This is the most easygoing city in the region with the most happening nightlife and offers copious opportunities for duty - free shopping. Most international of Gulf Cities, Dubai hosts world-class golf and tennis tournaments, horse racing, and desert rallies.
Dubai is something of Middle East meets Hong Kong, with a little Las Vegas thrown in for style; a cosmopolitan melting pot at the crossroads of time - and the quintessential home of sand, sea, sun and shopping.
Dubai is on the UAE's northern coast, approximately 125km (80mi) east of Abu Dhabi. The city is really two towns separated by Dubai Creek (Khor Dubai), an inlet of the Gulf. Deira lies to the north and Bur Dubai to the south. Both districts are packed with traditional architecture and bustling souks (markets), but the city center is in Deira.
The lower-key Dubai Summer Surprises is designed, along with cheap hotel rates, to attract tourists during the summer slump. Surprises include displays of traditional culture, cooking demonstrations, art shows and more raffle tickets.
If you attend any of Dubai's festivals, you may be lucky enough to see traditional dances like the fast-paced liwa or the Bedouin ayyalah performed. Most Bedouin crafts are practical as well as beautiful: Pots like the birnah and hibb are designed to keep milk cool, while the mehaffa, or hand fan, does the same for you.
The barjeel, a windtower (the Gulf's unique architectural form of non-electrical air-conditioning), directs the smallest breeze into the house; it's surprisingly effective air conditioning.
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