Two new luxury hotels by Four Seasons are set to open next year in Dubai and Bahrain.

The Bahrain hotel will be Four Seasons' first venture in the kingdom and will be part of the $2.5bn (£1.56bn, €1.87bn) Bahrain Bay waterfront community - a rapidly developing area on the north coast of Manama.

Included will be 263 bedrooms, a spa, conference centre and ballroom, business centre and restaurants.

The spa will feature a rasul mud bathing experience and traditional hammams, salt rooms, experience showers and steamrooms.

Work on the project will begin in October, with the hotel set to open in April next year.

The new Four Seasons being built in Dubai sits on Jumeirah Beach and includes 237 bedrooms, three restaurants and a private beach club.

It will also have a spa with male and female spa thermal experiences and pools.

Both spas are being designed and built by Barr + Wray, which has also supplied designs for spa projects such as the Burj Khalifa, Fairmont The Palm Resort and Anantara Eastern Mangroves Spa. The work will be undertaken by Belgian firm Six Construct and Dubai Contracting Company.