All our Ready-made itineraries guides for Dubai, in one place.
Hatta is a mountain enclave of Dubai on the Oman border, built around a turquoise reservoir, kayaking, a heritage village and genuinely cooler air than the city. Here is how to plan a day trip.
The capital is close enough for a day trip and slower than Dubai in a way that surprises people. What to see, how to build the day, how to get there, and the dress code to sort out before you leave.
My tried and tested three days in Dubai itinerary, mixing the Burj Khalifa and Downtown with the old creek souks, a desert evening and a beach morning, travel times included.
A ready-made 3-day Dubai itinerary: Downtown and the Burj Khalifa, a desert safari sunset, Old Dubai and the souks, and the Marina, planned day by day with one wow moment each.
Four hours, eight hours or overnight: whether to leave the airport at all, what fits into the time, and the visa question that decides it.
A plan that gives the towers two days, the old city one, the desert one and the beach one, with the bookings that need doing before you fly.
They are ninety minutes apart and they are not the same city: one is louder, faster and built for visitors, the other is the capital and takes itself more seriously.