United Arab Emirates Travel Guide

The UAE's two best-known cities, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, both grew rapidly from fishing and trading ports into major global hubs within a few decades, and each now combines ultramodern architecture with a more traditional old-town core.

Best time to visit

November to March, avoiding the extreme summer heat that runs roughly June through September.

Destinations in United Arab Emirates

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Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Dubai turned a desert coastline into a skyline of record-setting towers within a few decades, and still keeps a older, low-rise old town of spice and gold souks running alongside the Burj Khalifa and its neighbors.

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