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Travel ideas

Notes from the people who actually run the tours — where to go, when to go, and the things a guidebook will not tell you about the Emirates.

4 articles

By Rashid Al Nuaimi4 min read

What our guides carry, and why

Water, obviously. Also a spare abaya, two phone cables, and a laminated tide table that has saved four tours this year.

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Mariam Haddad6 min read

When to come, and when not to

November to March is the honest answer, but the shoulder weeks are cheaper, quieter, and only slightly warmer than you would like.

Yousef Al Mansoori8 min read

Three days in Abu Dhabi, properly

Not the checklist. A route that puts the palace, the island and the coast in the order that actually works.

Mariam Haddad5 min read

How to read a skyline

Which tower twisted, which one leans on purpose, and how to tell a finished building from a very good render.

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