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Step outside and you’ll soon realise that temperatures in Dubai are on their way down. It’s that time of year when the beaches become havens for family outings, trips to the malls are exchanged for barbeques in the garden, and you can drive with the windows down at any time of day.

UAE’s landscape conjures up visuals of its modern sky-scraper dominant streets, dotted with sprawling malls, palatial hotels and palm shaped islands. In truth, there is this and so much more for the traveller to explore. If the traveller is ready to see the country with another eye, it has ample heritage sights, high-adrenalin theme parks and a plethora of regions that bring one close to nature.

Proudly cosmopolitan and a buzzing transit point for travellers across the globe, Dubai is the perfect city to hit pause and enjoy a short holiday to unwind. The city’s throbbing cultural and adventurous heart has countless options for the traveller that are often overlooked. A Dubai vacation might be incomplete without hitting the glitzy shopping malls and seeing its many architectural achievements, but there more to it than meets the eye. Visiting over a long weekend, or making a short stop? Here are some ideas to see some Emirati landscapes and sights.

Dubai’s May calendar is full of diversity, taking in everything from the world squash finals to Italian opera, and tango festivals to exhibitions for parents with young children. Perhaps the two most intriguing are the Arabian Bubble Celebration

The Louvre Abu Dhabi is the capital’s newest attraction, and gives visitors even more reason to visit this exciting Emirate. The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is already a huge drawcard for visitors alongside exciting events such as the annual Formula 1™ finale and Taste food festival.

The Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) began on 16 February 1996 as an event intended to benefit retail trade in the United Arab Emirates. Since then it has been promoted as a tourist attraction.&

An event for female pilots was held in Abu Dhabi and was attended by 22 members from Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon

Before their big game, Coach Ben Ryan, skipper Osea Kolonisau, Jonah Tuitoga, and Benito Masilevu decided to perk up their spirits with an exciting Seawings tour of Dubai

We recently hosted the founder & Chairman of BNI, Dr Ivan Misner on our Dubai tour. Here’s what the ‘Networking Guru’ had to say…