Dubai — Sights
An 828 m spire, and a one-dirham boat below
- Alserkal Avenue — An afternoon of art and coffee in converted warehouses
- Museum of the Future — Futurist exhibitions on technology and imagination
- Kite Beach — A beach walk for sea air and a slower pace
- Burj Khalifa: At the Top — Floors 124–125 of an 828 m tower, with the fountain and the desert edge below
- The Dubai Mall & Dubai Fountain — A lake outside a giant mall, with a fountain show every 30 minutes in the evening
- Desert Safari (Lahbab Red Dunes) — Sliding over red dunes in a 4x4, then a camel ride
- Dubai Frame — A glass bridge atop a 150 m gold frame: old Dubai north, new Dubai south
- Palm Jumeirah & The View at The Palm (Atlantis) — The whole palm-shaped island and Atlantis at its tip, from 240 m up
- Aura Skypool — A 360° infinity pool on level 50, swimming above the Palm and the Marina
- Jumeirah Public Beach (Burj Al Arab view) — A free beach with the sail-shaped hotel as your backdrop
- Souk Madinat Jumeirah — A covered market among canals and wind towers, with the Burj Al Arab behind
- Al Fahidi, Abra Crossing & Gold and Spice Souks — A one- or two-dirham wooden boat across the creek to the gold and spice souks
- Al Seef — A creekside street rebuilt as an old mud-brick quarter, Dubai's top snapshot spot
- Dubai Marina & JBR Beach — Yachts in a canal of towers, then a sandy beach walk on the sea side
- Global Village (seasonal) — A winter night fair of country pavilions to eat, shop and play in
- Dubai Miracle Garden (seasonal) — A plane and castles built from 150 million flowers in the desert
- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (Abu Dhabi) — 82 white marble domes, changing colour with the evening sky
- Louvre Abu Dhabi — A museum under a vast perforated dome that lets in a 'rain of light'