This guidebook offers advice for shopping, sightseeing, eating and drinking, as well as ideas for low-budget entertainment. It covers the highlights of Dubai, including the Grand Mosque, Bastakia Quarter, the Gold Souk, Ski Dubai, the Dubai Museum, Burj Al Arab, Jumeira Beach and Wadi Wadi water park.
Heritage Attractions Dubai Museum The Dubai Museum is housed within the beautifully restored Al Fahidi Fort, which was built around 1787 to defend the city against invasion The museum's diverse collection of exhibits gives a fascinating ...
In City of Gold, Jim Krane, who reported for the AP from Dubai, brings us a boots-on-the-ground look at this fascinating place by walking its streets, talking to its business titans, its prostitutes, and the hard-bitten men who built its ...
“Dubai High is that very rare thing: an honest account of a failure.
There's also a good drinks list featuring lots of creative cocktails such as the “Maharaja's Mistress” (arrack and rum infused with curry leaves and rose jam) and “Giddy in Goa” (with gin, coconut water and cointreau). Mains 60–175dh.
Featuring landscapes and seascapes, bold architecture, beguiling glimpses of history and fascinating local characters, these glossy books are a perfect way for people to preserve their memories.
In just two decades, Dubai has reinvented itself from a small, poor and quiet fishing village to a dazzling city with a vibrant urban life.
Today, Dubai is a city of shimmering skyscrapers attracting thousands of tourists every year. Yet just sixty years ago Dubai's population scraped a living by picking dates, diving for pearls,...
... a micro view – the main locus of the book–by studying the city's low-income areas, home to its migrant community. ... of the city, focusing not so much on its widely circulated images but on some of its hidden spaces and buildings.
Dubai flagship restaurant of UK chef Gary Rhodes, with a short but inventive menu showcasing his distinctive brand of modern European cuisine, with British classics given a French makeover, including signature Rhodes' desserts like jam ...
Ostentatious, glam, materialistic, and tax free, Dubai is one of the most popular overseas locations for expatriate professionals.