby. See the Questions section below for full disambiguation.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Alaya sits within the wider Tilal Al Ghaf master community, with the developer's own marketing citing private beach access to Lagoon Al Ghaf as one of the neighbourhood's amenities. The already-covered Elysian Mansions, Elan and Aura neighbourhoods sit elsewhere within the same master plan.
By car, Tilal Al Ghaf is roughly 15 minutes from Mall of the Emirates, 17 minutes from Dubai Expo City, 20 minutes from Downtown Dubai, 25 minutes from Al Maktoum International Airport and 29 minutes from Dubai International Airport.
Drive times are approximate, based on typical traffic conditions from the wider Tilal Al Ghaf community rather than Alaya specifically, and will vary by time of day.
Unit Types
Real listings tagged "Alaya, Tilal Al Ghaf" on Bayut are predominantly five-bedroom villas with six to seven bathrooms, ranging from roughly 5,092 to 8,214 square feet for sale and 5,091 to 5,822 square feet for rent, consistent with the neighbourhood's grand-villa positioning. The developer offers two facade options, described on its own site as the Modernist and the Mediterranean, with customizable suites and a choice of landscaping styles.
A separately Bayut-tagged listing group, "Alaya Gardens," shows a very similar bed, bath, size and price profile to Alaya proper; this may reflect a phase or cluster within the same neighbourhood rather than a distinct one, but that could not be confirmed either way this session.
Amenities
Alaya's own amenities, per the developer, include private beach access to Lagoon Al Ghaf, an outdoor games room, a clubhouse, a mosque and green open spaces within a gated setting. Residents also share the wider Tilal Al Ghaf community's amenities: the recreational lagoon itself, landscaped parks, cycling and jogging trails, retail outlets and dining options.
Transportation & Access
Alaya has no Metro station of its own, in common with the rest of Tilal Al Ghaf. Residents rely primarily on private cars, reaching the rest of Dubai via the community's connections to Hessa Street and Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street.
Rental & Price Trends
Bayut listings tagged specifically "Alaya, Tilal Al Ghaf" show five-bedroom villas for sale at roughly AED 12.25 million (5,092 sq ft) to AED 19 million (8,214 sq ft), with annual rents observed between roughly AED 750,000 and AED 800,000 for similarly sized five-bedroom units.
Figures are Bayut's own listings data, drawn from a small number of individual listings rather than an aggregated market average, and were not independently cross-verified beyond that source this session.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Majid Al Futtaim is a standard freehold master developer, not a hotel brand or serviced-apartment operator, so a DTCM holiday home permit from the Department of Economy and Tourism is applied for directly, the same routing that applies elsewhere in Tilal Al Ghaf. No independently confirmed Airbnb or Booking.com listing specifically in Alaya was found this session.
Royale Stays' confirmed villa-management markets today are Mag City, MBR City and DAMAC Hills/DAMAC Hills 2, and Alaya sits outside those confirmed markets, so no Alaya-specific earnings figure is quoted here. Read more in Royale Stays' holiday home permit guide. Royale Stays' Airbnb management services, furnishing, photography, dynamic pricing, guest communications, check-in and maintenance coordination, are available from a management fee starting at 15%. Owners ready to move forward can submit their property for a free assessment.
Royale Stays does not currently manage a property in Alaya. The company's real Dubai villa short-term rental track record comes from a managed villa in Mag City, part of the MBR City masterplan, plus villas in DAMAC Hills and DAMAC Hills 2; Alaya-specific performance data is not available.
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