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Yas Island
Yas Island Yas Island is a man-made, 40 billion dollar project that the sheiks have launched in 2006. Today it hosts spacious living complexes, villas and hotels, theme parks, sports facilities and a port facility and has been winning awards left and right. Yas Island is maybe most well known for
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Al Bithnah Fort
Al Bithnah Fort Al Bithnah Fort, located in the village of Al Bithnah 8 miles (13 kilometers) west of Fujairah City, was built in 1735 in response to Wahhabi invasions and to protect the strategically important trade route through Wadi Ham in the eastern region of the United Arab Emirates. The ori
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Dolphin Bay
Dolphin Bay Dolphin Bay, one of several attractions at the Atlantis Palm Hotel, is the largest coastal dolphin habitat in the world. The 11-acre (4.5 hectare) marine environment includes seven interconnected pools and three interaction lagoons -- a sophisticated habitat that houses a family of Ind
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Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo
Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo Dubai is not a place for small scale structures, and the Dubai Aquarium is no exception. With one of the world’s largest acrylic panel viewing platforms, as well as the world’s largest collection of sand sharks, its largest tank allows for clear visibility of over 3
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Yas Mall
Yas Mall Built on a man-made island, Yas Mall is the shiny new addition to the Abu Dhabi Shopping scene. The massive shopping complex encompasses 2.5 million square feet (235,000 square meters) of retail and entertainment space, including three floors of shopping and dining, a 20-screen movie thea
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Dubai Marina
Dubai Marina The self-proclaimed “most luxurious man-made marine in the world” is also the largest; the Dubai Marina is a 50-million-square-foot mega-development that began in 2003 as part of the wave of projects that transformed (and continues to transform) the desert landscape into a forest of s
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Ski Dubai
Ski Dubai Housed in one of the biggest malls in the world, Ski Dubai is home to the world’s first indoor black run and the world’s largest indoor snow park. You can also try out a toboggan and sled runs, scale the climbing tower, and head inside the ice cave. Oh, and there’s king and gentoo pengui
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Sharjah
Sharjah Sharjah, the “Pearl of the Gulf,” is the third largest emirate and the only one to enjoy coastline on both the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. UNESCO designated this city close to Dubai as the Arab Capital of Culture in 1998, and it lives up to the title by offering visitors a range of
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Atlantis Palm Hotel
Atlantis Palm Hotel Only in Dubai can a hotel be considered a top tourist attraction, and such is the case with the extravagant Atlantis Palm Hotel. The 1,539 room ocean-themed resort occupies the top portion of the crescent of land surrounding the man-made Palm Island, just off the coast of Dubai
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Dubai Spice Souk
Dubai Spice Souk Dubai may have the world’s largest shopping mall, but for many visitors, the best shopping is found in the city’s traditional souks, or markets. Each of these historic markets specializes in one product or category of products, and one of Dubai’s most famous (and most pungent) sou
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Bastakia Quarter (Bur Bastakia)
Bastakia Quarter (Bur Bastakia) The lovely Bastakia Quarter, or Bur Bastakia, is Dubai’s historic heart. Here, in the narrow whitewashed lanes overlooked by lofty windtowers of traditional courtyard houses, the glitz and glamor of Sheikh Zayed Road and the Mall of the Emirates feel centuries away.
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Aquaventure Waterpark
Aquaventure Waterpark The most famous ride at Dubai’s Aquaventure Waterpark has to be the Tower of Neptune. First, you’ll scale a Maya pyramid before plunging 60 feet down a clear tunnel through a lagoon filled with real sharks. Seriously, real sharks. With 40 acres’ worth of water slides and swim
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Yas Waterworld
Yas Waterworld With 45 rides and slides Yas Waterworld is the ideal destination for thrill-seeking adrenaline junkies, active families and daredevil day-trippers. Adventurous visitors can navigate the high-speed Bubble Barrel atop of an aquatic skateboard, spiral down the terrifying Dawwama, or so
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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi It’s only fitting that a city as extravagant as Abu Dhabi has a theme park to match its extravagance, and in this case, that theme park is Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. The race car-themed park features 20 rides and attractions—everything from the toddler-friendly carousel of Fe
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The Lost Chambers Aquarium in Atlantis, The Palm
The Lost Chambers Aquarium in Atlantis, The Palm The Lost Chambers Aquarium in Atlantis, The Palm takes visitors through a series of mazes and tunnels as they explore the underwater ruins of Atlantis. This imaginative aquarium houses some 65,000 aquatic animals, including 12 species of rays and sh
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Wafi City Mall
Wafi City Mall While often overlooked in favor of the newer Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates, Wafi City Mall is one of the most architecturally interesting (and least crowded) of Dubai’s shopping centers. The exterior of the Egyptian-themed mall borders on kitschy, but once inside, visitors fin
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Wild Wadi Water Park
Wild Wadi Water Park In front of the iconic Burj Al Arab, Wild Wadi Water Park has 30 rides and attractions themed around the tale of Juha, the Arabian folklore character. Nearly a million visitors come each year to play in the wave pool, ride the artificial surfing machines, soar down over 20 wat
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Jumeirah Beach Park
Jumeirah Beach Park Chances are, if you’re visiting Dubai, you’ll want to spend some time at the beach. While many of the big resorts limit beach access to guests only, the city has a handful of public beaches, and Jumeirah Beach Park is by far the best of them.Jumeirah Beach Park opened in 1989 a
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Palm Islands & the World
Palm Islands & the World The Palm Islands is an audacious trio of palm-shaped offshore developments in Dubai. Home to a mix of leisure, residential, marina and commercial constructions, the islands form the shape of date palms linked to the mainland by causeways. The most complete of these artific
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Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoums House
Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoums House Visit the former home and government seat of the ruling Al Maktoum family, Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoums House, built in 1894 for the present ruler’s grandfather and now preserved as a museum. Inside you’ll see historic photographs, documents and furnishings, but the real
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