Itineraries
Dubai Marina to JBR: A Walk from Skyscrapers to the Sea
Dubai Marina and JBR are close enough to share an outing, but they offer different ways of experiencing the water. In the marina, towers, boats and
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ItinerariesZabeel in Half a Day: Dubai Frame and a Proper Park Walk
Dubai Frame makes an easy promise to understand: look at the city through a giant golden rectangle. Zabeel Park gives that promise a setting and a
ItinerariesDIFC in Two Hours: Galleries and Architecture Beyond the Office Skyline
DIFC can look like a business address from a distance. At walking scale, its interest becomes more varied: a monumental opening, stone façades, gallery rooms and
ItinerariesFuturistic Dubai in Half a Day: Museum of the Future and Emirates Towers
The Museum of the Future and Emirates Towers make an unusually useful pair. One presents a rounded silver ring with a large opening; the other uses
ItinerariesAlong Dubai Water Canal: An Evening Walk Between Three Footbridges
The most rewarding part of a Dubai Water Canal walk may be the bridges rather than the length of the waterfront. A cable-supported deck, a
ItinerariesBusiness Bay on Foot: The Opus, O-14 and a Pause by the Canal
Business Bay is more interesting when its towers stop merging into one glass skyline. The Opus gives a building a conspicuous inner void; O-14 wraps
ItinerariesArt Among the Skyscrapers: A Downtown Dubai Sculpture Walk
Downtown's sculptures can change the way you look at its skyline. A bronze wing gives a smooth tower a textured foreground. A steel seed
ItinerariesDubai Mall Without Shopping: What to See in a Couple of Hours
Dubai Mall can be an interesting stop even when you have no intention of buying anything. A fossil skeleton, a waterfall with suspended diver sculptures and
ItinerariesDowntown Dubai in Two Hours: A Walk Around Burj Khalifa
You can meet Burj Khalifa without starting with a lift reservation. From ground level, the tower is part of a larger composition: water leaves space around
ItinerariesAl Shindagha in Half a Day: Choose Your Museums and Keep Your Energy
Al Shindagha is easier to enjoy when you stop thinking of it as a set of doors to complete. Its museum story spreads through historic houses
ItinerariesDeira Beyond Shopping: Old Houses, a School and the Stories of Residents
Deira is often introduced through things for sale: gold, spices and textiles. Another visit begins with a different set of questions. Where did people learn? How
ItinerariesBoth Sides of Dubai Creek: Souks, an Abra Crossing and the Old City
Dubai Creek makes the old city easier to understand. Fabrics on one bank, spices on the other and boats moving between them belong to the same