On the outskirts of Dubai, a shimmering metropolis built on buried oil, lies a small but similarly suave community looking at a new way of doing things. It is no small irony that the world's most ...

Dubai is the latest destination to land on Street View and marks the mapping tool’s first foray into the Middle East, if you don’t count its mosey around the Burj Khalifa and Liwa Desert, that is. The ...

Based on air traffic, as of 2013, Dubai was the 7th most visited city of the world and the fastest growing, increasing by a 10.7% rate, so it was just a matter of time Google Street View would cover ...

Laurel Munshower is an experienced travel journalist who specializes in the Middle East. Having lived in the United Arab Emirates for 13 years, Munshower knows the ins and outs of the vibrant city of ...

Dubai is home to the world’s tallest building (the 2,717-foot Burj Khalifa), one of the world’s most expensive spa treatments (the $6,800 24-carat gold facial at the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray's Talise ...

Dubai’s ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has unveiled plans for the Mall of the World — a 48 million-sq.-ft. (4.5 million sq m) shopping center, to be the world’s largest, which will also ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The world’s deepest pool calls Dubai home. Deep Dive Dubai opened the pool in July to divers and thrill-seeking tourists. The 196 feet and 10 inch deep pool (60.02 meters ...

“Everything you need is within walking distance,” residents say of this calm neighbourhood Dubai: There’s a neighbourhood in Dubai where life moves at an unhurried pace. The hum of traffic is distant, ...