Dubai in the Step by Step series by Insight Guides focuses on providing tailor made walks & tours around the city. The guide features fifteen route recommendations that link up better known sights & take you off of the more beaten track; they are written by local experts who have personally selected places to eat & drink en-route & who offer insider tips on culture, shopping & nightlife. The guide has an array of colour photographs which help bring to life the background & descriptive information provided for destinations & attractions. An overview chapter opens the guide & reviews geography, customs & culture, history, food & drink, shopping, culture & entertainment. Next feature the selected itineraries for walks and/or tours, each of which have a good amount of accompanying information & come with a simple route plan. A user friendly alphabetical directory lists practical information to do with day to day basics & listings of h&-picked hotels & restaurants are provided to suit different budgets & tastes. The publisher ...

Dubai Street Atlas is a new spiral bound, double indexed atlas (one index for roads & one for buildings & places of interest) with scale ranging from 1:6, 500 to 1:20, 000 for most parts of the city. The atlas features a carefully compiled telephone directory & a useful A-Z summary of driving in Dubai. Highways, primary, secondary, other roads & roads under construction are shown with specific notation for exits, tolls, road numbers, petrol stations & even traffic lights. Metro lines & station names, monorail routes & the proposed tram network are marked on the atlas. Airports, bus stations, taxi ranks, cable cars, water taxis & ship ways are also specifically illustrated. The building features shown on the atlas are colour coded, thus different colours denote buildings under the description of hotels, shopping centres, museums, hospitals, educational establishments, government buildings, general buildings & industrial areas. Useful locations relating to day to day practicalities & leisure activities are shown such as medical centres, banks, ATMs, pharmacies, mosques & churches, libraries, sports grounds, cinemas & golf courses. Hotels & restaurants are also located. ...

Dubai Street Atlas from the locally-based Explorer Publishing in an A5 spiral-bound format, highlighting locations of hotels, various places of interest & institutions, all listed in an extensive 123-page index, with an additional directory of recommended facilities, etc. All place names are in the Latin alphabet & in English. The atlas presents the city’s central districts at 1:10, 000, outer districts at 1:20, 000, & the suburbs at 1:31, 250. Major traffic arteries are highlighted & colouring indicates the type of area (residential, park, beach, etc.) or the institution (hotel, shopping centre, museums, government building, etc). A wide range of facilities & places of interest are marked by symbols. Additional overview maps show metro lines, main roads with suburb names & Salik toll gates, plus locations of emergency service. Also provided are maps of Palm Jebel Ali, Palm Jumeirah & The World Archipelago, an overview road map of the northern part of UAE & Oman, a 7-page directory of services with contact numbers plus notes on driving in Dubai. ...

Dubai on a street plan from the locally-based Explorer Publishing, presenting on one side the city, including the Dubai International Airport & Palm Jumeira, at 1:45, 000, plus on the reverse a wider area at 1:80, 000. All place names are in the Latin alphabet only. On one side is a plan of the city at 1:45, 000 highlighting its network of main traffic arteries. The plan shows names of neighbourhoods, plus names or numbers of main & selected connecting streets. Various facilities & places of interest are named and/or marked by symbols, including hotels & restaurants, banks, embassies & consulates, etc. On the reverse a wider area is presented at 1:80, 000, with coverage extending to include the Al Maktoum Airport & the Palm Jabal Ali). Accompanying index lists neighbourhoods, projects, visitor attractions, shopping & souks, etc. Map legend & names of facilities are in English. ...

Dubai in the Top 10 guides series from Explorer Publishing features 100 of the best places, best must-sees & must-dos. They are organised in 10 categories, from restaurants & bars to cultural attractions, adrenaline activities, family fun, shopping, spas & places in the sun. The guide also offers ideas for places to visit outside the Dubai. Featuring a slim pocket format & colour coded dividers to help you easily access the information. There map pages included at the back of the book which locate all the establishments featured in the guide with numbered colour-coded symbols. ...

The Visitors’ guide written by local residents & perfect for visitors will help you make the most out of your time in Dubai, whether you are looking for the top restaurants, the most stylish shops or the best cultural spots. With insider knowledge of the sights, from the traditional souks & the modern metropolis of the city to the rugged deserts beyond it. The pocket guide organises the information in Essentials, Exploring, Sports & Spas, Shopping, Going Out. The first section produces a brief introduction to the city with facts on the local culture & heritage, history, customs, transports, getting around & places to stay, etc. The other sections details the must-see sights from museums to heritage sites, parks & beaches including a brief overview of the other emirates & suggestion for an organised tour to make the most of your visit. Activities & sports include water sports, golf, climbing, dune driving or quad biking, & tour suggestions. The Shopping section offers information for a variety of shops from huge malls to traditional markets or souks, selling carpets, gold, spices, wooden antiques etc. Going Out pages will make sure you have a wide choice of establishments to choose from for dining, drinking & dancing all featuring here with a brief description & contact details. Fully illustrated with colour photographs, all the places mentioned are colour coded & grid referenced to the pull-out map attached to the inside cover. ...

Dubai in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Dubai in the Wallpaper* City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper* magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper* City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

The fast-track guide for the smart traveller Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider`s checklist of all you need to know about the world`s most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or a vacation, we`ve done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites, & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city`s landscape & the satisfaction you`ve seen all that you should. In short, these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Dubai, Abu Dhabi & the UAE in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ...