The restored wind-tower quarter of old Dubai, with courtyard houses, small museums and an abra crossing to the Deira souks.
The abra across the creek costs AED 1 and is the best value experience in Dubai. The cultural centre runs 'open doors, open minds' meals where you can ask Emirati hosts anything — worth booking.
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Hundreds of jewellery shops with windows of 22-carat gold sold by weight, and a spice lane of saffron…
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A torus of stainless steel and Arabic calligraphy on Sheikh Zayed Road, with immersive floors on space…
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The world's largest choreographed fountain performing on the Burj Lake every half hour after dark…
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At 828 metres the tallest building in the world, with observation decks on levels 124, 125 and 148.