Dubai & Abu Dhabi travel guide
This destination is glam, glam, glam with luxury hotels and shopping malls, theme parks, great nightlife, and beautiful bars and restaurants. Check out the tallest building in the world, boil away the winter cold in a desert paradise. Check out our list of the top 5 hot spots in Dubai & Abu Dhabi.
Top 5 Dubai for Sun Worshippers
1. Bur Dubai (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Bustling Bur Dubai is home to the restored historical districts of Al Fahidi and Shindagha, wonderful for late-afternoon and evening strolls. Bur Dubai Souq may not be as sleek and sophisticated as the newer townships, but it has a real community spirit that can be hard to find elsewhere.
2. Jumeirah (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Before there was the Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah was the place where everybody went to realise their Dubai dreams. It’s the emirate’s answer to Bondi or Malibu, with excellent public beaches, boutique shopping and copious spas and health clubs.
3. Abu Dhabi (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
The world’s largest hand-loomed carpet, the fastest roller coaster, the highest high tea, the tower with the greatest lean, the largest cluster of cultural buildings of the 21st century - Abu Dhabi is not afraid to challenge world records. Welcome to an exciting city where nothing stands still…except perhaps the heron’s in the capital’s protected mangroves.
4. Dubai Marina & Palm Jumeirah (Chapter)
Dubai Marina has become one of the most popular places to live in town and, though primarily residential, its pedestrian-friendly areas hold plenty of appeal for visitors. Jutting into the Gulf is the incredible Palm Jumeirah, an artificial island in the shape of a palm tree with a 2km-long trunk, 16-frond crown and 11km-long crescent-shaped breakwater.
5. Deira (Chapter) Lonely Planet
Deira feels like a cross between Cairo and Karachi. Dusty, crowded and chaotic, it’s a world away from the slick and sanitised city piercing the clouds at the other end of town.
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