Dubai’s record-breaking towers get the headlines, but the older city along the creek, with its wind-tower houses and trading boats, is only a short ride away.
We plan Dubai around the heat and the light: old-town mornings before the day warms up, one evening out in the dunes, and slow afternoons at the beach. Abu Dhabi is close enough that there is no need to change hotels.
Dubai also makes an ideal stopover on the way to the Maldives, the Seychelles or Asia.
