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Which Dubai waterpark should you choose for your family?
Choosing a Dubai waterpark begins with the kind of day your family wants. A large collection of water slides, a landscape tied together by a story
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RecommendationsWhich Dubai museums should you choose: history, the future or contemporary art?
Choosing a museum in Dubai begins with the question you want to explore. How did a trading settlement become a city? How was the United Arab
RecommendationsDubai without expensive attraction tickets: building a rewarding itinerary
A rewarding Dubai programme does not need a major attraction ticket at every turn. Streets, waterfronts, architecture and working market areas can provide the main subject
RecommendationsOld Dubai, Downtown or Dubai Marina: where should your first walk begin?
Your first Dubai walk does more than fill a few hours: it gives you a way to read the city. Begin around the Creek and trading
RecommendationsWhich Dubai viewpoint should you choose: Burj Khalifa, Dubai Frame or The Palm?
The best Dubai viewpoint is the one that shows you what you came to understand. Burj Khalifa gives a high perspective on Downtown, Dubai Frame makes
ItinerariesJebel Ali’s religious quarter: meeting different traditions in Dubai
Jebel Ali offers a different way to understand Dubai: through the buildings created for communities who live and work in the city. The Hindu Temple, Guru
ItinerariesLove Lake at sunset: a quiet outing from Dubai
Love Lake is easy to recognise in an aerial image: two connected hearts placed in the Al Qudra desert landscape. The ground-level visit is different.
ItinerariesIbn Battuta Mall without shopping: a walk through themed worlds
Ibn Battuta Mall can be interesting even when you have nothing to buy. Its interiors use a traveller’s story to turn a large commercial building
ItinerariesAn evening at Festival Bay: a waterfront walk and IMAGINE
Festival Bay works well as a modest evening plan: arrive with a little daylight left if conditions and the programme allow, walk beside the water, watch
ItinerariesDubai Parks and Resorts: choose one park for one day
Dubai Parks and Resorts is easier to enjoy when you choose a day’s theme before choosing a ticket. The complex brings together parks with different
ItinerariesA family day on Palm Jumeirah: waterpark or aquarium?
A family day on Palm Jumeirah becomes easier once you stop treating every attraction as part of the same outing. Aquaventure Waterpark and The Lost World
ItinerariesMiracle Garden and Butterfly Garden: planning one day in Dubai
Dubai Miracle Garden and Dubai Butterfly Garden are neighbours with very different rhythms. One asks you to look at large shapes made from living flowers; the