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Gate Village
Two wooden bridges link the massive Dubai International Finance Centre to Gate Village, a modernist cluster of 10 midrise stone-clad towers built around walkways and small piazzas. This is where many of Dubai’s high-end Middle Eastern art galleries, including Ayyam and Cuadro, have
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Sharjah Art Museum
The Arts Area is anchored by one of the region’s largest and most dynamic art museums and the organiser of the Sharjah Biennial. Upstairs, a permanent exhibit presents a comprehensive survey of art created in the Arab world over the past 50 years. Other galleries house visiting exh
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Green Art Gallery
Specialised in painters, photographers and sculptors from the Middle East, Green Art became one of the first Gulf galleries to participate in Art Basel in 2012. It recently expanded its roster to include international artists such as Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck from Venezuela and the
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Covered Souq
Despite the name, this souq is not really covered at all and more a warren of small shops in narrow lanes crisscrossing a few square blocks. Even if you’re not keen on cheap textiles, faux Gucci, kandouras (casual shirt-dresses worn by men and women), washing powder and cheap train
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Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque
This simple yet striking mosque in the textile area of Bur Dubai Souq is notable for its sensuous, bulbous domes and gently tapering minaret. Its outline is best appreciated at night from Baniyas Rd in Deira, on the opposite side of the Creek, when the mosque and neighbouring wind-
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Al Majaz Waterfront
The main attraction of this family fun zone at the bottom of the Khalid Lagoon is the Sharjah Fountain, which, after dark, combines music, lights, lasers and spurting water columns into impressive five-minute shows. Aside from a clutch of cafes and fast-food outlets, diversions inc
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1x1 Art Gallery
Tucked into a driveway, this gallery is helmed by the energetic Malini Gulrajani who has brought some of the foremost names in India’s art scene to Dubai. With shows featuring heavyweight painters such as Bose Krishnamachari and Chittrovanu Mazumdarand the sculptor N N Rimzon, this
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Sharjah Heritage Area
The Heritage Area actually consists of two tiny neighbourhoods, Al Sheyoukh and Al Maraija - they have been fully restored and pedestrianised, and are also now linked. There are a number of interesting little museums around here that come under the umbrella of the Sharjah Heritage
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Walk at JBR
In a city of air-conditioned malls, this attractive outdoor shopping and dining promenade was an immediate hit when it opened in 2008. Join locals and expats in strolling the 1.7km stretch, watching the world on parade from a pavement cafe, browsing the fashionable boutiques or ogl
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Street Art Gallery
The first Dubai gallery dedicated to promoting street art in the Middle East is the brainchild of art aficionados Thomas Perreaux-Forest and Stephane Valici. Together they show rebel art by international talent, including Denial, Nadib Bandi, Kazilla and Waroox, each distinguished
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Emirates Towers
Designed in an ultramodern style, the twin, triangular, gunmetal-grey towers soar from an oval base on Sheikh Zayed Road and are among the world’s tallest. The taller of the two (355m) houses offices, while the other (305m) is a hotel. Balanced by the curvilinear base structure, th
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Souk Al Bahar
Designed in contemporary Arabic style, this attractive mall is Downtown Dubai’s answer to Madinat Jumeirah. Meaning ‘Market of the Sailor’, it features natural-stone walkways, high arches and front-row seats overlooking Dubai Fountain from several of its restaurants and bars, inclu
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Meem Gallery
A co-venture by two Emirati business tycoons and British art dealer Charlie Pocock, this blue-chip gallery is dedicated to presenting the masters of modern Arab art. As such, it usually exhibits some pretty big names, such as Libyan calligrapher Ali Omar Ermes, the pop art of Jorda
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Majlis Gallery
Majlis was founded in 1989, making it Dubai’s oldest fine art gallery. It presents mainly paintings and sculpture created by international artists inspired by the region as well as high-quality pottery, glass and other crafts. Its located in an old wind-tower house on the edge of t
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Mall of the Emirates
Home to Ski Dubai, a community theatre, an ultraluxe 24-screen multiplex cinema and – lets not forget – 560 stores...and counting (an expansion should be completed in 2015), MoE is one of Dubais most popular malls. With narrow walkways and no daylight, it can feel a tad claustropho
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Dubai Dino
The Jurassic era meets the future in Dubai Malls Souk Dome, the new home of Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus , an almost complete 155-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Wyoming in 2008. The long-necked lizard stands nearly 8m tall and measures 24m long – including its whi
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Sharjah Fort Museum
A row of cannons welcomes visitors to Sharjahs beautifully renovated 1823 Al Hisn fort, which reopened as a museum in 2015. Past its mighty teak gate well-presented exhibits help you study up on the history of Sharjah, the ruling Qasimi family and the history of the building itself
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Lulu Island
This idyllic-looking island of sandy beaches, date palms and dunes, visible from the Corniche and a short boat ride away from the marina on Breakwater, has risen like a mirage from the sea as one of the citys many ambitious tourism projects. Not yet officially open to the public, m
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Sharjah Aquarium
Enter an ‘abandoned dhow’ for close-ups of maritime creatures from the UAE’s west and east coast without getting your feet wet. Moray eels lurk, blacktip reef sharks prowl, eagle rays flop and jellyfish dance around tanks that recreate Dibba Rock, mangroves, Shark Island’s coral re
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Arabias Wildlife Centre
This small desert indoor zoo showcases the diversity of local critters. Vipers, flamingos, wildcats, mongooses, hyenas, wolves and the splendid Arabian leopard all make appearances. Visitors get to observe the animals in air-conditioned comfort through glass panels, making the cent
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