Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC-BY-2.0

United Arab Emirates

Dubai

دبي

Built for spectacle. The old creek district is the antidote to the towers, and both are worth a day.

Best over 3 days£££££ cost levelWalkability 2/5

Good for

  • Architecture
  • Shopping
  • Food
  • Famous landmarks

When to go

Usually at its best in November, December, January, February, March.

How we plan it

We pull real places from open map data for Dubai, rank them against what you’ve told us you enjoy, then order the day so the route makes sense and everything is actually open when you’d arrive. Change any of it afterwards and the rest adapts around what you keep.

Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Prices and opening times change, so it is worth checking official sources before you travel.