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Day-by-day itineraries, what to eat, how the city actually works, and the places within a train ride that are worth the day.
Alcohol, Modesty and Ramadan
Dubai is more relaxed than its reputation and stricter than its marketing, and the gap between the two is where visitors get caught.
Day Trips from Dubai
A capital with a Louvre, mountains with rock pools, a desert with oryx in it, and three other emirates within ninety minutes.
Dubai Airport to the City
The metro runs into two of the three terminals and costs almost nothing, which is the part the taxi rank would rather you did not know.
Eating in Dubai
Two hundred nationalities cook here, and the best food is almost never in the places charging the most.
From Pearls to Towers
A pearling village of a few thousand people became this in a single lifetime, and the reasons are more interesting than the oil.
Getting Around Dubai
A driverless metro, cheap taxis, a one-dirham boat, and a city that is not designed to be walked.
How Much Does Dubai Cost?
Whatever you want it to, within a range wider than almost any city on earth — the same evening can cost fifteen dirhams or fifteen hundred.
Two Days in Dubai
One day in the old city on the Creek, one in the new one downtown, with the middle of the afternoon written off.
Where to Stay in Dubai
Old city, Downtown or beach — and the answer changes completely depending on whether you want to walk anywhere.