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Plan Your Trip Welcome to ...... 4 Top Sights ...... 6 Eating ...... 10 Bars ...... 12 Shopping ...... 14 For Kids ...... 16 Clubbing ...... 18 Art ...... 20 Tours ...... 21 Four Perfect Days ...... 22 Need to Know ...... 24 Dubai Neighbourhoods ...... 26

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Explore Survival Dubai 29 Guide 145 Deira ...... 31 Before You Go ...... 146 ...... 49 Arriving in Dubai ...... 147 Getting Around ...... 148 & Around ...... 71 Essential Information ... 149 Language ...... 152 & ...... 85 ...... 103 Special Features & Palm Jumeirah...... 123 Gold Souq ...... 32 ...... 50 Dubai Experience Let’s Do Brunch ...... 140 Historic District ...... 52 Madinat Jumeirah ...... 86 Worth a Trip Burj Al Arab ...... 88 ...... 104 Abu Dhabi ...... 142 Dubai Mall ...... 106

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Burj Khalifa This architectural stunner is ’s tallest building. p104 Plan Your Trip LUCIANOMORTULA -LGM/SHUTTERSTOCK © Top Sights

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Burj Al Arab Iconic symbol of modern Dubai. p88

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