As a little fry growing upward inward India, Dubai largely meant alone 1 affair - Shopping- the house where you lot tin can store at one-half the cost you'd larn inward Republic of Republic of India - electronics, cosmetics, exotic chocolates & gold... in addition to the house where a huge constituent of the workforce were Indians...
While (unfortunately) it's withal largely known for Shopping, I presently knew meliorate that Dubai was a lot to a greater extent than than merely that ...
I was 28 when I starting fourth dimension visited in addition to 'experienced' Dubai!
So here's my listing of Top 10 things to produce inward Dubai:
Deira to Bur Dubai on an Abra
Hop onto an Abra - a little wooden boat that ferries passengers across the creek - at a Waterbus station at Deira (accessible from the Old Souk) in addition to ride across till Bur Dubai - to larn a magnificient persuasion of the skyline every bit you lot canvass across the Dubai creek... At virtually 1 dirham 1 way, the Abra is a great agency to sense local H2O transportation, grab the Dubai Skyline from a dissimilar perspective in addition to grab upward alongside locals ferrying across the creek.
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| Passengers ferrying across the Dubai Creek inward an Abra |
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| The Dubai Skyline from an Abra |
Art Exhibits at the Bastakiya
Bastakiya inward Bur Dubai, tin can overstep off every bit an Arabian town setting from the 1800's (which I was told it was). Walk through the Bastakiya in addition to cheque out fine art & museum exhibits or sit down underneath a tree past times a current of air tower inward the complex watching the opened upward air fine art gallery.
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| The Bastakiya |
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| The Philataley House (with Wind Tower architecture) |
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| Ancient Coin Displays at the Bastakiya |
Hot Air Ballooning over Hatta Desert
Soar higher upward the Hatta Desert inward a Hot Air Balloon .. grab the breath taking sunrise over the desert. Catch glimpses of Bedouin villages, Camel Farms in addition to Locals (and tourists) Dune Bashing. I fifty-fifty caught a Camel Race inward activity (with paparazzi inward tow).
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| All ready to soar! |
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| Sunrise from the upward inward the air |
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| A Bedouin Village inward the desert viewed from the hot air balloon |
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| A Camel Race (with paparazzi) inward action |
Dubai Museum
I am quite the history buff in addition to ‘dig’ historic sites, ruins in addition to museums… So the Dubai Musuem had to characteristic inward my top 10 ... Located within the quondam Al Fahidi Fort, the museum is a peek into the ‘traditional life’ inward the emirates - including the ‘pre oil’ era.
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| The Dubai Museum located inward the quondam Al Fahidi Fort |
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| Entrance to the Dubai Museum |
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| The 'Hourey' on display - a little boat carved from a unmarried tree trunk |
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| A replica of an 'Arish' - a summertime solid alongside current of air towers to decease along the solid cool & breezy |
The Old Souk
This non to last missed Souk (or ‘market’) is past times the Dubai Creek in addition to houses the textile, spice in addition to gilt souks. Walk through the Old Souk to soak upward the heritage architecture in addition to larn a flavour of the traditional ‘shopping’ inward Dubai beyond the flashy swanky malls.
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| Walk through the Old Souk |
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| Heritage Architecture of the Old Souk |
Burj Khalifa
You cannot last inward Dubai in addition to non become to the tallest edifice on world tin can you… The Burj Khalifa is a metaphorical representation of what Dubai stands for – grandeur & sky-high ambition to last the biggest & best.
The sense of Burj Khalifa begins correct at the base of operations – the entrance of the Dubai Mall inward Downtown Dubai .. Right from the swanky ticketing constituent to the nurture that takes you lot to the observatory deck at Level 124 inward apartment sixty seconds.
The deck (called At the Top) gives you lot breathtaking views of downtown Dubai, Jumeirah beach in addition to the Burj Dubai in addition to beyond… Don’t immature adult woman the ‘Gold ATM’ at the observatory deck … It’s raining Gold! J
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| The magnificent Burj Khalifa |
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| View from the Observatory Deck ... the otherwise Tall Skyscrapers Dwarfed past times the Burj Khalifa! |
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| Pop that Gold Code... The Gold ATM at the Burj Khalifa Ob deck |
The Marina
Walk on the promenade of the Festival City mall larn a persuasion of the Festival Marina. Lined alongside a myriad of jett setter speed boats in addition to fifty-fifty a helipad, the Marina is yet some other reflection of the Dubai ‘luxury’ ready inward the backdrop of the Dubai Skyline.
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| View of the Marina from the Festival City Promenade |
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| The business up! |
Ski Dubai @ the Mall of Emirates
A see to Ski Dubai is a must alone to encounter how Dubai tin can larn inward snowfall fifty-fifty inward the desert (and how!)! Once you lot are within Ski Dubai (I was at that topographic point 1 Xmas) in addition to if you lot don’t expect dorsum at the residual of the ‘Mall of Emirates’ in addition to then you lot could last anywhere else inward the snowy world!
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| A snowy Christmas inward Dubai ;-) |
Take a monorail to the Atlantis
Board a monorail that glides past times the ‘branches’ of palm jumeirah alongside the Atlantis Hotel inward the horizon… Start the ride at sunset - It’s a scenic ride in addition to the Atlantis hotel postal service dusk looks first-class alongside the grandiose illumination…
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| In a monorail - alongside the Atlantis inward the horizon |
Drive out on the Emirates Highway
Drive out of Dubai onto the Emirates Highway in addition to caput out to 1 of the emirates … As you lot elbow grease along, grab locals camping ground out inward the sands past times the side of the highway inward the eventide – huddling to a greater extent than or less a bonfire alongside the iv x 4s past times their side. Stop past times at 1 of the shacks en road selling fruits, corn cobs, ceramic-ware, slice of furniture in addition to the works. Or elbow grease into 1 of the parks where locals conduct maintain ready out for a Fri morning time picnic…
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| Drive out on the Emirates Highway |
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| The Lord's Day inward the Mirror is closer than you lot shout out upward :-) |
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| Some streets lined alongside shops selling fruits, toys, slice of furniture even... |
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| Local picnickers steaming upward some java inward a park |
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| Corn on Cob - at a street stall en road the Emirates Highway |