Dubai in 3 days: from a fishing village to the world's tallest building in 60 years — and the old Creek abra crossing for AED 1 still runs the same route it always did.
The world's tallest building at opening: morning light, the Gulf and the desert from 452m up.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe world's highest concentration of gold for sale: 22k jewellery at below-European prices, no import tax.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe wooden water taxi that has crossed Dubai Creek since 1830. The city's most unchanged experience.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide274m of water, light and music in front of the Burj Khalifa every evening after 6pm. Unmissable.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe 19th-century coral-and-gypsum quarter: the 1787 Al Fahidi Fort (Dubai Museum), narrow lanes, galleries.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe world's largest picture frame: Old Dubai on one side, the Burj Khalifa on the other, glass floor between.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide5km of public Gulf beach with the 7-star sail-shaped hotel as backdrop at golden hour.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide60m dunes, 4WD at angles, oryx and silence in the desert while Dubai sleeps.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide7km promenade past 200 towers, superyachts, and Ain Dubai (the world's largest observation wheel).
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideTraditional Emirati food most visitors never find: honey dumplings, lamb porridge and saffron tea.