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Hindi Lane
The only place of worship for Dubais sizeable Hindu community is the Shiva and Krishna Mandir, a temple complex just behind the Grand Mosque. From here youll quickly reach a colourful alleyway that expats refer to as ‘Hindi Lane’ where vendors sell religious paraphernalia and offer
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Jumeirah Archaeological Site
This is one of the most significant archaeological sites in the UAE, but there’s so little left to see that it’s really only of interest to folks with more than a passing interest in the remote past. With origins in the 6th century AD, the settlement was once a caravan stop on a ro
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Abu Dhabi Global Market Square
Home to over 40 international companies, this cluster of glass-and-steel office monoliths on Al Maryah Island is the heart of Abu Dhabis new financial centre. Also cradling the posh Galleria Mall and a couple of five-star hotels, it sits just off the Al Zahiyah district and offers
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Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum House
This grand courtyard house served as the residence of Sheikh Saeed, the grandfather of current Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, from 1912 until his death in 1958. The architectural marvel also houses an excellent collection of pre–oil boom photographs of Dubai taken in the s
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Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding
Open doors, open minds is the motto of this institution, founded by Dubais current ruler, Sheikh Mohammed, in 1998 to build bridges between cultures and help visitors and expats understand UAE traditions and customs. The centre runs guided tours of the Al Fahidi Historic District a
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Capital Gate
Look out of the window from many points in Abu Dhabi at night and you could be forgiven for thinking youve had one too many at the bar: reaching skyward in the citys southeast is this 35-floor, dramatically listing skyscraper that holds the Guinness world record as the worlds most
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Wafi City
Ancient Egypt gets a Dubai-style makeover at this lavishly designed hotel, residential, restaurant and shopping complex complete with pyramids, hieroglyphs and statues of Ramses and Anubis. The best time to visit is during the light and sound show that kicks off nightly at 9.30pm.
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Al Ain National Museum
This charmingly old-fashioned museum is perfect for boning up on the ancient past of the Al Ain region. Highlights of the archaeological section include weapons, jewellery, pottery and coins excavated from 4000-year-old tombs at nearby Al Hili and Umm Al Nar. The ethnography galler
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Grand Mosque
Dubai’s tallest minaret (70m high) lords over more than 50 small and large domes that give the citys largest mosque its distinctive silhouette. Todays building was only completed in 1998 but is, in fact, a replica of the historic house of worship from 1900. As with all Dubai mosque
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Dhow
The gorgeous, traditional old dhows you see on Dubai Creek are still built by hand in the traditional style on the Creek waterfront, in Jaddaf, about 1km south of Al-Garhoud Bridge. Here, craftsmen use basic tools (a hammer, saw, chisel, drill and plane) to curve and fit sturdy tea
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Dubai Fountain
This dancing fountain is spectacularly set in the middle of a giant lake against the backdrop of the glittering Burj Khalifa. Water undulates as gracefully as a belly dancer, arcs like a dolphin and surges as high as 150m, all synced to stirring classical-, Arabic- and world-music
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Jazirat Al Hamra Fishing Village
With roots in the 16th century, this deliciously spooky ghost town is one of the oldest and best preserved coastal villages in the UAE. Its people subsisted mostly on fishing and pearling until they suddenly picked up and left in 1968. To get there, turn off Hwy E11 opposite Majan
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Street Sculpture
There was a time when no self-respecting Gulf city would be seen without a giant concrete coffee pot. Those days have gone, for better or for worse, but a little reminder of the pioneering days of oil riches and the city development they brought can be seen in the traffic island be
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Children’s City
This colourful cluster of Lego-style buildings in Creek Park is jam-packed with dozens of interactive and inspiring learning stations where kids between ages two and 15 can playfully explore scientific concepts, the human body, space exploration and natural wonders. One of the most
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Corniche – Al Khalidiyah
Its hard to believe, while languishing on a sunlounger, swimming in the sea or strolling under a canopy of trees, that the Corniche was a dhow-loading bay for cargo and passengers until the 1970s. In 2004 land was reclaimed to form the 8km corniche and a decade later a major landsc
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Hatta Heritage Village
This sprawling village recreates the Hatta of yore. It is housed in the ruler’s restored historic fort with a majlis (meeting room), a traditional courtyard house and various barasti (palm-leaf) buildings. Displays on weaponry, local music, palm-tree products, handicrafts, weaving,
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Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary
Pink flamingos steal the show here in winter, but avid birdwatchers can spot more than 170 species in this pastiche of salt flats, mudflats, mangroves and lagoons spread over an area of around 6.2 sq km. Bordering Dubai Creek, the sanctuary is an important stopover on the east Afri
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Masdar City
Near Abu Dhabi airport, Masdar City is the worlds first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city powered entirely by renewable energy. However, this is not your regular residential neighbourhood but rather a science community with a graduate-research university and companies focused on sust
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Shindagha Historic District
With a strategic location at the mouth of Dubai Creek, Shindagha was where the ruling sheikhs, their families and the city elite lived until the 1950s. Stately coral and gypsum homes wrapped around courtyards and cooled by wind towers have been reconstructed and recast as a heritag
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Al Maqta Fort & Watchtower
Despite being one of the oldest sights in Abu Dhabi, this 200-year-old guardian of the city was restored and then more or less abandoned. The tourist information centre once housed there is also now closed. Although neglected, this old relic, with its companion watchtower on a rock
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