Country guide
Guides to United Arab Emirates
Every city in United Arab Emirates we have published a guide to, and everything we would tell a friend before they went.
- Cities
- 3 cities
- Written up
- 42 places
- Reading
- 16 min in total
- We can book
- 27 places
Dubai
The tallest building in the world, a creek that still works as a port, and a food scene that has quietly become one of the best on the planet.
14 places6 min read
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- Abu DhabiThe quieter, wealthier capital: a mosque that stops conversation, a Jean Nouvel museum under a floating dome, and the Empty Quarter two hours south.
14 places5 min read
- SharjahThe Emirates' cultural capital: restored coral-stone quarters, the best museums in the country, and a coastline on the other side of the mountains.
14 places5 min read
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- Ravi Restaurant
- Al Ustad Special Kabab
- Orfali Bros Bistro
- Deira spice and gold souks
- Bulgari Resort Dubai
- Address Downtown
- XVA Art Hotel
- Burj Khalifa
- Museum of the Future
- Dubai Creek and Al Fahidi
- Al Marmoom or DDCR desert
- Hatta
- Abu Dhabi
- Al Ain
- Al Mrzab
- Lebanese Flower
- Mina Zayed fish market
- Fouquet's Abu Dhabi
- Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental
- Jumeirah Saadiyat Island
- Qasr Al Sarab
- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
- Louvre Abu Dhabi
- Qasr Al Watan
- The Corniche
- Liwa Oasis and the Empty Quarter
- Sir Bani Yas Island
- Al Fanar Restaurant
- Sadaf
- Souq Al Jubail
- Al Arsah Souq
- Al Bait Sharjah
- 72 Hotel Sharjah
- Kingfisher Retreat
- Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
- Heart of Sharjah
- Al Noor Island
- Mleiha Archaeological Centre
- Khor Fakkan
- Al Rafisah Dam
- Dubai