Known as the ‘City of Gold’ due to its huge open gold markets, the city of Dubai offers a multitude of tourist attractions and recreational activities to suit every travellers taste.

An extraordinary city built in the heart of a desert, Dubai is a truly cosmopolitan place with a lively and modern environment with flamboyant hotels, an array of world-class dining venues and countless clubs and bars. Home to the Burj Khalifa; the world’s tallest man made structure at a staggering 828 meters high, the world’s first seven star hotel; the Burj Al Arab, the world’s first indoor ski slope and the world’s largest shopping mall Dubai certainly knows how to boast being the biggest and the best with its materialistic front.

However, under the surface another Dubai exists. You’ll witness that Heritage Village situated in Dubai’s Deira part of town shows a completely different Dubai, where local Emiratis take joy in their songs, dances and traditions. Alongside the creek, the traditional pearl diving dhows and the abras can be found, walking through the tranquil Bastakia, or strolling through the multicultural Karama or Satwa areas are a far cry from the opulence of the world’s most luxurious hotels.

Dubai’s ambition of becoming a city like no other in the world has certainly been realised, and as the Burj Khalifa suggests, the sky’s the limit for this extraordinary destination.