Before You Go
The Essentials
The practical layer under the sightseeing: how the city is laid out, how to move around it, which airport you're landing at, and the history that explains what you're looking at.
Where The City Lives
Neighbourhoods
TODO — what each part of Dubai is like to walk around, and who lives there.
Browse 2 neighborhoods →The EssentialsDubai, the City
A creek, a fifty-kilometre coastal strip, and a population that is nine-tenths from somewhere else.
Read more →The EssentialsA Short History of Dubai
Eight hundred people settled at a creek mouth in 1833, and the rest happened rather quickly.
Read more →The EssentialsGetting Around
Driverless metro, cheap taxis, a one-dirham boat, and a city that does not expect you to walk.
Read more →The EssentialsWhen to Go
November to March, unless you are coming for the price, in which case August.
Read more →The EssentialsWhat You Should Know
The heat, the dirham peg, the rules that are real, and the medication list you should check before packing.
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